Trying to establish some parity

BoSoxFan · 07-18-2015, 02:48 PM

In my 43-year old league, I was able to get away with having a relatively-balanced league for a while, but just recently the San Francisco Timberwolves have gone berzerk. They had over a $400M payroll in 1942 and won 119 games (but were upset in the playoffs), and then they spent even more, I think their payroll is like $450M now. They won 118 games this year (1943), and I'm just before Game 7 of the WS that they will be playing. When I look at the front office tab, they have plenty of money for even more free agents next year, although they're losing maybe 20 WAR to free agency in the upcoming offseason.

So, what are some strategies I could use to stop this from continuing? Having "San Fran against the world" every year wouldn't be very fun. I was thinking of moving another team to San Fran to compete with them, would that work? I tried a salary cap in another league but for some reason it didn't really work (maybe I didn't wait long enough for it to kick in?).

My league already has had four rounds of the playoffs since its inception, but when a team is this good having four best-of-seven series for them to win is like lining up four tissues for artillery fire to go through.

catcherjul · 07-19-2015, 07:24 AM

Hi BoSoxFan! I heard in this forum that even if you put 2 team in the same city, the game won't recognize it as the same city. So it only does the same thing as if you expand to another city with the same setting . So you could put 20 team in San Francisco and it wouldn't change anything.

Have you tried to share the income? Depending on how drastic you want team to have the same budget, you can set to make teams with really high income sharing most of it.

In my league, I wanted some parity too and put a 35% income sharing. So I have team that will pay 20-30 millions/year and others getting it. It works great for me.

You could also set your league to have the same media contract. It would help a lot!

07-18-2015, 02:48 PM	#1
BoSoxFan Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 480	Trying to establish some parity In my 43-year old league, I was able to get away with having a relatively-balanced league for a while, but just recently the San Francisco Timberwolves have gone berzerk. They had over a $400M payroll in 1942 and won 119 games (but were upset in the playoffs), and then they spent even more, I think their payroll is like $450M now. They won 118 games this year (1943), and I'm just before Game 7 of the WS that they will be playing. When I look at the front office tab, they have plenty of money for even more free agents next year, although they're losing maybe 20 WAR to free agency in the upcoming offseason. So, what are some strategies I could use to stop this from continuing? Having "San Fran against the world" every year wouldn't be very fun. I was thinking of moving another team to San Fran to compete with them, would that work? I tried a salary cap in another league but for some reason it didn't really work (maybe I didn't wait long enough for it to kick in?). My league already has had four rounds of the playoffs since its inception, but when a team is this good having four best-of-seven series for them to win is like lining up four tissues for artillery fire to go through. __________________ 1903 1912 1915 1916 1918 1929 1939 1941 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969 1970 1972 1974 1976 1981 1984 1986 2001 2003 2004 2004 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 Go Sox, let's keep this going!

07-19-2015, 07:24 AM	#2
catcherjul Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Montréal Posts: 311	Hi BoSoxFan! I heard in this forum that even if you put 2 team in the same city, the game won't recognize it as the same city. So it only does the same thing as if you expand to another city with the same setting . So you could put 20 team in San Francisco and it wouldn't change anything. Have you tried to share the income? Depending on how drastic you want team to have the same budget, you can set to make teams with really high income sharing most of it. In my league, I wanted some parity too and put a 35% income sharing. So I have team that will pay 20-30 millions/year and others getting it. It works great for me. You could also set your league to have the same media contract. It would help a lot! Last edited by catcherjul; 07-19-2015 at 07:25 AM.