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NoOne · 01-02-2019, 01:16 PM

rising tide lifts all boats... add revenue.

go slowly and wait a while before coming to any conclusions. old contracts can take upto 10 years to renew -- whether that aging player or some new equivalent in proper proportions etc etc....

how you add revenue can have different effects. is it spread out or skewed toward top by success or market size? (other factors? just off top of head here) ... most things will be skewed toward the richer and/or more successful teams except for a stock national media contract increase, obviously.

i'd pay attention to the estimated net revenue on the financial settings page. adding ~10M may be enough to do what you want. probably see 30M->35M max as a guess... maybe 40, rarely? might need 5-10M more revenue too.

can use a restored backup clone and zoom out 20 years and look at finances report and such. then zoom our more if needed, and screenshot the finalized #'s.

you can ensure you see what you want this way, otherwise you see what is just as good of a guess as anyone else's. fwiw, i too use my own setup instead of default. it's not more or less realistic though.

(luckily i've probably been a bit more correct due to the obvious collusion among owners to rein in costs -- incredibly miserly FA offseasons for a couple years now... too odd with 30 supposed competitors. just look at jd martinez... talk about bad timing. 2-3 years previous and he's making 30-35m without an mvp. these aren't things you can predict... i just like a consistent environment.)

oh, you can add inflation to it if you want. it can even be variable, too. otherwise, it will reach an equillibrium and it won't change since revenues and other costs don't change without this setting active.

01-02-2019, 01:16 PM	#3
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	rising tide lifts all boats... add revenue. go slowly and wait a while before coming to any conclusions. old contracts can take upto 10 years to renew -- whether that aging player or some new equivalent in proper proportions etc etc.... how you add revenue can have different effects. is it spread out or skewed toward top by success or market size? (other factors? just off top of head here) ... most things will be skewed toward the richer and/or more successful teams except for a stock national media contract increase, obviously. i'd pay attention to the estimated net revenue on the financial settings page. adding ~10M may be enough to do what you want. probably see 30M->35M max as a guess... maybe 40, rarely? might need 5-10M more revenue too. can use a restored backup clone and zoom out 20 years and look at finances report and such. then zoom our more if needed, and screenshot the finalized #'s. you can ensure you see what you want this way, otherwise you see what is just as good of a guess as anyone else's. fwiw, i too use my own setup instead of default. it's not more or less realistic though. (luckily i've probably been a bit more correct due to the obvious collusion among owners to rein in costs -- incredibly miserly FA offseasons for a couple years now... too odd with 30 supposed competitors. just look at jd martinez... talk about bad timing. 2-3 years previous and he's making 30-35m without an mvp. these aren't things you can predict... i just like a consistent environment.) oh, you can add inflation to it if you want. it can even be variable, too. otherwise, it will reach an equillibrium and it won't change since revenues and other costs don't change without this setting active. Last edited by NoOne; 01-02-2019 at 01:18 PM.