I sold a player and only got 50k for him, I never make any money, stadium was always empty last season and this season, I don't make enough to pay the staff. It's also close to impossible to buy a trainer that is lv 5 and up.
Oh well.
1. The player you sold is a 27-year-old with star potential who makes just over $5K/week. Seems like $60K might be a fair price for him.
2. You're making about $264K/week. That's not nothing.
3. Your stadium is probably empty because you're overcharging for tickets. Rather than raise prices by 12 to 30 percent, as you're scheduled to do on May 22, you should reduce them. Adjusting prices is a game of diminishing returns. Consider that if you were to sell 1200 more bleacher seats at $13 than you sold for $15 in your last game, you would make about $5K more (6,499 seats * $13 = $84,487 versus 5,299 seats * $15 = $79,485). Obviously, if you could get that many more fans in the bleachers with $14 tickets, you would make another $6,500. Which means you should also pay attention to how many more seats you can sell per dollar of price reduction.
4. Every single person on this board is 1000% correct that you are horribly overpaying each of your staff members. I would follow chris902's advice if I were you.
5. Of course it's difficult for you to buy a level 5 trainer -- you're broke. I paid over $500,000 for mine, but his weekly salary started below $16,000 and I'll keep him for months. You could get one with a more expensive weekly price tag for less money up front. Or you could go with a level 4, which isn't much of a step down.
With a little more fiscal awareness, your team could come back strong. There's a lot of teams that have built their way up in this game, so there's definitely a path to success. It requires being somewhat ruthless when it comes to cutting waste and maximizing revenue-- just like any real business.