[Matteo]

I tested this extensively, and here are my findings:

1. Market Size does not seem to have an influence in whether a franchise participates in revenue sharing.

2. When you hit proceed to next season, the following things happen:

CalCash = OldCash + Revenues - PlayerExpenses

If CalCash < -5.000.000 then NewCash = 0

If CalCash 0 < -5.000.000 then NewCash = OldCash + 5.000.000

If CalCash => 0 then NewCash = OldCash


In plain English:

If you your calculated cash at seasons end (based on cash + revenues - expenses) is less than -5.000.000 your cash will be reset to zero. So if you have $1M cash, revenues of $50M and player expenses of $80M, you will get $29M in revenue sharing since your cash will be set to zero.

If your calculated cash is between -5.000.000 and zero you will get a fixed amouny of $5M in revenue sharing. So if in the above example your revenues would be $77M, your new cash would be $3M.

These amounts are all independent from whether other teams make a profit and/or whether their cash is capped. The money comes falling out of the tree!