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Hello,
If I understand everything correctly, at the moment additional merchandise generation can be scraped to basically these points :
1. Homegrown - if it is Your draftee, You will get additional percentages
2. Local player - if the nationality of the player is the same as the league You are in, You will get additional percentages.
3. National Team player - if the player You own is playing for the national team, You will get additional percentages.
4. TOP10/MVP/All star game - if the player is in the TOP10’s/MVP vote or All star game, You get an additional percentage.

What I don’t like about is this: If You buy an 18yo player from abroad, his merch revenue doesn’t really keep increasing after first season or so. So even if You train him for 9 seasons, his merch revenue will not increase after he bags a 9th season for the club, whereas in reality he would be a club legend.
So here goes my suggestion : add additional percentages for players who are playing more than 4 seasons for 1 club. Maybe not very significant ones, but just so they would exist, and maybe grown exponentially
Example :
5th season : 1%
6th season ; 1.3%
7th season : 1.69%
8th season : 2.19
9th season : 2.85

Additional suggestion : start counting what personal and team accolades has the player achieved in his career, which would also give merch bonus. As an example a 36 year old former world champion with his country would definitely get more merch revenue than a random 28yo in real life (if their skills are same) But here, a former NT player doesnt have a bonus, neither do any of the team or personal accolades of the players past.

Assuming the premise is correct, and longevity with the team does not count at all towards merchandising (could it effect fan voting?), I think this is a great idea.

There was a misconception that longevity actually counted, but once the finance page got clearer - it was obvious longevity had nothing to do wth merch.

I'm all for it

There was a misconception that longevity actually counted, but once the finance page got clearer - it was obvious longevity had nothing to do wth merch.

I'm all for it

Definitely!

My 75 yrs old player (on the roster since the beginning in season 3) adds 0 to my merchandise income and that makes me sad!

Chill, he adds 0.001 dollar cent every week. You will be able to buy a player in something like 18 518 years.

Btw how much does a U21/National team player adds to team sales (like 3k-5k?)

and will the effect lost and his sales drops after he left U21/National team?

U21/NT players only get extra merch IF they are listed in the lineup for the game day. In short - being in the team means nothing. They have to be suited up (they get the bonus even if they don't play any minutes, as long as they just sit on the bench.

As for the amount - this info is just purely speculation and estimation, it is not necessarily accurate, but home grown NT players should get 15% if they are playing for a WR #1 NT. Every spot lower would get a 0.08% decrease. You can see the discussion here: (317998.1).

Ah my bad, I guess I worded it poorly. The speculation part was actually referring to the 0.08% decrease for every spot lower down the rankings. But thanks for verifying the maximum.

Last edited by BuzzRBeater at 8/22/2023 9:17:40 AM

I don't think "Pure speculation and estimation" is right.

Local (not homegrown) maximum is 15%.
Foreign was increased from 5% to 10% maximum like 2-3 seasons ago.

That means a homegrown player can bring more than 15% in jersey sales? Or you just mean that he brings more income to HG & Locals?