Is there a reason or reasoning behind why you can't offer a new deal to someone you only signed for 1 year? I know that you can't in MFN, I just wondered why?

I have a couple of players I took a punt on that have worked out for me, but now they're going to hit the FA pool regardless. Or is that exactly the reason?

If they were signed to a 1 year within your current season, you would need to cut them and resign them to a longer contract .. yes, you risk losing them.

If they were acquired via a trade and have 1 year left on a multiyear deal, then it needs reported as they should be resignable.

Yup, I get all that. My question is why?

I think I heard this explanation before. Something like this.

It would create an unfair advantage if you were able to offer/sign a player to a huge one year deal, then immediately renegotiate that contract once it is accepted.

For example, you could offer someone $30M for one year and they accept because the value of your offer is more than anyone else's. Then, once they accept, you immediately resign them to a 6 year deal that they otherwise would not have accepted on the open market because there would have been a better offer.

My example may not be exactly right, but that's the main idea behind the rule.

Also, if there were no rule, you could just offer a bunch of one year deals to get your roster up to the max of 60 before training camp, then hope someone "booms" and then sign them to a long term deal.

Personally, I like the restriction about not being able to renegotiate one year deals.

I can see both sides of it, but thanks for providing some insight, much appreciated.

I guess until the cap issues are sorted, with players only renegotiating for market value, it needs to remain in place.

Anyone know why I can't offer this guy a new deal? He signed a 2 year contract with me Last off-season:

https://cust33.myfootballnow.com/player/1225

I only have a cut button for him, nothing else.

you can only sign a contract 1 time each year with the same player so you have to wait till the end of season sim runs to re-sign him

Thanks, good to know!