soonertf wrote:Perhaps there is a way to have bidder hidden until salary exceeds a certain level (ie above $2m or some agreed upon figure). That would solve the big FA discussion.
We have about 1/3 wanting no anonymous bidding, 1/3 wanting it sometimes, and 1/3 wanting it always. So I think enough support to look at some anonymous bidding options. Before I make another poll further into those specific details, let me know if any suggestions first.
- Always anonymous for everybody always, even big name free agents.
- Public during March/April big free agency, all anonymous during training camp and regular season.
- Only list pool of interested teams "visited" but not who is winning the bidding currently.
- Anonymous always if under $2M (or whatever) bid, but public if a high profile player above that salary.
The way it would probably go on the player bid page is that instead of listing ATL $2M and NYG $2.5M in the bid history it would just say Team A, Team B, Team A, Team C, Team D, Team A, etc. while it was meeting the anonymous criteria. Then once the player signed, the real team announced.
We also have to think about whether I have it stop showing the number of bids left per team on the individual team pages (or just showing to the GM owner but nobody else), or if we want to keep the number of bids available known to all as we have before as an important part of the strategy.
So reply with any suggestions and I'll work the specifics into a more detailed poll this week about how we'd exactly work in anonymous bidding perhaps this regular season.
Thanks