We have adjusted the bonus guidelines for re-signings and offseason free agents to make it easier on everyone. We also have adjusted the max years per contract as we only have one more season at most before Madden 17. Please make note of the adjustments and apply the new guidelines to any re-signings that you do. This will also carry over should we be able to get in another offseason.
The easy way to figure out a proper bonus now is to divide the salary by anything between 2 and 3. You can divide it by 2.2, 2.6, whatever, as long it is divided at least by 3 and no more than 2. Dividing by 2 will give you a 33% bonus (two parts salary, one part bonus)and dividing by 3 will give you a 25% bonus (three parts salary, one part bonus. On the flip side, you can also multiple the bonus by anything between 2 and 3 to get a proper salary. Just be sure to follow the guidelines in the chart below:
Re-signings
Remember, in the re-signing stage, contacts are offered as total years, salary per year and bonus per year. An example of a salary offered under this system would be: You offer your 30-year old 97 OVR QB a salary of 4 years, $15M salary, $5M bonus. That is a total salary of $20M per season and 25% of that is bonus.
Offseason Free Agency
During offseason free agency Madden calculates things by total contract. So you offer the total years, total salary and total bonus. The salary and bonus are added together to get the total contract value. If you want to offer a $25M bonus, then you would need $50M (x2) to $75M (x3) as salary.
We hope this makes things a little more simple in negotiating contracts. As always, feel free to ask if you have any questions.
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The easy way to figure out a proper bonus now is to divide the salary by anything between 2 and 3. You can divide it by 2.2, 2.6, whatever, as long it is divided at least by 3 and no more than 2. Dividing by 2 will give you a 33% bonus (two parts salary, one part bonus)and dividing by 3 will give you a 25% bonus (three parts salary, one part bonus. On the flip side, you can also multiple the bonus by anything between 2 and 3 to get a proper salary. Just be sure to follow the guidelines in the chart below:
Re-signings
Remember, in the re-signing stage, contacts are offered as total years, salary per year and bonus per year. An example of a salary offered under this system would be: You offer your 30-year old 97 OVR QB a salary of 4 years, $15M salary, $5M bonus. That is a total salary of $20M per season and 25% of that is bonus.
Offseason Free Agency
During offseason free agency Madden calculates things by total contract. So you offer the total years, total salary and total bonus. The salary and bonus are added together to get the total contract value. If you want to offer a $25M bonus, then you would need $50M (x2) to $75M (x3) as salary.
We hope this makes things a little more simple in negotiating contracts. As always, feel free to ask if you have any questions.
dspbuckle, Luis3250, BigTexas18, Gubber227, georgiafan, pack1797, rkjones217, Paytonno1son, Tigers20, blahblahyea7, Burns, JerseyBorn, NightHawkTH32, Danperez, SMASHSMASH55, Justb3r3al