Since we have to have release clause in Spain we have to do everything we can to set it higher to fend off potential suitors. This is what a high buy-out fee is designed to do first and foremost from the club's perspective, to deter other clubs from acquiring a player.
In an ideal world we would love to assemble a team of Cule or players who would want to play for us no matter what, regardless of what other teams offer; however in reality, in light of the increasingly bloated fees for players in today's transfer market, and especially those clubs that have the backings of billionaires who are willing to come up with ways to circumvent the FFP to throw money to get the players they want, we have to have more protection than what the current levels of buy-outs bring us. Let's be honest, how many of us can turn down much bigger paychecks and other promises just to play for Barca? Some will I have no doubt but many won't be able to resist the temptation, I think. That's why I said rely on the will of the player to reject better pays and deals to stay with us is not going to work.