"Only a unified standard contract. This should be to build mutual trust between the players and the club. Less tricks and more sincerity. Watermark advertisement test
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"Yes, the club did have some problems with the contract.
"DGE sold the players' contracts previously because other clubs signed directly with us so they did not dare to play tricks.
"If free people joined these clubs, I wonder what kind of contract traps they would encounter."
Zhang Yuan knew very well that under the current model, the contracts prepared by many clubs actually had traps.
For their own interests, the club would definitely lock the most promising players at the lowest cost. The players would definitely pursue higher salaries and more opportunities for their own interests.
Both of their actions were beyond reproach. They were all for their own interests, but the problem was that this would seriously damage the mutual trust between the club and the players.
In order to snatch a certain star player, the club would often put forward a high price but bury all kinds of traps in the contract, waiting for the players to fall for it.
This was like the routine of many e-commerce websites. On the surface, they would give you a discount, but in fact, they would set barriers in other areas.
It was good during the negotiation, but in fact, once the contract was signed, you would be dumbfounded.
The result was that the players did not trust the club, and the club did not trust the players. Many times, it became a zero-sum game, and the interests of the weaker party would be damaged.
In most cases, the weaker party was the players.
After all, the big clubs had their own legal team and had an absolute advantage when signing the contract.
The standard contract that Boss Pei requested was for everyone to clearly mark the price and not make any false promises.
All the previously complicated terms of the contract were clarified, and only the time limit, liquidated damages, transfer fees, specific salaries, special terms, and so on were changed.
The special terms here were not to restrict the players, but to ensure that the club's promise would not become an empty promise.
For example, if two clubs were competing for a player at the same time, the former would pay more, and the latter would pay less, but they could guarantee playing time. At that time, the players would have more choice.
Most of the time, the players were hesitant not because they were greedy.
Every club's contract was different. There were hidden traps in the more money, and the less money might not necessarily have a conscience. You could not bring the contract back to study slowly. How could you make a rash decision?
This was like selling something. Every buyer didn't offer a fixed amount of money, but a bunch of complicated terms. If the contestants didn't want to be cheated, they could only spend a lot of effort to screen them.
But the problem was that the contestants were not professional lawyers. Finding a professional legal team was time-consuming and laborious, and not all of them were reliable.
Pro players were youthful players. Their entire life's income and future might be concentrated in the first one or two years of their peak. How could they not go shopping?
When the Club bought players, they would also go back and forth between many outstanding players. This was a normal business practice, and there was nothing to criticize.
However, the Club's ability to resist risks was much stronger. Signing the wrong person would only mean spending a little more money to support a water dispenser player, and the player's ability to resist risks was much weaker.
If something went wrong, an outstanding young player could ruin his entire professional career.
Thus, Boss Pei's goal was very clear. Don't make any empty promises. Just these few rules so that players without much legal knowledge could understand them and make their own choices.
Free players could contact all the clubs. These clubs would make their own promises, and the officials would be the middleman. Whoever went back on their word would have to pay the liquidated damages.
The Club should not think about picking up scraps at low prices and making the players slaves; individual players should not think about taking high salaries to get by and take advantage of the Club.
Everyone took a step back, and no one cheated the other. Let the player's income roughly match his value. Don't make it too outrageous.
The method of secret auction was to prevent the rich clubs from maliciously raising prices and squeezing the living space of the small clubs. At the same time, the interests of the players would not be damaged. The clubs could not unite to lower prices, and the truly capable players could still get high salaries.
Moreover, this contract did not harm the interests of the Club.
The interests of the Club were mainly in three aspects: the attention, popularity, and brand awareness brought by the competition; the real economic benefits brought by sponsors; and ensuring that the players would not be cultivated by others.
In terms of popularity and brand awareness, Boss Pei's supervision would not have any impact on this;
In terms of sponsors and economic benefits, there was actually no damage;
The Club could still sign long-term contracts with the players and collect transfer fees. The interests in this area were not affected.
However, it was impossible for the Club to use the contract to lock a player and permanently freeze him after a conflict with the player. That was because the standard contract requested by Boss Pei obviously did not support this.
Once such a situation occurred, Pei Qian would find a way to get the player out.
This standard contract was not to let the Club starve to death, but to let them eat less and spit out a portion to return to the players.
This way, the players and the Club would establish mutual trust through the official intervention of Tengda. There was no need to play tricks with each other. If the Club or the players had any requests on the contract, they could be handed over to the official to mediate and resolve.
Of course, there was no absolute fairness in this world, but at least relative fairness could be pursued.
Was the contract given by the Club fairer? Or was the contract given by Boss Pei fairer?
That was obvious.
That was because the Club and the players had to protect their own interests at the end of the day. This was beyond reproach, but at the same time, it also meant that they would not consider the impact on the entire Esports environment.
Moreover, Boss Pei's position was completely objective and fair. His determination could be seen from Boss Pei's statement.
The other organizers of the competition were aligned with the Club in terms of interests. Most of the time, they did not dare or had no need to offend the Club. Thus, they could only let the players suffer in silence.
However, Boss Pei's attitude was very clear. He would not spoil the players, but he would not spoil the Club even more.
The Club that did not agree to this standard contract must have their own plans in mind and wanted to play tricks with the players on the contract.
If that was the case, then sorry, they could not care about other fields, but they could not participate in GOG's Esports competition. They would rather give up the popularity and resources brought by this Club to maintain the fairness of the entire Esports system.
Zhang Yuan could not help but feel emotional at that thought. This was the kind of determination of a strong man to cut his wrist!
In the short term, this move would inevitably cause many clubs to be dissatisfied. It might even cause the popularity of GOG's Esports competition to decline, and the players' salaries to be reduced.
However, in the long run, the entire ecosystem would be healthier.
Even if the players' salaries were reduced, it would also help them avoid huge risks.
Obviously, Boss Pei thought that it was' worth it 'because he felt that the importance of the healthy ecology of the league was far greater than the popularity brought by a few clubs. He felt that whether these clubs came to support or not, he had the confidence to run GOG's league!
Now, he was using the opportunity of the establishment of the GPL league to establish the entry system for each club. It was actually a preventive measure.
That was because the GOG teams of the various clubs had just been established. Even if these clubs withdrew and Boss Pei found the next one to take over or even buy them all, it would not cost much. The impact would be controllable.
If the popularity really rose in the future, it would be even more difficult to establish these standards.
It was like treating a disease. Prevention in advance was definitely better than surgery after the disease was beyond cure.
As for why there was a special rule that DGE only needed the lowest transfer fee?
Zhang Yuan did not understand at first. Wouldn't the interests of the DGE Club be damaged?
However, on further thought, this was precisely an important supplement to the entire mechanism!
Many rookies didn't have the slightest bit of bargaining power before they had any results.
That was very normal. After all, the club had to take risks when buying people. Some players played well in Rank but dropped the ball in the competition. Wouldn't the club lose money if they spent a lot of money to buy them back?
Thus, the price of a newcomer's contract was often very low.
However, that gave rise to a new problem: those truly talented players could only sign a newcomer's contract at the beginning. The price was low and the contract was long. They would not be able to obtain the corresponding salary if they achieved results. They might even be frozen if they fell out with the club.
Many players only reached their peak for one or two years. If they were not careful, their entire professional career would be ruined.
There was no right or wrong in this matter. It was all for one's own interests, but it would cause a kind of actual waste.
Talented newcomers would definitely have mental fluctuations if they received a low salary, which would affect their performance in the competition. If they fell out with the club and were frozen, this outstanding player would be buried forever. It would be a loss to the entire league.
Thus, the DGE Club only needed the lowest transfer fee, which was actually good news for these newcomers.
Newcomers with strength and confidence could choose to come to the DGE Club first. They would not fall into the trap of a newcomer's contract. They would naturally be bought by a better club if they achieved results.
The DGE Club was equivalent to completing a screening. It was trial and error for the club. At the same time, it was providing a chance for the players to prove themselves.
It was not a loss for the DGE Club either.
That was because this move would make more ambitious and outstanding newcomers want to enter the DGE Club. It could ensure that the quality of the new members of the DGE Club was higher than that of other clubs. They would always maintain a relatively high level of strength, which was conducive to maintaining the brand value of the DGE Club.
They might not play in competitions, but they could send these new faces to the league and make their presence felt in front of the audience.
The audience would find out that every outstanding newcomer came from the DGE Club. Naturally, they would maintain a high level of attention to the DGE Club.
The more attention, the better the sponsorship. Moreover, other clubs would still be able to buy people from the DGE Club even though the transfer fee was low.
The beauty of this decision was that the other clubs could not learn from it.
That was because the DGE Club's operating model was different from all other clubs. They did not need to participate in competitions or produce results. They only needed to cultivate players. There was no competitive relationship. In fact, it was mutually beneficial.
What's more, this move could better maintain the ecology of the entire GOG league. The entire Tengda Corporation could benefit from it.
Thus, wasn't it worth it to sacrifice a little bit of DGE's immediate interests for long-term benefits?
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