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Would this be a reasonable cup strategy?

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Date: 10/24/2010 11:10:23 PM
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Because I'm only a div. IV team, I'll probably start playing teams that are better than me in the cup. Considering that I have $780,000 in my account, would it possibly be a good idea to buy people from Monday-Thursday, than sell them right away for about the same price I bought them for? This way, I'll be able to use a player with a big salary for my cup game then sell them before the financial update so I don't have to pay for their salary. I only have 10 non injured/ scrimmage only players so it will only hurt my backups's salary a bit and I'll probably only sell one other player this season so hopefully it won't hurt my sales tax too much. I'm not actually trying to make a profit off the players, I'm just trying to use them for a cup game and then sell them so I don't lose much money off the transaction.

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162236.2 in reply to 162236.1
Date: 10/24/2010 11:28:56 PM
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I'm pretty sure you lose money with this strategy.

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162236.3 in reply to 162236.2
Date: 10/24/2010 11:35:35 PM
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I'd lose a bit of money because of sales tax, but I'd gain some back by possibly winning an extra cup game or two and it'd be worth it for attendance and merchandise reasons.

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162236.4 in reply to 162236.3
Date: 10/24/2010 11:45:42 PM
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Ya but if you Lose then u would of done it for nothing. besides this season the cup is almost all cups( the round im in is filled with bots) i think im in 3-4th round

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162236.5 in reply to 162236.3
Date: 10/24/2010 11:47:28 PM
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But you're assuming that you'd be able to sell these players for as much as you paid for them. That's a huge gamble! Remember, the reason you would have the players in the first place is because nobody wanted to pay as much for them as you did. You might get lucky and have someone buy the player off you at your cost, but logic dictates that more often than not, you won't get as much as you paid in such a short time frame.

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162236.6 in reply to 162236.4
Date: 10/24/2010 11:49:56 PM
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Well I'm stuck with a div. III team :/

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162236.7 in reply to 162236.1
Date: 10/25/2010 1:43:10 AM
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You only get 50k per cup game (in early stages). The sales tax for reselling the player you bought is going to cost you at least 50k. So while you might make it further in the cup, you are losing money every cup game instead of winning money.
Also every player you sell will hurt merchandise, and also will lower sales tax for sales later on if you sell too many players.

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162236.8 in reply to 162236.3
Date: 10/25/2010 8:56:47 AM
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I'd lose a bit of money because of sales tax


you ain't the only one, who like this strategie thats why those player are often less expensiv at the end of the week. So you would loose some extra money there.

Depending on your target in the league you could maybe try it with a ct, and get the enthusiam back in the league.

Last edited by CrazyEye at 10/25/2010 8:57:42 AM

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162236.9 in reply to 162236.8
Date: 10/25/2010 8:59:25 AM
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Or he could forfeit the cup on purpose, concentrate on building a stronger team, and then he can win the cup normally :P

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162236.10 in reply to 162236.9
Date: 10/25/2010 9:03:30 AM
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Or he could forfeit the cup on purpose, concentrate on building a stronger team, and then he can win the cup normally :P


you could still do that with my strategie, and i believe that should be the target for the most teams here anyway.

But sometimes i advise new team to concentrate on cups at the beginning, because it have less impact if you get 3 or 4th placed, and maybe it has even advantages when you don't get the 5th placed team - so that strategy depens lot on the team and the league.

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162236.11 in reply to 162236.8
Date: 10/25/2010 5:13:57 PM
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There are only 3 other good teams in my league, so I'm guaranteed a playoff spot either way. I think the top 2 teams are slightly better than mine ATM so I don't think I'd get home court advantage in the playoffs though.