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Well said!!!

Finally, no team should be able to afford 5 (real) elite players so it's logical that it's not sustainable. The only problem here are teams tanking for seasons only to be able to lose $500k per week for that big BBB run.

A BBB run? , Not only BBB but also BBM, the guy I played two seasons ago in the Tier 3 of the BBM had a 1.3 million $ roster. Now I think it will get only worse with people trying to tank for BBM glory.

I think a salary cap fixes it. Say the cap 1 million, no matter how long you tank, you can still only have a 1 million $.

With your example of 1M$ salary cap, having just one player like Xiaozhuo gives you only 700k left for 4 starters, 2/3 competitive bench players and 3/4 other bench players.

Please tell me how you do that. With other starters (including power forward and center) at only ±100k salary ?

I'm not saying that against the salary cap, because I've rooted for this idea for a long time, but the 1M$ mark is quite telling considering it's really hard to make weekly benefits with higher total salary.

So my point is, you can't build a strong team around a 300k$ player without having (high) weekly debts... Which is why, I think, the salary formula could be reviewed. Otherwise, such profiles as Xiaozhuo become irrelevant for most of the teams that didn't tank before.

And of course we should add a salary cap. Maybe something like 1,8 times the salary floor, which would give around 1M2 for first divisions.
It gives room for teams that have huge economy to spend it, it also allows teams to recruit to compensate injuries, but most of all it will lead to a fairer competition in B3, BBM and also in each division.

Last edited by slamdunk9 at 3/22/2022 10:51:01 AM

I think a salary cap fixes it. Say the cap 1 million, no matter how long you tank, you can still only have a 1 million $.

Well it is something that's been suggested regularly for a long time now. Maybe worth consideration after all.

How about training exemption though? Players being trained will increase their salary and if this will lead to going over the proposed salary cap in some cases, how should that be handled?

Maybe a soft cap with x2 for the amount over the limit? This will not stop hardcore tankers though... Just make their runs shorter and tougher. It's still something.

Also I personally believe 1kk is too low for present-day BB. Something closer to 1.2kk maybe.

Well congrats on achieving that ! But yes, I'm not sure it would be enough for B3 last rounds.
Next time I'll say "it's hard" rather than "you can't" :)

Then it just increases the demand on 50-150k salary players and lowers the demand on 200k+ salary players, which aren't already worth a lot.

There has been 2 major changes over the past seasons :
- youth coach and training facilities : we can now train some 160 tsp beasts
- exhaustion implementation : we need now more than 5 competitive players

These changes are good but, in my opinion, it should be followed with an economical adjustment.

Last edited by slamdunk9 at 3/22/2022 12:54:14 PM

Then it just increases the demand on 50-150k salary players and lowers the demand on 200k+ salary players, which aren't already worth a lot.

That too