Draft Mistake

[ovccsteve]

Getting used to the OOTP19 First-Year Player Draft. I drafted a player listed as Impossible, but accidentally pushed the "Offer Slot," so the player broke off negotiations. Any way to go into the editor and modify it to reopen negotiations?

[Syd Thrift]

Generally I'd avoid drafting a player marked as Impossible. You can often offer a guy like that the biggest signing bonus in the game and he'll still refuse to sign. Sometimes a player just doesn't want to play for you, or promised his dad he'd complete college first, or thinks of baseball as his second love after football (imagining trying to negotiate a signing bonus with Russell Wilson), or whatever. If he's young, and Impossible signings are usually not college seniors, he'll be back in the draft at a later date.

[ovccsteve]

In older versions, Impossible meant impossible, but for the past few versions Impossible has grown to mean "I want a boatload of $." I've had great success adding a mil or two to their suggested minimum, though sometimes the minimum is still ridiculous.

[Syd Thrift]

Very rarely is a player going to actually be worth that much though, and if you go that far over slot for a top 10 pick, you're basically consigning yourself to drafting 9 college seniors who will sign "look at me" contracts because there goes your budget.

Anyway this is a moot point; the game doesn't expose a players' relationship with other clubs in the editor. The most you could do is find that guy, manually assign him to your team, and edit his history and pretend.

[ovccsteve]

Guess I'll take the comp pick. (I keep my teams well under budget so I can afford a couple draft flyers each year or grab an expensive vet for the stretch run.)

[NoOne]

could add him to you mil team and then reduce your budget buy a suitable amount to amke it fair.. since it was an accidental click... would be a 'wash' that way.

[sonicqaz]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Very rarely is a player going to actually be worth that much though, and if you go that far over slot for a top 10 pick, you're basically consigning yourself to drafting 9 college seniors who will sign "look at me" contracts because there goes your budget.

Its almost always worth it if you're a big market team. There is usually a very very very good prospect listed as impossible that the AI will pass up. If you have a lot of money and a low draft pick, you can still get studs.