Owners spending all their money

Iamnobody · 06-11-2007, 11:44 PM

I posted this in the Historical Forum, but received no answers yet. Does anyone here have any thoughts?

  I'm setting up a league like the the English Premier League football pyramid. Everything seems to be working except for the financials. I don't want to set a salary cap, but I don't want teams to spend enough to put them in the red.

I've noticed at my highest level teams spend well over their current budget for their payroll. My highest team payroll spend almost $350,000,000, but their current budget is $220,000,000. To me the owner shouldn't allow more then the current budget to be spent. I still think that $220,000,000 is too much to spend, but that's a different issue.

So...can I force a team to not spend money that the don't have without a salary cap?

zekester91 · 06-12-2007, 11:11 AM

you probly don't want a salary cap but "revenue sharing", teams can spend over the budget if they have a lot of cash on hand. if you only allow them to have 20 to 30 mill cash then they should not be able to overspend too much.

Elendil · 06-12-2007, 12:17 PM

Adjust the typical salaries that players of different qualities should make in the League Setup section. That makes the most difference right at the start of the game; over time, players adjust salary demands to the cash that's out there. You'll probably have some wild financial figures the first 2-3 years of a league before it settles down.

06-11-2007, 11:44 PM	#1
Iamnobody Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 44	Owners spending all their money I posted this in the Historical Forum, but received no answers yet. Does anyone here have any thoughts? <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> I'm setting up a league like the the English Premier League football pyramid. Everything seems to be working except for the financials. I don't want to set a salary cap, but I don't want teams to spend enough to put them in the red. I've noticed at my highest level teams spend well over their current budget for their payroll. My highest team payroll spend almost $350,000,000, but their current budget is $220,000,000. To me the owner shouldn't allow more then the current budget to be spent. I still think that $220,000,000 is too much to spend, but that's a different issue. So...can I force a team to not spend money that the don't have without a salary cap?

06-12-2007, 12:17 PM	#3
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	Adjust the typical salaries that players of different qualities should make in the League Setup section. That makes the most difference right at the start of the game; over time, players adjust salary demands to the cash that's out there. You'll probably have some wild financial figures the first 2-3 years of a league before it settles down. __________________ Heaven is kicking back with a double Talisker and a churchwarden stuffed with latakia.

06-12-2007, 11:11 AM	#2
zekester91 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,122	you probly don't want a salary cap but "revenue sharing", teams can spend over the budget if they have a lot of cash on hand. if you only allow them to have 20 to 30 mill cash then they should not be able to overspend too much.