All my teams are broke!

[Dan Lorenzen]

I'm in like my 20th year now and practically all the computer run teams in my league are out of money. And so every year a ton of really good FA players go unsigned. I had this same problem in OOTP 3.

Anyway could anyone give me any tips on what I could do to get the computer teams in the black again?

Thanks.

[Steve Kuffrey]

What version of the game are you running, give us more details about the league.

[Scott Vibert]

How long a season are you running? What are the TV contracts like, what are the sizes of the stadiums, What are your Cash/Salary Cap levels?

These are the kind of details that will be most helpful.

[Dan Lorenzen]

OK here are my financial reports. Most of my teams have zero cash on hand thus I get a lot of unsigned free agents. I might add that I' have noticed a lot of unsigned FA just lately. I don't know if the AI can recover and start signing Free Agents again or not.

I have version 4.2a and I am in about my 20th year of simming. (I am the cubs). I have no salary cap and a team cash max of 50,000,000.

(some of the teams have positive cash values because I have just figured out how to edit each team on the finance screen and give them more cash. )

League Financial Report :

Payrolls:
1. New York (A)......$ 170,391,900
2. Texas.............$ 122,391,100
3. San Diego.........$ 119,325,800
4. St. Louis.........$ 118,720,000
5. Florida...........$ 106,682,100
6. Arizona...........$ 100,659,900
7. Atlanta...........$ 99,647,600
8. Minnesota.........$ 93,144,600
9. Chicago (A).......$ 92,641,800
10. Seattle..........$ 88,435,400
11. Philadelphia.....$ 87,430,800
12. Boston...........$ 86,533,300
13. Milwaukee........$ 83,676,800
14. Detroit..........$ 82,624,400
15. Chicago (N)......$ 79,780,100
16. San Francisco....$ 78,650,500
17. Kansas City......$ 69,745,200
18. Cleveland........$ 65,662,400
19. Houston..........$ 62,934,700
20. Los Angeles......$ 58,330,600
21. Baltimore........$ 56,912,400
22. Pittsburgh.......$ 55,614,700
23. Montreal.........$ 52,802,400
24. Oakland..........$ 51,556,200
25. Colorado.........$ 48,607,400
26. New York (N).....$ 48,362,300
27. Toronto..........$ 46,138,000
28. Tampa Bay........$ 43,609,000
29. Anaheim..........$ 43,525,000
30. Cincinnati.......$ 39,435,400


Top 25 Highest Paid Players:
1. P K.Rothschild, CHN, .$ 14,000,000
2. P A.Deguzman, NYA, ...$ 12,411,500
3. 2B T.Giese, NYA, ......$ 12,362,400
4. P L.Charles, SF, .....$ 11,998,800
5. P T.Tapscott, CLE, ...$ 11,990,000
6. P W.Drennon, STL, ....$ 11,683,600
7. SS M.Cabrera, BOS, ....$ 11,556,000
8. P J.Rego, CHA, .......$ 11,079,900
9. P R.Pellerin, CHN, ...$ 11,000,000
10. P J.Gonzalez, MIN, ..$ 10,985,600
11. P C.Guerra, PHI, ....$ 10,978,200
12. P L.Maldonado, KC, ..$ 10,875,600
13. C B.Mckinney, TOR, ..$ 10,809,700
14. P H.Tucker, MIL, ....$ 10,600,000
15. P A.Trejo, TEX, .....$ 10,362,600
16. P A.Duran, NYA, .....$ 10,362,600
17. P J.Rhodes, TEX, ....$ 10,271,400
18. P E.Ramirez, NYA, ...$ 10,200,000
19. P E.Munday, SD, .....$ 10,158,300
20. SS D.Brown, FLO, .....$ 10,132,500
21. P C.Mendiola, TEX, ..$ 9,984,000
22. P S.Martinez, NYA, ..$ 9,882,700
23. P A.Palladino, FLO, .$ 9,690,000
24. P S.Murphy, DET, ....$ 9,665,800
25. P D.Phillips, NYA, ..$ 9,500,000


Attendance 2020:
1. New York (A)......2,476,490
2. San Diego.........2,388,915
3. Florida...........2,191,093
4. Texas.............2,162,830
5. Arizona...........2,136,755
6. St. Louis.........1,970,979
7. Chicago (A).......1,947,438
8. Minnesota.........1,890,672
9. Detroit...........1,821,663
10. Milwaukee........1,805,024
11. Atlanta..........1,786,350
12. Kansas City......1,623,838
13. Pittsburgh.......1,442,113
14. Seattle..........1,389,002
15. Boston...........1,358,375
16. Houston..........1,330,541
17. San Francisco....1,315,668
18. New York (N).....1,287,076
19. Philadelphia.....1,278,184
20. Baltimore........1,264,302
21. Oakland..........1,250,115
22. Chicago (N)......1,242,781
23. Cleveland........1,239,916
24. Tampa Bay........1,181,050
25. Anaheim..........1,120,828
26. Montreal.........1,018,617
27. Colorado.........954,804
28. Los Angeles......920,854
29. Toronto..........894,835
30. Cincinnati.......716,469


Attendance 2019:
1. San Diego.........4,835,248
2. New York (A)......4,568,475
3. Minnesota.........4,239,097
4. Texas.............3,981,595
5. Florida...........3,858,372
6. Arizona...........3,798,961
7. St. Louis.........3,740,711
8. Chicago (A).......3,539,442
9. Atlanta...........3,473,054
10. Milwaukee........3,412,127
11. Detroit..........3,398,098
12. Philadelphia.....3,359,249
13. Kansas City......3,133,476
14. San Francisco....2,897,261
15. Boston...........2,743,793
16. Seattle..........2,710,017
17. Chicago (N)......2,617,090
18. Pittsburgh.......2,602,464
19. Cleveland........2,554,893
20. Houston..........2,532,016
21. Baltimore........2,417,856
22. New York (N).....2,405,313
23. Tampa Bay........2,335,585
24. Oakland..........2,189,016
25. Montreal.........2,095,582
26. Anaheim..........2,079,659
27. Toronto..........2,030,514
28. Los Angeles......1,990,265
29. Colorado.........1,814,406
30. Cincinnati.......1,307,163

[Dan Lorenzen]

And here are the individual team finances...


Baltimore This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 43/100
Attendance : 1,264,302 (2,417,856)
Attendance/Game : 31,608 (29,850)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 11,378,718 (23,414,258)
Revenue/Game : $ 284,468 (289,065)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 29,000,000 (38,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 3,763,361 (18,000,000)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 56,912,400
Total Revenue : $ 44,142,079 (79,414,258)
Total Player Expenses : $ 31,369,630 (62,691,992)
Total + / - : $ 12,772,449 (16,722,266)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 9


Boston This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 62/100
Attendance : 1,358,375 (2,743,793)
Attendance/Game : 33,959 (33,874)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 13,583,750 (27,608,492)
Revenue/Game : $ 339,594 (340,846)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 40,000,000 (40,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 13,037,953 (24,050,601)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 86,533,300
Total Revenue : $ 66,621,703 (91,659,093)
Total Player Expenses : $ 48,170,567 (108,536,114)
Total + / - : $ 18,451,136 (-16,877,021)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 10


New York (A) This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 100/100
Attendance : 2,476,490 (4,568,475)
Attendance/Game : 56,284 (56,401)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 24,764,900 (45,684,750)
Revenue/Game : $ 562,839 (564,009)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 44,000,000 (44,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 26,415,158 (48,535,238)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (6,833,295)
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Payroll : $ 170,391,900
Total Revenue : $ 95,180,058 (138,219,988)
Total Player Expenses : $ 97,534,955 (154,225,897)
Total + / - : $ -2,354,897 (-16,005,909)
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Cash : $ 35,377,386
Ticket Price : $ 10


Tampa Bay This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 29/100
Attendance : 1,181,050 (2,335,585)
Attendance/Game : 27,466 (28,834)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 9,329,722 (19,713,840)
Revenue/Game : $ 216,970 (243,381)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 18,000,000 (18,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 1,540,712 (3,039,708)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 43,609,000
Total Revenue : $ 28,870,434 (40,753,548)
Total Player Expenses : $ 24,050,959 (59,449,105)
Total + / - : $ 4,819,475 (-18,695,557)
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Cash : $ 1,050,000
Ticket Price : $ 7


Toronto This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 20/100
Attendance : 894,835 (2,030,514)
Attendance/Game : 21,825 (25,068)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 6,263,845 (14,701,473)
Revenue/Game : $ 152,777 (181,500)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 24,500,000 (24,500,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 3,201,417 (6,565,450)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 46,138,000
Total Revenue : $ 33,965,262 (45,766,923)
Total Player Expenses : $ 23,872,289 (45,731,438)
Total + / - : $ 10,092,973 (35,485)
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Cash : $ 246,925
Ticket Price : $ 7


Chicago (A) This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 86/100
Attendance : 1,947,438 (3,539,442)
Attendance/Game : 44,260 (43,697)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 19,474,380 (35,394,420)
Revenue/Game : $ 442,600 (436,968)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 41,000,000 (41,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 12,992,814 (23,768,152)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (1,538,107)
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Payroll : $ 92,641,800
Total Revenue : $ 73,467,194 (100,162,572)
Total Player Expenses : $ 58,312,026 (113,910,041)
Total + / - : $ 15,155,168 (-13,747,469)
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Cash : $ -596,195
Ticket Price : $ 10


Cleveland This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 60/100
Attendance : 1,239,916 (2,554,893)
Attendance/Game : 31,793 (31,542)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 12,399,160 (24,395,821)
Revenue/Game : $ 317,927 (301,183)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 31,500,000 (31,500,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 5,041,242 (9,588,870)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 65,662,400
Total Revenue : $ 48,940,402 (65,484,691)
Total Player Expenses : $ 35,039,094 (61,484,293)
Total + / - : $ 13,901,308 (4,000,398)
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Cash : $ -453,574
Ticket Price : $ 10


Kansas City This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 80/100
Attendance : 1,623,838 (3,133,476)
Attendance/Game : 40,596 (38,685)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 16,238,380 (31,334,760)
Revenue/Game : $ 405,960 (386,849)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 31,000,000 (31,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 3,643,389 (6,797,040)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 69,745,200
Total Revenue : $ 50,881,769 (69,131,800)
Total Player Expenses : $ 36,040,364 (69,019,276)
Total + / - : $ 14,841,405 (112,524)
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Cash : $ 10,818
Ticket Price : $ 10


Detroit This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 98/100
Attendance : 1,821,663 (3,398,098)
Attendance/Game : 41,401 (41,952)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 21,859,956 (39,769,864)
Revenue/Game : $ 496,817 (490,986)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 36,500,000 (34,500,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 4,089,651 (8,026,473)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 82,624,400
Total Revenue : $ 62,449,607 (82,296,337)
Total Player Expenses : $ 44,163,507 (86,273,881)
Total + / - : $ 18,286,100 (-3,977,544)
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Cash : $ -4,487,509
Ticket Price : $ 12


Minnesota This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 80/100
Attendance : 1,890,672 (4,239,097)
Attendance/Game : 47,267 (52,335)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 18,906,720 (42,390,970)
Revenue/Game : $ 472,668 (523,345)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 39,000,000 (39,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 5,643,780 (11,320,751)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 93,144,600
Total Revenue : $ 63,550,500 (92,711,721)
Total Player Expenses : $ 53,088,419 (91,106,531)
Total + / - : $ 10,462,081 (1,605,190)
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Cash : $ -550,060
Ticket Price : $ 10


Anaheim This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 23/100
Attendance : 1,120,828 (2,079,659)
Attendance/Game : 24,907 (25,675)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 7,845,796 (15,549,643)
Revenue/Game : $ 174,351 (191,971)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 27,000,000 (37,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 4,061,221 (14,000,000)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 43,525,000
Total Revenue : $ 38,907,017 (66,549,643)
Total Player Expenses : $ 25,145,108 (50,866,240)
Total + / - : $ 13,761,909 (15,683,403)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 7

[Dan Lorenzen]

Oakland This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 40/100
Attendance : 1,250,115 (2,189,016)
Attendance/Game : 27,780 (27,025)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 10,288,531 (17,512,128)
Revenue/Game : $ 228,634 (216,199)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 25,500,000 (25,500,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 3,944,520 (7,368,042)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 51,556,200
Total Revenue : $ 39,733,051 (50,380,170)
Total Player Expenses : $ 28,291,068 (57,200,535)
Total + / - : $ 11,441,983 (-6,820,365)
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Cash : $ 0
Ticket Price : $ 9


Seattle This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 54/100
Attendance : 1,389,002 (2,710,017)
Attendance/Game : 32,302 (33,457)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 12,988,103 (24,419,029)
Revenue/Game : $ 302,049 (301,470)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 39,000,000 (39,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 10,219,988 (18,808,421)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (1,146,794)
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Payroll : $ 88,435,400
Total Revenue : $ 62,208,091 (82,227,450)
Total Player Expenses : $ 45,852,186 (103,137,239)
Total + / - : $ 16,355,905 (-20,909,789)
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Cash : $ -4,435,520
Ticket Price : $ 10


Texas This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 100/100
Attendance : 2,162,830 (3,981,595)
Attendance/Game : 49,155 (49,155)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 21,628,300 (39,815,950)
Revenue/Game : $ 491,552 (491,555)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 44,000,000 (44,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 20,361,079 (36,908,699)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (3,852,225)
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Payroll : $ 122,391,100
Total Revenue : $ 85,989,379 (120,724,649)
Total Player Expenses : $ 69,096,755 (138,089,164)
Total + / - : $ 16,892,624 (-17,364,515)
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Cash : $ 4,337,169
Ticket Price : $ 10


Atlanta This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 68/100
Attendance : 1,786,350 (3,473,054)
Attendance/Game : 40,599 (42,877)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 17,863,500 (34,730,540)
Revenue/Game : $ 405,989 (428,772)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 41,000,000 (41,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 7,187,103 (13,634,876)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 99,647,600
Total Revenue : $ 66,050,603 (89,365,416)
Total Player Expenses : $ 52,880,778 (110,875,444)
Total + / - : $ 13,169,825 (-21,510,028)
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Cash : $ 8,464,303
Ticket Price : $ 10


Florida This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 100/100
Attendance : 2,191,093 (3,858,372)
Attendance/Game : 47,632 (47,634)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 21,910,930 (38,583,720)
Revenue/Game : $ 476,325 (476,342)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 39,000,000 (39,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 16,235,346 (28,738,872)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (3,624,090)
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Payroll : $ 106,682,100
Total Revenue : $ 77,146,276 (106,322,592)
Total Player Expenses : $ 58,700,355 (114,074,259)
Total + / - : $ 18,445,921 (-7,751,667)
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Cash : $ 373,570
Ticket Price : $ 10


Montreal This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 27/100
Attendance : 1,018,617 (2,095,582)
Attendance/Game : 26,118 (25,871)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 7,130,319 (15,421,952)
Revenue/Game : $ 182,829 (190,394)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 29,000,000 (29,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 5,394,800 (10,527,998)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 52,802,400
Total Revenue : $ 41,525,119 (54,949,950)
Total Player Expenses : $ 27,835,758 (58,229,438)
Total + / - : $ 13,689,361 (-3,279,488)
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Cash : $ 3,175,000
Ticket Price : $ 7


New York (N) This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 34/100
Attendance : 1,287,076 (2,405,313)
Attendance/Game : 29,252 (29,695)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 10,296,608 (21,072,888)
Revenue/Game : $ 234,014 (260,159)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 28,000,000 (32,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 3,986,413 (7,934,654)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 48,362,300
Total Revenue : $ 42,283,021 (61,007,542)
Total Player Expenses : $ 28,067,355 (64,609,488)
Total + / - : $ 14,215,666 (-3,601,946)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 8


Philadelphia This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 50/100
Attendance : 1,278,184 (3,359,249)
Attendance/Game : 31,955 (41,472)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 12,029,881 (33,592,490)
Revenue/Game : $ 300,747 (414,722)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 35,000,000 (35,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 12,942,584 (24,671,044)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 87,430,800
Total Revenue : $ 59,972,465 (93,263,534)
Total Player Expenses : $ 53,764,149 (95,799,992)
Total + / - : $ 6,208,316 (-2,536,458)
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Cash : $ -1,738,701
Ticket Price : $ 10

[Dan Lorenzen]

Chicago (N) This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 54/100
Attendance : 1,242,781 (2,617,090)
Attendance/Game : 28,245 (32,310)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 13,670,591 (28,787,990)
Revenue/Game : $ 310,695 (355,407)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 41,000,000 (41,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 8,096,703 (15,772,277)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 79,780,100
Total Revenue : $ 62,767,294 (85,560,267)
Total Player Expenses : $ 41,298,124 (86,221,892)
Total + / - : $ 21,469,170 (-661,625)
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Cash : $ -1,446,891
Ticket Price : $ 11


Cincinnati This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 10/100
Attendance : 716,469 (1,307,163)
Attendance/Game : 16,662 (16,138)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 5,015,283 (9,150,141)
Revenue/Game : $ 116,634 (112,965)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 21,000,000 (21,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 2,248,434 (4,503,971)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 39,435,400
Total Revenue : $ 28,263,717 (34,654,112)
Total Player Expenses : $ 21,630,330 (44,342,984)
Total + / - : $ 6,633,387 (-9,688,872)
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Cash : $ 4,050,000
Ticket Price : $ 7


Houston This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 40/100
Attendance : 1,330,541 (2,532,016)
Attendance/Game : 30,240 (31,259)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 11,974,869 (22,788,144)
Revenue/Game : $ 272,156 (281,335)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 35,500,000 (37,500,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 4,868,605 (9,733,538)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 62,934,700
Total Revenue : $ 52,343,474 (70,021,682)
Total Player Expenses : $ 35,551,911 (76,644,960)
Total + / - : $ 16,791,563 (-6,623,278)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 9


Milwaukee This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 87/100
Attendance : 1,805,024 (3,412,127)
Attendance/Game : 42,977 (42,125)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 18,050,240 (39,523,955)
Revenue/Game : $ 429,768 (487,950)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 32,000,000 (32,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 4,494,418 (8,251,886)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 83,676,800
Total Revenue : $ 54,544,658 (79,775,841)
Total Player Expenses : $ 45,689,335 (78,097,636)
Total + / - : $ 8,855,323 (1,678,205)
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Cash : $ 265,642
Ticket Price : $ 10


Pittsburgh This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 61/100
Attendance : 1,442,113 (2,602,464)
Attendance/Game : 35,173 (32,129)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 14,421,130 (23,377,765)
Revenue/Game : $ 351,735 (288,614)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 25,000,000 (22,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 2,202,938 (4,127,578)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 55,614,700
Total Revenue : $ 41,624,068 (49,505,343)
Total Player Expenses : $ 30,110,447 (48,348,205)
Total + / - : $ 11,513,621 (1,157,138)
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Cash : $ 2,750,000
Ticket Price : $ 10


St. Louis This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 89/100
Attendance : 1,970,979 (3,740,711)
Attendance/Game : 49,274 (46,182)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 19,709,790 (37,407,110)
Revenue/Game : $ 492,745 (461,816)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 42,000,000 (42,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 12,060,432 (22,142,103)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (5,968,536)
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Payroll : $ 118,720,000
Total Revenue : $ 73,770,222 (101,549,213)
Total Player Expenses : $ 61,522,784 (110,230,136)
Total + / - : $ 12,247,438 (-8,680,923)
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Cash : $ 9,899,846
Ticket Price : $ 10


Arizona This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 93/100
Attendance : 2,136,755 (3,798,961)
Attendance/Game : 48,563 (46,901)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 21,367,550 (37,989,610)
Revenue/Game : $ 485,626 (469,008)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 42,000,000 (42,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 11,774,370 (21,325,361)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (1,637,145)
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Payroll : $ 100,659,900
Total Revenue : $ 75,141,920 (101,314,971)
Total Player Expenses : $ 61,638,014 (118,575,912)
Total + / - : $ 13,503,906 (-17,260,941)
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Cash : $ 450,374
Ticket Price : $ 10


Colorado This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 20/100
Attendance : 954,804 (1,814,406)
Attendance/Game : 22,733 (22,400)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 6,683,628 (12,700,842)
Revenue/Game : $ 159,134 (156,801)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 28,000,000 (28,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 3,035,087 (6,092,601)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 48,607,400
Total Revenue : $ 37,718,715 (46,793,443)
Total Player Expenses : $ 26,680,604 (55,860,067)
Total + / - : $ 11,038,111 (-9,066,624)
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Cash : $ 4,075,000
Ticket Price : $ 7


Los Angeles This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 18/100
Attendance : 920,854 (1,990,265)
Attendance/Game : 22,460 (24,571)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 6,445,978 (13,931,855)
Revenue/Game : $ 157,219 (171,998)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 37,000,000 (37,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 4,275,350 (8,581,036)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 58,330,600
Total Revenue : $ 47,721,328 (59,512,891)
Total Player Expenses : $ 30,480,225 (64,901,788)
Total + / - : $ 17,241,103 (-5,388,897)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 7


San Diego This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 100/100
Attendance : 2,388,915 (4,835,248)
Attendance/Game : 55,556 (59,694)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 23,889,150 (48,352,480)
Revenue/Game : $ 555,562 (596,944)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 39,000,000 (39,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 7,855,479 (14,426,409)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (2,647,015)
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Payroll : $ 119,325,800
Total Revenue : $ 70,744,629 (101,778,889)
Total Player Expenses : $ 61,842,067 (131,350,016)
Total + / - : $ 8,902,562 (-29,571,127)
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Cash : $ 267,154
Ticket Price : $ 10


San Francisco This Season (Last Year):
Fan Interest : 48/100
Attendance : 1,315,668 (2,897,261)
Attendance/Game : 31,325 (35,769)
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Attendance Revenue : $ 12,831,860 (28,972,610)
Revenue/Game : $ 305,520 (357,687)
Broadcast Revenue : $ 34,000,000 (37,000,000)
Merchandising Revenue : $ 6,818,414 (13,539,194)
Play-Offs Revenue : $ 0 (0)
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Payroll : $ 78,650,500
Total Revenue : $ 53,650,274 (79,511,804)
Total Player Expenses : $ 42,477,021 (84,609,831)
Total + / - : $ 11,173,253 (-5,098,027)
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Cash : $ -5,000,000
Ticket Price : $ 9

[Killebrew]

Loan all your clubs 5 million cash, then up all teams TV contracts (Broadcast Revenue) by another 10-15 million per year (set the amount of years to 100). Nobody will go broke again.

[Scott Vibert]

I'd go with Killebrew's suggestion.


How many games a season are you playing? I haven't seen that many teams outspend their earnings by that much since OOTP3, but if you were playing a shorter season that might help explain it.

I believe eventually the computer teams would recover, but I think it would be a very long time for them to do it, as they'd have to wait for the payroll to go down (through free agents leaving) enough that they could become profitable again.

[JWay]

thats why you start at the bottom of the league and sign free agents to those teams who need them to bring their standings up. all 1 year deals so the cpu can handle their future. You'll just be doing them a extra small favor to get things rolling again. And so they wont retire after a year in the FA pool. (happed to me with Vladdy and I was pissed)

[Dan Lorenzen]

Thanks for the tips guys. (I play 162 game seasons BTW)

I might have to edit the fan interest too (if I can). Since some teams have been broke for a while now they can't schedule any promotions or anything. Hence I have a lot of teams with really low fan interest now (along with low ticket prices). Or maybe, once the teams start to turn a profit again, the fan interest will go up on it's own.

Anyway thanks.

[slickandjake]

I have not played enough to know, but I see some teams made $10,000,000 plus in the previous season but still have - $5mil cash. How is that possible? Are they actually much lower than the - $5mil but only show up as - $5mil?

[Dan Lorenzen]

That's a good question. I have no idea. Maybe there's a cap in the game that limits the amount of money each team can go into the red with?

Because like you pointed out some of my teams should be way under -5,000,000. Heck with my dumb AI competitors maybe I should be glad that the worst they seem to be able to do is go 5 million into the red. :/

[Scott Vibert]

The game doesn't let you get worse than -5,000,000 in the hole. (Think of it as an automatic cash infusion to keep you from getting below that level and allowing you to meet payroll).

[Kevin]

Also, get rid of those $10 ticket prices. The ideal ticket price is usually one that sells 90 to 95% of your seats for the year. That will maximize your revenue. The 2020 attendance figures are too low, probably because of this.