Comments on: Other Moves

By: Casey C.

Casey C. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:20:58 +0000

Viktor was productive, and I liked the dude.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:16:26 +0000

Chris, Burse or Pitch I would think. Since burse moved from Dev to senior roster I guess him.

Nathan… some times it means the team wants to let the player get a shot at other teams… but in essence a waive is you don’t care where they go. if you clear waivers you are free inside MLS. If claimed they claim your current salary.

not picking up the option means the contract has expired but inside MLS they are not a free agent.

clear as mud?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:09:52 +0000

So help me out here.. If you waive someone that means that you don’t give a toss whether another team picks them up… but if so, does that mean that if another MLS team acquires them that they have to pay them according to their current MLS contract or is everything renegociable?

So I guess if you waive them, that that essentially means that you really don’t want that player and you feel they offer you nothing in terms of bargaining power in a trade.

If you don’t pick up the option, that means that you want to prevent someone else in MLS from picking them up – you retain their rights.. but at this stage you may be trying to re-negociate with that player, with your only competition being teams outside of MLS?

So if you fail to pick up their option this means that you may still want that player, but not at their currrent price tag. Can you trade a player if you don’t pick up their option? How does that affect the bargaining?

By: christian

christian — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:20:01 +0000

Burse? I thought Schellas mentioned something about him competing for the starting job. Perhaps they’re just redoing his contract.