this less wage bonus could be very minimal - I thought about payback 500 000 after a 3-4 seasons
ähhm minimal or betwenn 125.000 and 165000$ per season? I know the actual players dood players ain't at that level the elite was next season, but i think a average salary betwenn 10.000 and 15.000$ per week was an good approximation for an average team, and oh those guys get betwenn 160.000 and 240.000$ per season in the minimal bonus was over 50% of their salary ... And hell yeah, normally an investment which just give you a payback was an bad investment, so you need some extra tme holding those players to get an advantage so that your money work for you.
anyway there can be marked before sign that contract that the player will have less wage just only about 4K or so
yeah a fix reduction of salary was i think the only way this could be integrated, else it was a think just for trainees because the think had depending on the fact that the salary raises.
So maybe it's more like renting the house for the players, but why destroyining it after he is out of town :)(and things like that are more common they the playergets a leased car or the clubs arrange the players his 'appartment' maybe one the club owns)
In real life there are some long contracts like that, sometimes you keep a player for a 6 years just because an contract you made, it is about planning your future and I would like to see here even this option, option to have any contract dilema
6 year contracts was pretty rare in leagues with promoting and relegation, and the player progress here is much faster then in rl which makes the game faster where you could say this guy was an star even in 6 season in my league/team but it is nearly impossible to estimate if your player still a star(which makes it maybe again a trainee thing, but this was bad when everybody just trainis for his team because of this fine salary different). On the other you could do less things like a real gm, and for a lot players it was fun acting so i like strategic elements who forced you to do nothing - like that even it was an strateic decision.