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[News] Last Day of FA - and the conclusion - Page 8

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QibingZero
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
2611 Posts
August 25 2009 21:21 GMT
#141
I believe I read in a previous FA post that a team must offer double the player's salary to another team in order to take a player from them (which in and of itself gives the team 'ownership' of the player even when there is no more contract). This seems ridiculous, especially in the case of Jaedong - who realistically should have the largest contract of any player. I agree that there shouldn't be a lot of incentive for teams to 'steal' players from other teams, but at the same time this harsh penalty allows nearly no leeway for players to sign with other teams for their true value.

If Jaedong says he wants to stay with Oz, and any team who would pick him up has to pay a harsh penalty for doing so, this really isn't surprising news. It is terribly unfortunate, though. Competitive starcraft without it's best player right now would be a travesty. Kespa has to realize that, right?
Oh, my eSports
natturner
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
342 Posts
August 25 2009 21:33 GMT
#142
On August 26 2009 05:36 Jayson X wrote:
Why is everyone hating on kespa alone when the situation is far more twisted. Even if kespa went the "do whatever you want"-route the issue remains the same.

- Jaedong wants to stay with his team & friends and in a place where he feels save, money seems to be no issue as he is downplaying the rumours about him getting overworked (wich is probably easier to say for him after the rush of another starleague)

- Parents support their son on his path, probably realised that a progamers career is frail, probably compared his salary to that of other progamers and then simply asked for more. Not alot more tough and still certainly less than other big names make.

- Hwaseung OZ managers tought about it and responded with a big fat no and a "lets see what you can do on the "free" market. They know it's win-win for them anyway. A 2-times players salary for free or the best starcraft player there is for a "top 10 gamer"-salary.

- Other teams don't bid because Jaedong expressed strong desire to stay. Tearing a young boy out of his surrounding might crush his desire to win, make him loose focus and love for the game and worst come to worst render him useless.

- KESPA gets heat for another crappy system


Conclusion. Jaedong is not Bisu. Jaedong probably is the type of guy that loves his friends and feels very safe with them. Money talk is something he can ignore since it doesnt matter if he gets more money, it's piling up anyway and he allready has everything he wants right now.


no, the reason y Jaedong is in this situation is because no team can afford him due to the "you must pay his original team twice his salary" rule. and no cares about the fact that Jaedong wants to stay in Oz, if a team wants him they'd offer him money.
This nigga done stole my bike.
.risingdragoon
Profile Joined January 2008
United States3021 Posts
August 25 2009 21:39 GMT
#143
too bad

of all the free agents, the most out of form is midas. everybody else has got at least some kind of chance of getting picked up.

not midas.
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General Nuke Em
Profile Joined March 2008
United States680 Posts
August 25 2009 21:44 GMT
#144
On August 26 2009 06:33 natturner wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 26 2009 05:36 Jayson X wrote:
Why is everyone hating on kespa alone when the situation is far more twisted. Even if kespa went the "do whatever you want"-route the issue remains the same.

- Jaedong wants to stay with his team & friends and in a place where he feels save, money seems to be no issue as he is downplaying the rumours about him getting overworked (wich is probably easier to say for him after the rush of another starleague)

- Parents support their son on his path, probably realised that a progamers career is frail, probably compared his salary to that of other progamers and then simply asked for more. Not alot more tough and still certainly less than other big names make.

- Hwaseung OZ managers tought about it and responded with a big fat no and a "lets see what you can do on the "free" market. They know it's win-win for them anyway. A 2-times players salary for free or the best starcraft player there is for a "top 10 gamer"-salary.

- Other teams don't bid because Jaedong expressed strong desire to stay. Tearing a young boy out of his surrounding might crush his desire to win, make him loose focus and love for the game and worst come to worst render him useless.

- KESPA gets heat for another crappy system


Conclusion. Jaedong is not Bisu. Jaedong probably is the type of guy that loves his friends and feels very safe with them. Money talk is something he can ignore since it doesnt matter if he gets more money, it's piling up anyway and he allready has everything he wants right now.


no, the reason y Jaedong is in this situation is because no team can afford him due to the "you must pay his original team twice his salary" rule. and no cares about the fact that Jaedong wants to stay in Oz, if a team wants him they'd offer him money.

I'd lean more towards the theory all the teams are in collusion with each other and KESPA to not sign Jaedong to prevent other players from trying to use FA to get better deals. Note how nobody signed any of the other FA players either.
Pyrthas
Profile Joined March 2007
United States3196 Posts
August 25 2009 21:49 GMT
#145
On August 26 2009 06:44 General Nuke Em wrote:
I'd lean more towards the theory all the teams are in collusion with each other and KESPA to not sign Jaedong to prevent other players from trying to use FA to get better deals. Note how nobody signed any of the other FA players either.

But maybe nobody signed other FA players because kespa's FA system is shit? It doesn't have to be some giant conspiracy.
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
August 25 2009 21:53 GMT
#146
On August 26 2009 05:36 Jayson X wrote:
Conclusion. Jaedong is not Bisu. Jaedong probably is the type of guy that loves his friends and feels very safe with them. Money talk is something he can ignore since it doesnt matter if he gets more money, it's piling up anyway and he allready has everything he wants right now.

what ?! he fucking cried like a baby when he made his farewell address to MBC, besides it wasnt like "Fuck MBC, I'm going to t1" because the main reason Bisu got traded was the end of his contract with MBC. SKT was just able to step up and offer him the money he deserves.

I dont get all the stuff about Bisu being arrogant. Believe me, both Bisu and Jaedong are thinking they are the best at what they do, and both Bisu and Jaedong have huge egos. Most of the pros are making weird excuses when they are doing bad and I'm fucking sick of Flash's "I didn't had enough time to practice" stuff. Sure, Bisu is cocky on the mike (saying he was going to be the first guy to win the MSL 4 times in a row, was pretty bad), but he is the best protoss ever, and arguably the best looking starcraft player , so he has nothing to prove - he can say whatever shit he wants
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
BlackMagister
Profile Joined October 2008
United States5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-25 21:58:42
August 25 2009 21:54 GMT
#147
On August 26 2009 06:49 Pyrthas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 26 2009 06:44 General Nuke Em wrote:
I'd lean more towards the theory all the teams are in collusion with each other and KESPA to not sign Jaedong to prevent other players from trying to use FA to get better deals. Note how nobody signed any of the other FA players either.

But maybe nobody signed other FA players because kespa's FA system is shit? It doesn't have to be some giant conspiracy.


go.go went to Wemade

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100594

I have no idea why Wemade needed another Terran but they have the money to buy him so I guess they decided to >_>

I'm willing to bet they had the money to buy JD expect JD didn't want to go hence the first page of this thread. Wemade along with Stars were probably one of these teams going with the information from Light.


One team who was not mentioned in the article said that "even until right before the end of the deadline, (they) strongly considered bringing in Jaedong, but gave up in the end because Jaedong consistently expressed his strong desire to remain in Hwaseung."

Another team mentioned that the main issue was Jaedong's salary. They said that it would be better to use the money for more areas instead of just on one player.
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10940 Posts
August 25 2009 21:54 GMT
#148
The whole thing would be a totally diffrent story if this would have been just "normal" bidding system:

Oz bids fucking low 140
Kahn or whoever bids 200...

Jaedong now can decide if he stays with the team he likes or the team that pays more...


But instead we got:
OZ bids a fucking low 140 and other teams would have to bid 280 + jaedongs new loan.



To compare this to soccer..

Ronaldo is what worth now? 95 Millions?

A new team would have to bid 190 Millions the get him + a loan that is probably higher 95 Millions to get him.

This system makes players that aren't overpriced VERY expensive to buy, which is retarded. Jaedong for 140 is a bargain, Jaedong for 280 + 140+++ is extremly expensive.
wiesel
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany727 Posts
August 25 2009 22:19 GMT
#149
Can't wait to see what's happening now, hopefully we will still see jaedong playing in the future.
natturner
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
342 Posts
August 25 2009 22:25 GMT
#150
On August 26 2009 06:53 disciple wrote:
I dont get all the stuff about Bisu being arrogant.


well, Bisu also refers to himself as a prince (there was a video of the progamers making the Bacchus OSL intro where he calls himself a prince, but that could be a bad translation), but anyway, that is not the issue at hand.

On August 26 2009 06:54 Velr wrote:
The whole thing would be a totally diffrent story if this would have been just "normal" bidding system:

Oz bids fucking low 140
Kahn or whoever bids 200...

Jaedong now can decide if he stays with the team he likes or the team that pays more...


But instead we got:
OZ bids a fucking low 140 and other teams would have to bid 280 + jaedongs new loan.



To compare this to soccer..

Ronaldo is what worth now? 95 Millions?

A new team would have to bid 190 Millions the get him + a loan that is probably higher 95 Millions to get him.

This system makes players that aren't overpriced VERY expensive to buy, which is retarded. Jaedong for 140 is a bargain, Jaedong for 280 + 140+++ is extremly expensive.


yea, totally agree, i was thinking about the same thing except with Kobe Bryant, who has like a 140 million dollar contract.
This nigga done stole my bike.
Timberlake
Profile Joined July 2009
China26 Posts
August 25 2009 22:33 GMT
#151
whats going on right now? who got the infos.......

i m dying to know whether jaedong can play or not in the future......
loic
GinNtoniC
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Sweden2945 Posts
August 25 2009 22:44 GMT
#152
No one has the info right now except the negotiators.
When the two days are up, we'll know for sure. Till then, listed to paladin'romad or someone who's got ears and eyes in there.
Huge fan of JulyZerg, HonestTea and that guy Kim Taek Yong.
billjung21
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1 Post
August 25 2009 22:59 GMT
#153
I was reading the korean comments and it said:
If a team offered him lets say 2 million for one year and another team offered 3 milllion for 10 years, JD would have gone to the latter. I didn't kno that KeSPA never gave a shit about their players, but rather the companies selling players like slaves
hi
WindCalibur
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada938 Posts
August 25 2009 23:05 GMT
#154
I can see many people stop caring about starcraft if Jaedong quits. Kespa should realize that they are hurting themselves here. Hopefully this will get resolved in a way where everyone is happy (except Kespa. I dont care about them).
Vec
Profile Joined November 2008
United States69 Posts
August 25 2009 23:11 GMT
#155
I believe the rule was 2 years of their current salary not the purposed salary.
nonduc
Profile Joined May 2009
Russian Federation405 Posts
August 25 2009 23:16 GMT
#156
On August 26 2009 08:11 Vec wrote:
I believe the rule was 2 years of their current salary not the purposed salary.

Yes, it’s right. And current JD’s salary is only 60M won…
티라노사저그 렉스 화이팅~!
FranzF1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile1710 Posts
August 25 2009 23:30 GMT
#157
60M WON? WTF THIS WORLD IS CRAZY... how could Bisu won 300M Won and flash to.. but JD 60M won thats just sick I hope that OZ and Kespa dies forever.

Poor guy he is just a slave and its all that he ever did so for him it is the best thing (cus he doesnt know the world outside 12 hours of practice every fucking day) FUCK U OZ and KESPA
Member #99999^99 of the fanclub of Grape, Reality and TurN
laLAlA[uC]
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada963 Posts
August 25 2009 23:31 GMT
#158
I'm not a Jaedong fan, in fact, I'm going to say I don't even like him very much. However, this is really stupid and I can't believe this system actually exists. A player should be able to go wherever he wants.
I'm an old man now
jyLee
Profile Joined August 2009
United States350 Posts
August 25 2009 23:40 GMT
#159
If i were JD i would say fuck you OZ and retire if he doesnt get at least 200 million won. Oz is so damn greedy and they should of jumped all over the supposed 170-180 million won JD and family were willing to sign for and kiss his feet. I would stop giving 2 shits about sc and wait till sc2 comes out if JD isnt playing anymore since who really wants to see Effort carrying the zerg. Fuck that.

In the end im pretty sure kespa wont allow JD to retire and will make sure he signs with some team and resolve this since he generates too much cash for them.
ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
August 25 2009 23:53 GMT
#160
I really want a "FUCK KESPA" icon option on this site now.
Bitches don't know about my overlord. FUCK OFF ALDARIS I HAVE ENOUGH PYLONS. My Balls are as smooth as Eggs.
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