One general point about finances is OOTP doesn't really reflect the idea of markets being distinct geographic entities. You could put an ML team in Topeka and it might out-earn the Yankees, under the game's current financial system. While there are some positive aspects to that approach, I think many would say it is unrealistic. Many would prefer a more city-based market approach, where a club's revenue potential is dependent on some degree to the city's size and its economic capacity to support a major league team.
I put a lot of thought into trying to create such a city-based approach that would be viable both historically and currently. It's a complicated matter, really, with no one right answer.
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The minor financials however are conflated a bit, because there are independent revenue streams associated with those operations, right?
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In real life there is an agreed-upon split of the expenses of minor league clubs. The main cost paid by the ML is the salaries of the players and managers, along with some other selected items, such as the minor's spring training expenses, baseballs and bats, etc. The minor league club is responsible for paying whatever the ML parent doesn't pay for. Thus the affiliate has to pay for team travel, stadium operations, front office staff, etc. (Some ML clubs do own outright their affiliates; most do not.)
Even though minor league players are not paid much, the sheer number of players in a minor league system adds up. Then one has to add in the cost of the administrative costs of overseeing all those affiliates, the various instructors, and so forth.
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And I agree, I wouldn't want control over those other expenses.
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Some of them can be argued both ways. I just generally prefer a more streamlined experience, as well as not implementing systems if there isn't a good amount of data to serve as a reference.
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And to that, another question is when you are given your budget from ownership, it never squares with revenue; so that being the case, the question: is it a matter of you getting that budget, which already incorporates those costs, and further, you are only allowed control over direct "baseball-operations" such as payroll, development, scouting, etc...once you do get that budget?
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Yeah, the whole notion of budgets and whether an owner likes to keep profits versus reinvesting back into the team, or is a free-spender and is willing to spill some red ink for a few seasons to win a championship is an interesting area to ponder. Lots of room for interesting discussion.