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#82354	06/13/2021 4:50:14 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Yes that's your money in the bank. Yes that theoretically could happen. But you don't really need to worry about it. 1) Homegrown players rarely get crazy expensive. You build loyalty with them which keeps their salaries down. A low balance could tie your hands a bit when it comes to pricey free agents, but that's rarely a big deal. 2) One of the more significant expenditures is your franchise fee - a levy based on the league you play in, it increases with league level. This is intended to off-set the greater revenues of upper tier teams. The fees are quite small at lower levels. 3) The other expense in your control is your manager. They can be a luxury item, often making more (sometimes double) than your best paid player. It takes some time for this to ramp up; your guy is making the minimum and will be cheap for a while. The Dinos may have sunk more money into franchise fees than anyone else. We haven't shied away from pricey free agents, and have at various times had the most expensive player in the game under contract. We sunk more than 130 million into McCarty, who I suspect is the best compensated player in BrokenBat history. We regularly crash and burn in the cup, which is an important source of supplemental income. Despite all that we have 100 million in the bank. A little note that newer players might find interesting. Once upon a time game attendance was more directly tied to league standing. Slipping from 5th place to 6th place meant game attendance would immediately crash from 20k to 6k. You not only had to bear the insult of being last but the injury of impending financial ruin. It was hilarious (in a schadenfreude sort of way) when it wasn't you.
#82356	06/13/2021 5:18:11 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Well of course. The Dinosaurs spare no expense to field a great team for their fans! That is interesting about fans, but really that should be tied to W-L and I hope it is haha.
#82359	06/13/2021 6:22:27 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	spare no expense Haha! Sweat, tears, cash and goats for the altar. Lots of goats. This line a questioning raises a question of my own. Years back good players would come available because of their salary. Their market was much smaller b/c of the price tag. You could trade some of your cash reserves for a much better chance in the waiver lottery. 2022 was one of the most memorable seasons I played. I had a good team, and Fischer came available. Made a conscious decision to burn some cash and go for promotion. I don't see many Fischers on waivers anymore. But maybe I'm not looking that hard. Enriquez is Fischer-esque.
#82360	06/13/2021 6:35:40 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Enriquez has been everywhere, man. Even stopped in Novi for a hot minute.
#82363	06/13/2021 7:01:12 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Indeed! It seems to have had an adverse affect on his mental health. (And thanks for sticking Johnny Cash in my head for the rest of the day).
#82365	06/13/2021 8:22:12 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Not the worst place to be
#82368	06/13/2021 10:59:21 am	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Well this season has been quite the burning ring of fire for the Peppers
#82369	06/13/2021 12:14:21 pm	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9597 Haverhill Halflings III.1	We had Enriquez for a hot minute. You should be able to pick up some free agents, just don't go crazy with a whole bunch of 3M guys. Its worth getting some feel for your finances. Especially at the end of the season when you are paying, but not earning.
#82370	06/13/2021 1:31:19 pm	Aug 25th, 2050	Ignore
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	I think getting those 3M (or at least 2M) guys and not being able to cut them when they sucked helped put a damper on all that lol. Also, some players clearly seem to have value for that, but most of the ones who were cut, at least at this point, seem to be cut because they werent "cutting" it xD. I mean who wouldnt pay the freight for a star? In most cases lol. I dont know how things go at the high levels of this game haha
#82371	06/13/2021 3:01:13 pm	Aug 26th, 2050	Ignore
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 400 Charleston Hawks II.1	added info on franchise fees & taxes franchise fees are not charged to level 5 or 6 teams...indeed, level 6 teams receive $500k annual in revenue sharing (a subsidy) level 4 is when franchise fees start, and are $2.5 million per year for that level...don't know the fees for higher level leagues, haven't gotten there. taxes are assessed on the cash balance at the close of play on Thursday night--before that weeks economic update--the tax is 1% of the cash on hand in excess of $50 million on Thursday pm...so as the OP has cash on hand in the mid-40 millions, he'd have either no or minimal tax, and being level 5, no franchise fee (but no revenue sharing) Updated Sunday, June 13 2021 @ 3:41:35 pm PDT

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