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RonCo · 05-31-2011, 04:03 PM

I think you're reacting to the term "money sink" when it's better to react to the term "slider." A sliding bar that just says "spend money for no obvious value" is not going to be well understood. Give OOTP players the opportunity whether to pay minor leaguers a salary or not, and many will go there (because it makes sense to do this...and in fact paying bonus money to picks is already in the game). Give them the opportunity to choose how many roving instructors they have, and many will go there (because the value/purpose is obvious, and the basis of existing staff's is already in the game). But a Big ol' slider that says "Chuck $8.7M into the Player Development Ocean" is bound to be viewed with some skepticism because no one can say exactly what they're getting for it.

05-31-2011, 04:03 PM	#129
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,502	I think you're reacting to the term "money sink" when it's better to react to the term "slider." A sliding bar that just says "spend money for no obvious value" is not going to be well understood. Give OOTP players the opportunity whether to pay minor leaguers a salary or not, and many will go there (because it makes sense to do this...and in fact paying bonus money to picks is already in the game). Give them the opportunity to choose how many roving instructors they have, and many will go there (because the value/purpose is obvious, and the basis of existing staff's is already in the game). But a Big ol' slider that says "Chuck $8.7M into the Player Development Ocean" is bound to be viewed with some skepticism because no one can say exactly what they're getting for it. Last edited by RonCo; 05-31-2011 at 04:04 PM.