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IRL there are teams that do not have a huge negative effect from poor play when looking at gate and merchandising receipts. Take the Cubs and RedSox for example. No matter where they fall in the standings, both these teams have tremendous followings and in the OOTP world the Cubs would bottom out pretty quickly I would guess and have their revenue plummet and reduce their ability to compete. But in real life the Cubs have an incredible fan base with an incredibly sweet tv deal and can provide teams that don't always compete (I'm being nice) and get away with it.

I think there can be a link to loyalty for attendance but maybe some randomness for loyalty to performance. Some teams might not get affected the same way when they drop their performance.

I also think the market size should not really fluctuate. I interpret market size to be the potential fan base. Does that really change much (at least in the home area)?

Good questions, glad that all rocks are being looked under!