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Questdog · 02-09-2013, 10:38 PM

Money was not an issue in one sense and it was in another......

OOTP models the part where it was not an issue: teams COULD sign anybody they wanted to; there was no fear of going under if a superstar was signed to a $10,000 contract.

The part of money that WAS an issue is not modeled in OOTP. The owners had gobs of money in their pockets but every penny they paid out in salary was a penny that was not in their pockets anymore. In OOTP money has no use other than to sign ballplayers, but the baseball magnates had no problems thinking up other uses for that money rather than giving it to ballplayers. They could build mansions and hunting lodges and new ballparks and buy cars and chase women.......

That being said, I think the profits in your league are a bit excessive. But until someone can figure out a way to entice players to spend the OOTP revenues on things other than ballplayers, there will be no reality in reserve clause era leagues........

02-09-2013, 10:38 PM	#5
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Money was not an issue in one sense and it was in another...... OOTP models the part where it was not an issue: teams COULD sign anybody they wanted to; there was no fear of going under if a superstar was signed to a $10,000 contract. The part of money that WAS an issue is not modeled in OOTP. The owners had gobs of money in their pockets but every penny they paid out in salary was a penny that was not in their pockets anymore. In OOTP money has no use other than to sign ballplayers, but the baseball magnates had no problems thinking up other uses for that money rather than giving it to ballplayers. They could build mansions and hunting lodges and new ballparks and buy cars and chase women....... That being said, I think the profits in your league are a bit excessive. But until someone can figure out a way to entice players to spend the OOTP revenues on things other than ballplayers, there will be no reality in reserve clause era leagues........ Last edited by Questdog; 02-09-2013 at 10:39 PM.