Yep I understand this, I think in this league especially te winner will have to run at a loss for quite some time. Last season I tried that and lost about a mil over the second half of the season and still lost the finals in straight sets so its all about rebuilding this season and maybe having a last minute crack if I think im a chance or save it this year and have a really big shot next season...
You don't always have to run at a loss. I won this league while still running at a profit of $30k per week. I think the mixture of having good young prospects whose salary you can keep low before filling the expensive cats, along with depth to manage game shape, and a strong starting 5 can get you the W.
Mind you, by the time i got out of III.6 I had an arena that held about 15,000 so that kind of helped too with the gate receipts. Generating revenue from ticket sales should be one of the primary goals of any manager early on. Along with developing young players that is. Then after a time you'll be generating plenty of income and be able to make big purchases without going under. I've gradually climbed to being a top 4 team in div II.2 using this method as well.
With that said, i add my condolences to those who've just unluckily found themselves in this division. The only thing worse could be in div II.2, which we like to call the toughest Div II in BB.