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190536.12 in reply to 190536.9
Date: 7/25/2011 10:08:42 AM
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The week in BuzzerBeater runs from economy update to economy update, meaning that the upcoming economy update is the one in which teams finishing in 5th/8th will pay no salaries and the one after the conclusion of the playoffs will involve all teams paying salaries because of the Saturday game taking place at the start of Season 16.


Since it clearly say's that the economy update is for the upcoming week, How does one receive Weekly Merchandise profit for games that they have not even played yet?

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Date: 7/25/2011 10:15:59 AM
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The week in BuzzerBeater runs from economy update to economy update, meaning that the upcoming economy update is the one in which teams finishing in 5th/8th will pay no salaries and the one after the conclusion of the playoffs will involve all teams paying salaries because of the Saturday game taking place at the start of Season 16.


Since it clearly say's that the economy update is for the upcoming week, How does one receive Weekly Merchandise profit for games that they have not even played yet?



the player wear jersey, but they don't sell them on the court - normally you buy such things in a fanshop and they are open even in a lockout ;)

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190536.14 in reply to 190536.13
Date: 7/25/2011 10:22:08 AM
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how would you know how much profit you are going to make in a week before the week even happened?

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190536.15 in reply to 190536.14
Date: 7/25/2011 10:35:53 AM
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sometimes cost factored are measured at different dates. Paying salarys in previous might be uncommon, but isn't impossible and get practiced also at some occasions.(or here)

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190536.17 in reply to 190536.14
Date: 7/25/2011 12:32:09 PM
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how would you know how much profit you are going to make in a week before the week even happened?


What the BB's haven't told us is that, in the BB universe our teams also hire fortune tellers as staff. No you don't have to hire them yourself, they come with the team. Every Sunday night, they hover over their crystal basketballs and predict the merchandise sales for the next week. They're 100% accurate 50% of the time. Hope this answers your question.

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190536.18 in reply to 190536.14
Date: 7/25/2011 12:54:49 PM
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Wages are paid in advance but the merchandise profit is what you got from last week.

I really don't understand why salaries should be paid in advance, it's counter-intuitive and completely against the common practice even in sports.

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Date: 7/25/2011 2:10:12 PM
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Wages are paid in advance but the merchandise profit is what you got from last week.

I really don't understand why salaries should be paid in advance, it's counter-intuitive and completely against the common practice even in sports.


It's easier to do it that way than have to deal with paying a "last week" salary to players who have been fired/transferred.

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190536.20 in reply to 190536.19
Date: 7/25/2011 2:32:45 PM
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I don't quite understand. Before, you didn't have to pay a salary to fired/transfered players. What's to deal with, sorry I don't get it ?

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Date: 7/25/2011 2:45:07 PM
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I don't quite understand. Before, you didn't have to pay a salary to fired/transfered players. What's to deal with, sorry I don't get it ?


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I really don't understand why salaries should be paid in advance, it's counter-intuitive and completely against the common practice even in sports.


If you had a system where salaries were not paid in advance, and a player is fired a day before his payday, I can't imagine it would be the common practice for that player to simply accept not being paid for the 6 days he "worked" in the week which he was not paid for. So when you fired/transferred a player, you'd then be obligated to ensure that he was paid for the amount of the week he "worked" for you, which would be a major annoyance (imagine not being able to fire a player because you don't have enough cash!). From a game design standpoint, it makes perfect sense to just give each player their paycheck at the beginning of the week.

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190536.22 in reply to 190536.21
Date: 7/25/2011 3:17:17 PM
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But that's exactly what used to happen before the change, no salary for players not in the roster at the time of the economic update even if they had played during the week. It was never singled out as a problem.

Paying in advance is new from last season, now you have to pay a wage for players who can be fired/transfered without playing any game. It's not an improvement from the previous situation, it's still somewhat bizarre but now furthermore it's against common practice.

No need to make a fuss about it, it's no big deal but I still don't understand why it was implemented like that.

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