Owner budget reduction

BrettScott46 · 09-21-2017, 03:18 PM

Why does the owner reduce my budget so much when I have a lot of leftover money? If I have a $29 million surplus, I totally understand reducing it to a $10 million surplus, but reducing it to where I don't have enough to sign any free agents seems to go to far. At least leave me $5 million or so in case a great international free agent becomes available during the season.
I was in a position where I had a bunch of extra players, so I combined a bunch in a couple trades to get good players and had the former teams retain their salaries. That seemed like the smart thing to do, I wish I wasn't punished for it.

ArcAngel · 09-21-2017, 04:39 PM

Hate when that happens, especially when I DON'T have it marked for the owner to do so!

The Game · 09-22-2017, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BrettScott46

Why does the owner reduce my budget so much when I have a lot of leftover money? If I have a $29 million surplus, I totally understand reducing it to a $10 million surplus, but reducing it to where I don't have enough to sign any free agents seems to go to far. At least leave me $5 million or so in case a great international free agent becomes available during the season.
I was in a position where I had a bunch of extra players, so I combined a bunch in a couple trades to get good players and had the former teams retain their salaries. That seemed like the smart thing to do, I wish I wasn't punished for it.

Love your screen name. That is the 1st and middle name of my fictional son. I have a daughter.Based on this guy but i hated the name Brent.

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NoOne · 09-23-2017, 01:48 PM

stingy owner? have to check their ratings for such things.

there's an option that removes that and you'll have a budget 100% based on last years income.

even that doesn't give an accurate budget. i can make ~450-500M a season and if i let the AI set my budget they won't give more than ~400-415M.

in my game world i am owner, gm, and coach, but only gm in settings. play as you want. maybe you want the owner being a financial imbecile... most of them are.

termcl · 09-23-2017, 09:25 PM

What's that saying in the government? "If I don't spend the entire budget, I won't get it again next year."

NoOne · 09-24-2017, 07:08 PM

yeah, and that works well, right?

i don't see any drawbacks to that!

it's a myth that successful people are smarter at finances and business. it's more about who they were born to.. that's the single greatest correlating factor. so, take the power away from those shaved monkeys!

curt · 09-25-2017, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by termcl

What's that saying in the government? "If I don't spend the entire budget, I won't get it again next year."

That's my theory on this one too!

pgjocki · 09-26-2017, 02:18 AM

I learned early on in the military to spend every single dollar by the end of June (fiscal year is Oct to Sep) so they had to take money from prpgrams that weren't executing or who didn't understand that they don't give awards for saving money.

I never wasted it though, I spent it on getting my troops the best available training and equipment. Not my fault if you didn't understand the game.

Not sure if that's why I spend every dollar on OOTP as well but it's as good an excuse as any.

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09-21-2017, 03:18 PM	#1
BrettScott46 Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 1	Owner budget reduction Why does the owner reduce my budget so much when I have a lot of leftover money? If I have a $29 million surplus, I totally understand reducing it to a $10 million surplus, but reducing it to where I don't have enough to sign any free agents seems to go to far. At least leave me $5 million or so in case a great international free agent becomes available during the season. I was in a position where I had a bunch of extra players, so I combined a bunch in a couple trades to get good players and had the former teams retain their salaries. That seemed like the smart thing to do, I wish I wasn't punished for it. Last edited by BrettScott46; 09-21-2017 at 03:19 PM. Reason: Title typo

09-21-2017, 04:39 PM	#2
ArcAngel All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Bremen OH USA Posts: 1,019	Hate when that happens, especially when I DON'T have it marked for the owner to do so! __________________ My OOTP Creations thread My OOTP Creations on Photobucket

09-24-2017, 07:08 PM	#6
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	yeah, and that works well, right? i don't see any drawbacks to that! it's a myth that successful people are smarter at finances and business. it's more about who they were born to.. that's the single greatest correlating factor. so, take the power away from those shaved monkeys! Last edited by NoOne; 09-24-2017 at 07:09 PM.

09-26-2017, 02:18 AM	#8
pgjocki All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Maryland - just outside DC Posts: 1,681	I learned early on in the military to spend every single dollar by the end of June (fiscal year is Oct to Sep) so they had to take money from prpgrams that weren't executing or who didn't understand that they don't give awards for saving money. I never wasted it though, I spent it on getting my troops the best available training and equipment. Not my fault if you didn't understand the game. Not sure if that's why I spend every dollar on OOTP as well but it's as good an excuse as any. Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk __________________ - - - World Series championships: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011

09-23-2017, 01:48 PM	#4
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	stingy owner? have to check their ratings for such things. there's an option that removes that and you'll have a budget 100% based on last years income. even that doesn't give an accurate budget. i can make ~450-500M a season and if i let the AI set my budget they won't give more than ~400-415M. in my game world i am owner, gm, and coach, but only gm in settings. play as you want. maybe you want the owner being a financial imbecile... most of them are.

09-23-2017, 09:25 PM	#5
termcl Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 121	What's that saying in the government? "If I don't spend the entire budget, I won't get it again next year."