Re: Questions at other leagues contract rules

"Terrell Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Doug Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > One of the leagues I am in uses the Topper method. The basic contract is
2
> > years. After the 2nd year the owner then has topper rights. This means
> that
> > the player is available for auction. All owners bid on them except the
> > topper owner. When bidding is over the topper owner has the option to
beat
> > the high bid by $1.
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> wouldn't it be a lot easier all around if the original owner just enters
the
> bidding along with everyone else? If he wants to bid $1 more than all the
> other owners, he can do that at any time without having to sit out the
> bidding adn then remember that he has topper rights.
>
> That seems like a really convoluted way to achieve the exact same
result...
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> Terrell Miller
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> "Very often, a 'free' feestock will still lead to a very expensive system.
> One that is quite likely noncompetitive"
> - Don Lancaster

The Advantage is that the others don't know how high the topper owner will
go. Once the bidding is over the other owners can go no higher. Besides
that, the topper owner doesn't help bid up a player he has rights to. It's
not an incredible advantage, but it does promote player circulation yet
still offer owners the chance to keep the players they want to pay for. I
like it, but then I also hate long term contracts.

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