Poll: Cut Mix or Josh (If It Comes to That)

[Ulrich]

Isn't this different though? The issue here is that we can't drop his contract because of his no-trade clause

We can "drop his contract" by buying it out. Either we play within the rules or we become like what we hate most - LA.

 

[adam]

We can "drop his contract" by buying it out. Either we play within the rules or we become like what we hate most - LA.

I thought we hate NJ and f.cosmos v3 the most. So much hate, I can't keep it straight anymore.

 

[mgarbowski]

The best solution that would make the team honor the contract while also aligning everyone's interest with efficiency would a rule that encourages Mix to make a deal in another league for more than league minimum and have NYC and MIX share the benefit of whatever he can negotiate. Doesn't have to be 50-50 as long as it's worth it to both of them to do it. So if NYC has to guarantee he earns $750k and the Norway league minimum is $250k and he negotiates a deal for $400k (yes all figures and rounded off, in dollars and made up), Mix and the club somehow split the extra $150k he was able to negotiate. This way, Mix still has the right to sit it out, or play somewhere else for the minimum and he still gets his $750k, but if he can convince someone else to pay more he gets something out of it and NYCFC wins as well.

 

[mgarbowski]

You all heard the man. Further discussion or speculation is pointless. Close the thread.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

You all heard the man. Further discussion or speculation is pointless. Close the thread.

Could do that with all of them, I guess.

 

[Ulrich]

You all heard the man. Further discussion or speculation is pointless. Close the thread.

That's ripe, but appreciate the sarcasm. The thread could've been closed once Saunders was traded.

 

[joe]

That's ripe, but appreciate the sarcasm. The thread could've been closed once Saunders was traded.

Thread stays open until more people appreciate my gif double entendres on page two

 

[Kjbert]

Club looking to maximize financial return right now. Expectation is they will be able to minimize the loss.

I think he is gone officially (with announcement) by Friday night

 

[sbrylski]

Club looking to maximize financial return right now. Expectation is they will be able to minimize the loss.

I think he is gone officially (with announcement) by Friday night

I'm not as confident as you, but if we can swap Mix for Ofori this week, that would be a coup.

Ofori would likely be a DP for now because he would get the young DP cap hit, which is something like $250k without looking it up. But he should also make less than $1 million in wages, which means we could always buy him down with TAM this summer.

 

[Kjbert]

I'm not as confident as you, but if we can swap Mix for Ofori this week, that would be a coup.

Ofori would likely be a DP for now because he would get the young DP cap hit, which is something like $250k without looking it up. But he should also make less than $1 million in wages, which means we could always buy him down with TAM this summer.

I have a strong inclination that Ofori IS the DP, not just a Young DP for the beginning of the year.

EDIT: Unless the transfer fee paid is less than $500,000 somehow. I think that's the target to keep him as a non-DP player right now. But I think they would be OK if he was a DP