Salary Cap?

[MEspo]

Is there was any way to set a hard salary cap? Sorry if this question has an obvious answer, but I haven't bought the game yet.

[SteveP]

Yes, but I've never used it so don't know the specifics of how the cap is enforced. You can probably find out by checking the manual.

[rocknfire7]

There is an option for a hard or soft cap.

[MEspo]

Thanks guys.

[dave1927p]

sorry to hijack this but is it possible to add a salary floor, yet?

[Spritze]

Yes, edit the minimum salary column in financials.txt found in the database folder. It is a csv file and can be opened in your favorite spreadsheet.

[MogulChamp]

I am assuming that to set a hard cap in the rules setup, you just leave soft cap blank?

The two options:

Soft Cap (% above payroll)
Tax above soft cap (%)

Are not listed anywhere in the manual. Can anyone explain how these work?

[MogulChamp]

Anyone?

[actionjackson]

Mogul Champ: Go to the rules page. Click in the Salary Cap column. The $0 will become shaded. Type in $ plus the amount you want to set your cap at and away you go.

[MogulChamp]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Mogul Champ: Go to the rules page. Click in the Salary Cap column. The $0 will become shaded. Type in $ plus the amount you want to set your cap at and away you go.

Actionjackson, read the question next time before posting. You didnt answer my question or the OP's question...

Your post here was of no help to anyone whatsoever.

[Kelric]

Originally Posted by MogulChamp

I am assuming that to set a hard cap in the rules setup, you just leave soft cap blank?

The two options:

Soft Cap (% above payroll)
Tax above soft cap (%)

Are not listed anywhere in the manual. Can anyone explain how these work?

I haven't played with a salary cap in a while, so I couldn't tell you how to set a hard cap. I can tell you about the soft cap stuff...

If the league average payroll is $100M and the soft cap is set to 120%, then anyone with $120,000,001 on their payroll is over the soft cap.

If you are $1 over the soft cap and the tax percentage is 20%, then you'll be charged $0.20 for that $1 and for every additional dollar you spend. Got it?

[MogulChamp]

Originally Posted by Kelric

I haven't played with a salary cap in a while, so I couldn't tell you how to set a hard cap. I can tell you about the soft cap stuff...

If the league average payroll is $100M and the soft cap is set to 120%, then anyone with $120,000,001 on their payroll is over the soft cap.

If you are $1 over the soft cap and the tax percentage is 20%, then you'll be charged $0.20 for that $1 and for every additional dollar you spend. Got it?

Got it! Thanks. Im pretty sure, you just set the soft cap % to 0, although Im not sure. And I have no idea how the computer handles this?

[OldFatGuy]

Originally Posted by MEspo

Is there was any way to set a hard salary cap? Sorry if this question has an obvious answer, but I haven't bought the game yet.

Originally Posted by MogulChamp

I am assuming that to set a hard cap in the rules setup, you just leave soft cap blank?

The two options:

Soft Cap (% above payroll)
Tax above soft cap (%)

Are not listed anywhere in the manual. Can anyone explain how these work?

Basically, you can have no cap, a soft cap (luxury tax), or a hard cap. This is determined by the choices you make in the lines of the financial rules section shown below.

The very first line, Salary Cap, is how you set a hard cap. It's default is $0, which means no hard cap. If you want a hard cap, put in, say $100,000,000. If a team is currently over that (at startup or after initial draft) that's ok, but it won't let you sign FA's, extensions, or aquire new salary in trades until you're under it. This is a hard cap.

The Revenue Sharing dropdown is how you can specify a soft cap. If you select luxury tax here, then using the next line under it (Soft Cap) you select the soft cap number you want (this number is NOT dollars, it's a percentage of average payroll) such as say 125. 125 means teams teams with payrolls more than 25% above average are subject to the tax.

As an example, if your league's average payroll was $100,000,000, then teams with payrolls over $125,000,000 would be subject to the tax. If your league's average payroll was $50,000,000 then teams with payrolls over $62,500,000 would be subject to the tax, etc.

Then, the next line under this (Tax Above Soft Cap), sets the percantage of the tax to be assessed. Put in a number here (say 20) and that means 20% of payroll above the Soft Cap % is collected. As an example, if our soft cap is 125 and our average payroll is $100,000,000 like the example above and our Tax above soft tax is 25, then anything over $125,000,000 is taxed at 25%. If you were the Yankees with a payroll of $225,000,000, then you are $100,000,000 over the limit and would owe 25% of that, in this case you would owe $25,000,000 in luxury tax. This is a soft cap.

If you want no cap, then leave the Salary Cap (hard cap) line at $0, and in the line next to Revenue Sharing select either "no revenue sharing" or "set percentage of income".

Hope that helps.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by MogulChamp

Actionjackson, read the question next time before posting. You didnt answer my question or the OP's question...

Your post here was of no help to anyone whatsoever.

I'm sorry MogulChamp. I admit I was hasty to try and put something out there because it looked like you weren't getting any responses and my answer was not of much help to you. I'll try to do better next time. Mea maxima culpa.

However, the OP's question was: Is there any way to set a hard salary cap? The answer is yes and I pointed out where one would go in the setup to do so. I don't see how I didn't answer his question.