There's a connection, but you have it the wrong way.
Salaries are not calculated upon a position given before, but the other way around: first, the system calculates a salary (for a player) for all 5 the position, and then the one where the sum ends up being the most becomes the suggestion. This was discussed and "revealed" during my early seasons, dating back to 2008 I think.
A perfect exemple is the salary calculator, which works in the same fashion as the Buzzerbeater system:
(http://www.how8.com/bb/index.php)Therefore, the listed position is just that, a suggestion, as it doesn't imply anything. The only thing it may imply is the search on the market, since you can filter players on sale by position. That said, it's not completely a meaningless guideline, as it helps managers during their learning time in my opinion.
Hopefully I was clear with what I wrote.
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Last edited by Marlin at 5/16/2010 8:18:58 PM"BuzzerBeater, the best simulation game of real market economy" (with a cool live basket viewer).