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I think that the return of the Free Agents was a great short-term measure in order to lower the inflaction that was ocurring on the TL, but as we all know the TL depends on the supply-demand, so when the F.A. stop to flow our market, sooner or latter the inflaction will return.

So, the BB brains need to find a way in order to stop this.

Increase in salaries at the end of the season

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The problem is, how will some people be able to make money? Many people in the higher divisions have 500K salaries to deal with, and if you raise the salary by 20%, they'll make $100,000 less every week. Also, I'd be in negatives every week instead of above the "poverty line".

Not every team will see the same increase in salary. Some first division teams will see an increment of 50k, some others in 150k, even if they have the same incomes and costs right now.

This is one of the financial elements of the managment in BB, having an adequate balance between how much you can pay and how much you will be paying is part of the game. If you can not have it, you can always sell it.

Last edited by Zero, the Magi. at 10/23/2009 9:32:17 PM

In one of the first seasons of BB, the BBs said that they didn't want to see players like the "divine" of hattrick, that's why they decided to increase in an exponential way the salaries of the players in order to give a "bonus" to everyone that trains multiskills players instead of monoskill. Another point is that the difference between a lvl 19 and lvl 20 is very low compare to the difference between a lvl 1 vs lvl 2, it means that there is no reason to boost some skills over a certain lvl, if you want to do that you've to pay. Imho the salaries could be ok they've to cut the money coming from merchandising, tv and arena, the difference between last season and this one in my case is +200k/week (even more) and the salaries didn't increased of 200k.

I think that the ideia of the increase of salaries is a bad idea, the first division teams will loose some money yes.

But i think that the lower league teams like me, wont have a chance when it comes to improve our teams.


edit: just what Somebody Important said.

Last edited by Radmanovic at 10/24/2009 6:50:39 AM

i think also the problem currently is, that the game is very young and through player developement the economical background changes from season to season ...

So a temporary fix could help, because the point they could make lont term changes are the point where good players getting weaker in a way the young player improving to fill this hole left by the veterans. or they making dyynac adjustment like the very smalll salary adjustment next season, which includes the econonic situtions in the formula.

And mulitskill isn't the only answer to avoid top player with high salary, the high salary centers of today brings more power on their position then multiskill player with the same amound of training(and they aren't singleskilled).

Last edited by CrazyEye at 10/24/2009 8:14:44 AM

I think that the return of the Free Agents was a great short-term measure in order to lower the inflaction that was ocurring on the TL, but as we all know the TL depends on the supply-demand, so when the F.A. stop to flow our market, sooner or latter the inflaction will return.

Inflation, as an economic phenomenon, is the result of an increase of the money stock in an economy and has nothing to do with supply and demand.

Well, just in order to not confuse people, I should say that is not like that.

Inflation is the increase in the general prices in an economy. And yes, it has to do with supply-demand dinamics and also with monetary mass.

But, I will agree that the most probably cause of BB inflation is due to increase in the velocity of expansion of the monetary mass (a.k.a changes in the fan behavior and their consequences in arena planning)

Last edited by Zero, the Magi. at 10/24/2009 10:56:11 AM

Inflation is the increase in the general prices in an economy. And yes, it has to do with supply-demand dinamics and also with monetary mass.

What you refer to as 'supply and demand dynamics' may cause consumers to switch from one type of good to another, thus increasing the demand in one market, and contracting the demand in another one, and causing a price change.

This, however, is not inflation, it's a change in the real economy (e.g., it has to do with production and consumption, not with nominal change in prices).

If the cost of the energy increase due to(many reasons can be queted here), affecting the prices of virtually all the goods that use energy in his production, wich is not a small share of the total products. This will increase the prices mostly all over the board. I could start showing you more real economy changes like a hard drought who will increasy the price of many food products, etc.

This will sure increase mostly (if not all) the prices in the economy. This is called inflation.

So, yes, inflation can be produced by changes in real economy and not only due to the expansion of the monetary mass.

Last edited by Zero, the Magi. at 10/24/2009 9:58:58 PM

[message=I think that the ideia of the increase of salaries is a bad idea, the first division teams will loose some money yes.

But i think that the lower league teams like me, wont have a chance when it comes to improve our teams.


edit: just what Somebody Important said.]




I disagree. It depends on how you manage your team. If you think about it for a second you will realize that in order to build a successful franchise you have to start with the "unsexy" parts of it. For buzzerbeater that is arena expansion, having homegrown players to maximize merchandise. You cant just go out and buy the best players right away. So if your income is increasing more and more then you can afford those better players and keep them on your roster without worrying about going bankrupt. Its a progressive franchise strategy.

Also, and one of the GM's can comment on this if they wish, but i think the way that they are insuring or trying to make sure the inflation doesnt go crazy in the future is the new merchandising and arena structure. Some of those top level teams, even the highest divisions in each country, are having to sell off arena seats because they cant put butts in them because of the new TV deal. Its going to limit, or at the very least hold in check, the amount of money those top level teams make so they aren't continually outbidding smaller teams and driving up prices.


(how do you quote somebody's previous message so it appears in a box like some of the previous messages? haha i can't figure it out)


Last edited by southpaw17 at 10/24/2009 7:38:01 PM

couse i haven´t read what he said.

I still think that the increase of salaries is a bad idea.