The point about smaller countries such as Japan or al jazair is quite valid as I know some teams that are trying to build up nest eggs for future big runs on the transfer market. I don't know a solution - I assume the BB's is to hope that those countries grow, preventing such a strategy from reaching success.
The trade off for me (and other teams in similar positions) is that if we want to progress in the BB3 then we have to use the $ surplus we enjoy on salaries we know we dont really need for our domestice games...also one of the biggest enjoyments for me is the competitive PL games - so Im carrying at least 100-120k more salaries on my roster than I need to....
My STH are lower than most big teams so my ticket prices arent high and as I also play newly established teams, despite being unbeaten I wont get a full arena until the playoffs.
Having said that the Big 8 in Japan now is really shaping up - I also strongly advised all the longer term Japanese managers to upgrade their stadiums in the early seasons so that they could remain competitive on a global scale....
How much do you consider a nest egg? I think i mentioned a while back it is inevitable that teams that dont consider themselves capable now will hoard then buy 3-4 monsters lose money weekly to attack the biggest prizes domestically or globally...
I think for this reason a salary cap must be introduced to ensure managers can then battle things out more on court..... this would render stockpiles of cash as less meaningful.... (as much as I'd hate this option!)
Oh and did the BB3 games get switched to neutral or is there another round to play with HCA?