Early Historical - Will expenses catch up with budgets?

Nukester · 02-06-2018, 09:19 PM

For my team in my historical league starting in 1903, my team expenses started out at roughly $15,000 and my budget was $39,000. Not a bad difference. However the next season my expenses went up to roughly $20,500 but my budget shot up to $190,000. Big difference. The next season my expenses went up to around $23,000 and my budget shot up to $290,000. Another huge difference. Its like that for all teams. Highest player salaries are in the $2600 - $3000 range

Will the player salaries catch up to the budgets? Whats stopping an owner (AI) from signing a player for like $100,000 since they have all of this extra budget? Could it be because a setting when setting up the league, like disabling scouting and coaches?

RightBack2 · 02-07-2018, 04:30 PM

Do you the setting to import historical financials checked?

Nukester · 02-07-2018, 06:25 PM

Yes the import adjusted financial settings option is checked. After the 1906 season (league started in 1903) the league settings / financials tab shows:

Avg Team Revenue = $307,170
Approx Revenue Range = $225k-$370k
Avg Budget = $333,500
Avg Player Payroll = $29,790
Avg Team Expense (excl Players) = $19,780
Avg Profit = $257,600

Thats a huge profit compared to payroll, so Im wondering if the owners will eventually pay the players so that the payroll vs budget gap is closed alot more.

I do have a few edited financial settings like reserve clause off, free agency set to 12 years, no revenue sharing but the visitors get 40% of the gate

edit: Before the league started I did change the market sizes, fan loyalty, and fan interest to all be equal, without applying the changes to the "assign fictional financials to teams" on the League Settings/Financials page afterwords, so i wonder if that has something to do with it. Or is it just normal to have such a huge gap?

Nukester · 02-08-2018, 12:33 AM

I may have found the issue. I have "Team owner control budget?" set to No, entire revenue available. I set that to Yes, owner controls budget and reassigned fictional finances to all teams. That set the payroll / budget back to a much more normal difference, but Ill have to see if it just explodes again after the next season

02-06-2018, 09:19 PM	#1
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,923	Early Historical - Will expenses catch up with budgets? For my team in my historical league starting in 1903, my team expenses started out at roughly $15,000 and my budget was $39,000. Not a bad difference. However the next season my expenses went up to roughly $20,500 but my budget shot up to $190,000. Big difference. The next season my expenses went up to around $23,000 and my budget shot up to $290,000. Another huge difference. Its like that for all teams. Highest player salaries are in the $2600 - $3000 range Will the player salaries catch up to the budgets? Whats stopping an owner (AI) from signing a player for like $100,000 since they have all of this extra budget? Could it be because a setting when setting up the league, like disabling scouting and coaches?

02-07-2018, 06:25 PM	#3
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,923	Yes the import adjusted financial settings option is checked. After the 1906 season (league started in 1903) the league settings / financials tab shows: Avg Team Revenue = $307,170 Approx Revenue Range = $225k-$370k Avg Budget = $333,500 Avg Player Payroll = $29,790 Avg Team Expense (excl Players) = $19,780 Avg Profit = $257,600 Thats a huge profit compared to payroll, so Im wondering if the owners will eventually pay the players so that the payroll vs budget gap is closed alot more. I do have a few edited financial settings like reserve clause off, free agency set to 12 years, no revenue sharing but the visitors get 40% of the gate edit: Before the league started I did change the market sizes, fan loyalty, and fan interest to all be equal, without applying the changes to the "assign fictional financials to teams" on the League Settings/Financials page afterwords, so i wonder if that has something to do with it. Or is it just normal to have such a huge gap? Last edited by Nukester; 02-07-2018 at 06:35 PM.

02-07-2018, 04:30 PM	#2
RightBack2 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Camden Yards Posts: 74	Do you the setting to import historical financials checked?

02-08-2018, 12:33 AM	#4
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,923	I may have found the issue. I have "Team owner control budget?" set to No, entire revenue available. I set that to Yes, owner controls budget and reassigned fictional finances to all teams. That set the payroll / budget back to a much more normal difference, but Ill have to see if it just explodes again after the next season