Help with short-season league

jeheinz72 · 02-06-2004, 12:02 PM

Hi folks, my solo fictional league has a 110-game season. Season 1 went smooth, no problemo. Season 2, was fine, up until the free agency before season 3. After the free agency, there were 3 solid SPs still availible (no one spectacular, just a couple 3-3.5 star guys). Is this due to a finances issue (not enough games to build sufficient revenue). If so, what is the fix? I think my current TV deal is like 30 mil for everyone

mlyons · 02-06-2004, 01:39 PM

I occasionally have pretty good SP's left over after the FA period, too. It probably is a financial thing, because all the teams in my league are poor (I started everyone at the lowest Market settings, just for the hell of it). If you're really worried, you can always go through and raise fan loyalty to increase your average attendance. If you increase your attendance by 50%, that should make up for the 52 games you don'y play.

sporr · 02-06-2004, 01:46 PM

It may depend on your cash maximum, etc. too. Are you allowing teams to build up cash reserves or is your cash max set low enough that this isn't possible?

jeheinz72 · 02-06-2004, 04:11 PM

My cash max is set at 5 or 6 million, I'm not sure. Is that low? I remember reading something about editing the TV contracts, but I can't find it.

sporr · 02-06-2004, 05:41 PM

5 or 6 million for a cash maximum is very low in my opinion. If you raise that up a bit, you'll have teams with cash to burn that will go out and get those FA. The computer teams will go in cycles of spending and saving.

02-06-2004, 12:02 PM	#1
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02-06-2004, 01:39 PM	#2
mlyons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,725	I occasionally have pretty good SP's left over after the FA period, too. It probably is a financial thing, because all the teams in my league are poor (I started everyone at the lowest Market settings, just for the hell of it). If you're really worried, you can always go through and raise fan loyalty to increase your average attendance. If you increase your attendance by 50%, that should make up for the 52 games you don'y play. __________________ Things can always be worse.

02-06-2004, 04:11 PM	#4
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,163	My cash max is set at 5 or 6 million, I'm not sure. Is that low? I remember reading something about editing the TV contracts, but I can't find it. __________________ Join The Dugout!

02-06-2004, 01:46 PM	#3
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	It may depend on your cash maximum, etc. too. Are you allowing teams to build up cash reserves or is your cash max set low enough that this isn't possible?

02-06-2004, 05:41 PM	#5
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	5 or 6 million for a cash maximum is very low in my opinion. If you raise that up a bit, you'll have teams with cash to burn that will go out and get those FA. The computer teams will go in cycles of spending and saving.