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changewand · 07-08-2005, 03:23 PM

To be honest, I don't own the team in question. As for how they got there...they drafted vets in the initial draft, and based on how OOTP determines initial salaries was left with an ignormous payrool after the draft. I think that the owner is relying on retirements and ends of contracts to lower his payroll...however, in our online league there's penalties for having a negative balance at the end of the season.

The complication is that his team is in the playoff hunt and he wants to take advantage of that "one final year" that his team will be put together. So I'm trying to think of a way that he can lower his payroll such that he can end the season in the black without totally demolishing his team. In addition, if the only way to lower his payroll is truly via trade, he will most likely be screwed unless he can find a way to get something back out of a trade.

I think that what he is banking on is that the contracts that are up are substantial enough that his payroll will drop by %25-33 - however that drop might come too late for him to end the season with cash (any amount of cash) in the bank.

07-08-2005, 03:23 PM	#8
changewand Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 88	To be honest, I don't own the team in question. As for how they got there...they drafted vets in the initial draft, and based on how OOTP determines initial salaries was left with an ignormous payrool after the draft. I think that the owner is relying on retirements and ends of contracts to lower his payroll...however, in our online league there's penalties for having a negative balance at the end of the season. The complication is that his team is in the playoff hunt and he wants to take advantage of that "one final year" that his team will be put together. So I'm trying to think of a way that he can lower his payroll such that he can end the season in the black without totally demolishing his team. In addition, if the only way to lower his payroll is truly via trade, he will most likely be screwed unless he can find a way to get something back out of a trade. I think that what he is banking on is that the contracts that are up are substantial enough that his payroll will drop by %25-33 - however that drop might come too late for him to end the season with cash (any amount of cash) in the bank.