Those are pretty high salaries for a Division IV club. I promoted after 1.5 seasons or so after having made only a couple of additions, none of which were players making more than $10K. But I haven't been competitive in Division III until this year, when I have two guards and a center making around $40 and a couple of other starters in the $20-$30K range. Realistically, I think to be successful in Division III you have to hire or develop players with core skills in the 12 and up range and decent skills everywhere else for balance. I'm now 13-0 in my league and am hoping I can keep it together long enough to have a shot at promotion, then maybe we'll see what kind of talent it takes to stay in Division II.