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From: brian
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Date: 8/16/2008 8:03:29 PM
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Maybe I missed when these changes were going into effect, but there's not any TV money for the week.

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Maybe I missed when these changes were going into effect, but there's not any TV money for the week.


I believe we all get the money at the economy update.

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Date: 8/16/2008 9:09:58 PM
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Maybe I missed when these changes were going into effect, but there's not any TV money for the week.


I believe we all get the money at the economy update.


It is really hard to tell because it is not broken down on the economy page. More details on the economy page would be nice.

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Date: 8/16/2008 9:43:46 PM
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Maybe I missed when these changes were going into effect, but there's not any TV money for the week.


I believe we all get the money at the economy update.


It is really hard to tell because it is not broken down on the economy page. More details on the economy page would be nice.


That was straight from the BB team, FTR.

NO ONE at this table ordered a rum & Coke
Charles: Penn has some good people
A CT? Really?
Any two will do
Any three for me
Any four will score
Any five are live
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Date: 8/16/2008 9:49:58 PM
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That was straight from the BB team, FTR.


The point of my message was not to dispute what you said. I was just pointing out that it is really hard to know where your income is coming from. If I bought or sold players this week, improved my arena or whatever it all gets lumped into the same place.

It makes it really difficult to know where your actual revenue and expenses come from.

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40617.505 in reply to 40617.504
Date: 8/16/2008 9:53:02 PM
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Actually I should correct myself as the TV revenue, like the promotion revenue, appears to be "hidden". It doesn't go into the temporary income/costs.

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Date: 8/16/2008 10:00:09 PM
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That was straight from the BB team, FTR.


The point of my message was not to dispute what you said. I was just pointing out that it is really hard to know where your income is coming from. If I bought or sold players this week, improved my arena or whatever it all gets lumped into the same place.

It makes it really difficult to know where your actual revenue and expenses come from.


I guess I came off like that but I didn't intend to.

NO ONE at this table ordered a rum & Coke
Charles: Penn has some good people
A CT? Really?
Any two will do
Any three for me
Any four will score
Any five are live
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Date: 8/16/2008 10:05:15 PM
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I guess I came off like that but I didn't intend to.


No prob. I could say the same thing. ;-)


Last edited by HeadPaperPusher at 8/16/2008 10:05:32 PM

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40617.508 in reply to 40617.507
Date: 8/17/2008 4:12:01 AM
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I've not commented on the new economic changes yet, as I was happy to accept the view of the BBs that it was necessary, and wanted to see exactly how it affected my team before shouting. Now we've had a week under the new regime it would be useful I think to compare the impact on different teams to judge whether it has worked as intended in terms of game balance.

I understood from the announcement that the intention was to restrict the teams making huge profits each week and thus pushing up inflation. I'm pretty certain that isn't me. Before the changes I was making perhaps 50k or so profit each week and that money, plus TV money was going in to small stadium expansions and buying moderately good players (my record signing to date is $795,000). I'm a struggling division 1 team in England - finished sixth in both my seasons in that division but won my relegation playoff each time. My draft players haven't been good enough to keep or sell for anything impressive, so I rely on a small profit each week to have any hope of one day buying a player or two who can help me compete with the top teams in my league who have stadiums two or three times bigger than me, and several big stars.

This week, my stadium was full (very nearly, 4 luxury boxes not filled) and the gross receipts were $228,700. Losing $91,480 to the new players' union left me with just $137,220 - and my net profit for the week is $23,000 or so. In other words, it will take me twice as long now to save the money I need for the players who are essential to my survival in the top division.

My questions:

How are the top teams figures comparing to that? Are the top teams suffering even more than a 50% drop in profits? If not, then the changes won't help balance the league, but I appreciate this wasn't the primary intention.

Where is the TV money, which I thought would be a weekly addition but does not appear in this week's economy?

Do the changes make investing in players now much more of a financial incentive than investing in stadium expansion, since ticket sales are taxed so heavily? If so, won't this weaken the anti-inflationary effect of the changes?

Nick

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40617.509 in reply to 40617.508
Date: 8/17/2008 4:36:15 AM
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I believe that the TV revenue will come at the next weekly economic update, which is on the 18th at 2:00 am. You will get an extra $35,000, taking your weekly profit to 58,000, or a 16 % increase compared to your stated figure from last season.

I think arena expansion is still a good way to go, as the transfer market seems to have hit a brick wall, especially for mid-priced players. I just saw a 20 year old MVP potential SG with decent skills go for $150 000. Three weeks ago that same cat would have gone for at least 5 times that much. So while it might be a buyer's market right now, who's to say when the sellers will have their day in the sun again.

My first game was away so I can't help you out with any numbers, but I will post what happened after Tuesday's game.

Once I scored a basket that still makes me laugh.
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40617.510 in reply to 40617.509
Date: 8/17/2008 4:46:32 AM
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Fair points, and useful. But remember that my TV income last season was a total of $1.2M, or an additional $100,000 profit per week if it were averaged out. My fear is that while everyone's income will be affected, the very top teams (above me) and the division 2 teams (below me) will not be as badly affected proportionately as the teams in my condition - lower quality teams struggling to compete in the highest divisions.

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