what I see more and more is that lower division teams, say Div III and Div IV have player with the same, or even higher wages than a Div I or II team.
As long as they can afford this, it is no problem, but if they start wondering why they can't realy make an income, I think the reason is prety obvious.
I know BB has some put prety good, and expensive, players in starting teams, but I think it is meant for those teams to be able to either sell their most expensive for some good cash, or sell a few mediocres to support the high waged player. I don't think it is ment that they can keep all those expensive players in their team, especially not if they also hire higher leveled staff.
I also don't think scouting over 10k was made for lower division teams.
I'm not sure what your player of staff wages are, or what you scout, but I think you need to evaluate those expenses, and see how you best cut into them.
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