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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
August 26 2009 05:32 GMT
#21
no idea. im still not clear as to the difference between the jd situation and what happened to midas etc.

if i have the facts right, kespa basically made an impossibly rigid non-market "market" and left no fallback option, ie players that are not processed by the fa process entirely falls out of the pro ranks altogether. taken individually, each of these restrictions are expected from kespa. they want to control player wages through a nonmarket, but they also want to control the entire body of players through their "pro license" control. that control is meant to keep outside tournaments and money from competing with kespa related interests.

it so happens that a high profile player like jd, really the only player of interest in fa, didn't go through the designed pathway and come dislodged outside of kespa control.

they are going to catch hell for this, probably. and that is some ironic justice
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
August 26 2009 09:24 GMT
#22
enjoyed reading it - insightful as always.

Though also somewhat confusingly written as well - as always
xbarisg
Profile Joined June 2009
United States14 Posts
August 26 2009 13:35 GMT
#23
Jd, midas etc now have to negotiate with their original teams. if they are still uncontracted by the end of those negotiations then they become semi-pros and need to wait for the next free agent period ( a year later?) to sign.

It seems it worked out well for the teams. The players either have to accept presumably unfair contracts or sit out for a year. Then next year free agents will be discouraged from entering the market, which is good as it eliminates competition and wages are kept low.

JD's parents are still suggesting that he could retire, which is the only real threat he has left.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
August 26 2009 13:58 GMT
#24
hi haji

We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
August 26 2009 14:35 GMT
#25
great reading!!!!
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