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11948.15 in reply to 11948.14
Date: 1/11/2008 12:23:39 AM
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We all have overlooked something important:

This is an official reminder that all players posted on the Transfer List after 09:00 CET on Thursday will not be eligible for the playoffs. Players for whom the end time of the auction is delayed past 09:00 CET on Sunday because of bidding wars will not be affected.


This means that those of us (me included) that have a TV game on Saturday can indeed use that money to purchase someone for the playoff run.

In other words problem solved (no problem in the 1st place, but whatever).


Like a Jim Rice Hall of Fame voter, you've drawn your conclusion first, and keep trying to rationalize it... for a Canadian user with a season-ending TV game, if I'm doing my math right, that means they have an 8-hour window of playoff-eligible players they can use that TV money for. That's hardly "problem solved". (And I agree with the people who really do think this is a problem.)

Edit: Added inflammatory Red Sox comment.

Edited by oeuftete (1/11/2008 12:28:21 AM CET)

Last edited by Mod-oeuftete at 1/11/2008 12:28:21 AM

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11948.16 in reply to 11948.15
Date: 1/11/2008 4:47:26 AM
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I'd love to dispute that, but, uh....crap.

09:00 CET is 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time in North America, isn't it?

And not 3:00 pm?

That would make me change my stance somewhat.

NO ONE at this table ordered a rum & Coke
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A CT? Really?
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11948.18 in reply to 11948.17
Date: 1/12/2008 6:56:11 AM
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I had the same exact days for my TV games.

NO ONE at this table ordered a rum & Coke
Charles: Penn has some good people
A CT? Really?
Any two will do
Any three for me
Any four will score
Any five are live
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11948.19 in reply to 11948.18
Date: 1/12/2008 2:56:17 PM
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I am 'lucky' to have no TV for my last game. But should that be the case I wouldn't want to spend it on players who are probably more expensive than they would be after the deadline passes.


I also think the deadline does not realy solve the probelm they wanted to solve.
The same phenomenon will occur, it will only move in time. While last season the problem was during the play-offs, and right after, now the same thing is probably happening before the deadline, and again right after the play-offs.

The downside now will be that during play-offs prices will drop drastically, I think, since nobody will want to buy a player they can not use in the games but will have to get their wages payed anyway.


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11948.20 in reply to 11948.15
Date: 1/12/2008 6:38:57 PM
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yeah i had a TV game last and TIE so will now suffer the supporter loss.... which was more concerning than the TL deadline... im in Japan so ive got more of a window with the time differnce in games but not problem solved.....as the Free Agents expire thursdays....

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11948.21 in reply to 11948.13
Date: 1/13/2008 2:55:57 AM
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Maybe when we negotiate our next TV contract, the distribution of revenue could be more balanced.

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11948.22 in reply to 11948.20
Date: 1/13/2008 8:53:46 PM
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yeah i had a TV game last and TIE so will now suffer the supporter loss.... which was more concerning than the TL deadline... im in Japan so ive got more of a window with the time differnce in games but not problem solved.....as the Free Agents expire thursdays....


hm, it doesn't realy matter when you have a TV game scheduled if you TIE and loose... You will always loose much fans and fan money that way...


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11948.24 in reply to 11948.23
Date: 1/15/2008 8:24:43 PM
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true.
but this game and TIE and CT is not designed so managers can play CT or TIE for long periods, it is meant to use occasionally. So I don't think this argument (although it's true) will be any good to get things changed.

Having 300k less to spend on a player which you can use in play=off games however, is. So probably it will be programmed someday to not have the last game as TV game, and then everyone will be happy, no matter what their reason is. ;)

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