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206162.4 in reply to 206162.1
Date: 1/9/2012 11:19:09 PM
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Note that playoff/relegation game revenue is split between participants, two-thirds to the home team, one third to visiting team.

Teams in either the playoffs or relegation series get the extra game income, but they also have to pay player salaries. Teams in the #5 position (and #8) don't get the added revenue, but they also don't have to pay that last two weeks of salary. Because of this, many managers believe that #5 is a better place to finish, if they feel they don't have a chance to win in the playoffs. The BBs maintain that in the end, the added fan support from making any playoff appearance offset this need to pay salaries, so that #4 is better than #5.

Playoff games do apparently give your players more experience than usual league games, so there's that benefit too (which is of course hard to quantify itself).


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Date: 1/10/2012 10:36:18 AM
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Another not so recognized ponit is that PO games give you the most gains in experience. I'd go for at least one match to gain the experience, that helps a lot, specially in close matches.

From: Tangosz

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I know, so unrecognized it was never, ever, not once, nunca, mentioned in this thread.

:P

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+1, you nailed it =)

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Date: 1/10/2012 6:53:38 PM
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Thanks to everyone for the advice, especially Tangosz and Manon.

I've decided I'm going to try to win in the playoffs even though I would probably be better off just keeping a low salary and losing in the first round. The team I am facing may be 17-1 (I've had my team for a week), but he has spent most of his cash on guards, almost all his scoring is from outside, and his highest salary is below 9k. I think if I pick up a few solid 10k-12k per week inside scorers (already got a good one cheap) and ~3-4 cheaper outside players with high OD I will have a chance. My goals are to start next season with at least 400k and to never have revenue below salary this season, so those are the restrictions I'm placing on my late free agent title chase.