Salary Cap Question

br88 · 08-27-2002, 11:21 PM

I'm running 4.1 with the latest patch but can't get the Salary Cap function to work properly. To test it, I started a custom league consisting of 8 teams and set the cap at $50 million. Then I had the computer conduct the draft. When the draft was complete, each team had a payroll well over $100 million. Can anyone offer advice here? Thanks.

Steve Kuffrey · 08-27-2002, 11:22 PM

The salary cap cannot be used during the initial draft, teams will not stay under it.

br88 · 08-27-2002, 11:26 PM

Thanks. Does that mean that I must run the initial draft and then set the salary cap say a few $ higher than the highest payroll in the league? Then in the future, will the teams stay under that cap?

Steve Kuffrey · 08-27-2002, 11:34 PM

Yeah in a league that I have we pretty much let the first season slide then set the payroll for the second at a fairly reasonable amount. Most leagues that I have seen have it set at somewhere around 85-95M. A recommendation that you set a personal salary cap for your team and let the other teams have none.

Chas · 08-30-2002, 06:59 AM

Of course, if you start back in earliers years (i.e. 1960) the salaries are MUCH lower, but the players still demand those $10 Million contracts...

Hopefully this is in the works to be fixed next patch release..

Chas

Steve Kuffrey · 08-30-2002, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chas
Of course, if you start back in earliers years (i.e. 1960) the salaries are MUCH lower, but the players still demand those $10 Million contracts...

Hopefully this is in the works to be fixed next patch release..

Chas

Having the "ERA salary" issue resolved, to my knowledge, is not coming in an update. It may be something that we address in v5 but not sure.

fantom1979 · 08-31-2002, 02:45 AM

ERA salaries "aka inflation" i think would be a great feature, but very difficult to program without it exploding. Some of us like to play future leagues well into the 22nd century and the salaries would be too difficult to manage by that time. I am not sure how this could be worked out

ziimalan · 08-31-2002, 09:23 AM

its hard but it would be cool

08-27-2002, 11:21 PM	#1
br88 Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2	Salary Cap Question I'm running 4.1 with the latest patch but can't get the Salary Cap function to work properly. To test it, I started a custom league consisting of 8 teams and set the cap at $50 million. Then I had the computer conduct the draft. When the draft was complete, each team had a payroll well over $100 million. Can anyone offer advice here? Thanks.

08-27-2002, 11:22 PM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,035	The salary cap cannot be used during the initial draft, teams will not stay under it. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

08-27-2002, 11:34 PM	#4
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,035	Yeah in a league that I have we pretty much let the first season slide then set the payroll for the second at a fairly reasonable amount. Most leagues that I have seen have it set at somewhere around 85-95M. A recommendation that you set a personal salary cap for your team and let the other teams have none. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

08-30-2002, 06:59 AM	#5
Chas Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Peru, Maine Posts: 135	Salary Cap ISSUE Of course, if you start back in earliers years (i.e. 1960) the salaries are MUCH lower, but the players still demand those $10 Million contracts... Hopefully this is in the works to be fixed next patch release.. Chas __________________ Chas Bone Breaking Football League-http://www.cbbfl.com

08-31-2002, 02:45 AM	#7
fantom1979 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,498	ERA salaries "aka inflation" i think would be a great feature, but very difficult to program without it exploding. Some of us like to play future leagues well into the 22nd century and the salaries would be too difficult to manage by that time. I am not sure how this could be worked out __________________

08-27-2002, 11:26 PM	#3
br88 Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2	Thanks. Does that mean that I must run the initial draft and then set the salary cap say a few $ higher than the highest payroll in the league? Then in the future, will the teams stay under that cap?

08-31-2002, 09:23 AM	#8
ziimalan Major Leagues Join Date: May 2002 Location: new jeru Posts: 392	its hard but it would be cool __________________ hmmmmm...