Cap Heresy wrote:
So I have a bunch of guys with 1-yr contracts. I guess the players decide during the next sim, so to control my finances I have to make one offer to one player, wait to see if he accepts in the next sim, then make another offer (if he rejects) or move on to the next player (if he accepts). That would take a whole bunch of sims to complete. Alternatively I could decide to make all my offers in one sim, but what if I only want to sign Player X or Player Y, but not both?
Predicting the re-signing players isn't very difficult, he will accept what he is asking for or better (on the rare occasion that he doesn't it's a bug so let me know if that ever happens), and will reject anything less than what he asks for. If he asks for a 1-year deal and you make it 2 and don't change any of the defaults, he'll definitely accept that because the bonus will double from his asking.
Now, if the player signed the contract in the current year, you can't renegotiate him, he has to be at least in the 2nd year of his contract.
I will usually try to enter the offseason with everyone signed to the next year unless their future is less than 40-50. You can make a 2-year offer with a minimal bonus to most bubble players (many will not ask for a bonus at all but you have to offer a bonus to do more than one year) that won't hurt too much if you have to cut them next year.