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GMExcel24 Column Instructional Guide

• []Year: Input the year for financial data calculation.
  []Stad. Cap. (Stadium Capacity): Enter your team's stadium capacity.
  []Salary Cap: Input the league's salary cap for the year.
  []Runs Scored (RS): Enter total runs scored by your team.
  []Runs Allowed (RA): Enter total runs allowed by your team.
  []WPCT (Winning Percentage): Input your team's winning percentage.
  []LSW (Last Season Wins): Input wins from the last season.
  []2SW (Wins Two Seasons Ago): Input wins from two seasons ago.
  []3SW (Wins Three Seasons Ago): Input wins from three seasons ago.
  []OPS Rank: Enter your team's OPS ranking.
  []ERA+ Rank: Enter your team's ERA+ ranking.
  []League Average Payroll: Input the league's average payroll.
  []Expected Wins (EW): Calculated based on RS and RA.
  []Current Performance (CP): Calculated from actual and expected performance.
  []SCC (SportsCenter Component): Calculated from OPS and ERA+ ranks.
  []Bandwagon: Calculated based on past three seasons' wins.
  []Postseason Shares: Input revenue from postseason games.
  []Playoff Bonus Pool: Input bonuses from postseason success.
  []PAYROLL: Input current season's total payroll.
  []NX BDGET (Next Budget): Projected next season's budget.
  []CASH (Cash Bank): Input available cash reserves.
  []FLEX: Wanna "go for it?" This is the FLEX you're allowed to spend at...there's gonna be a punitive feature here so you don't do it every. year but i haven't gotten there yet.
  []REMAIN (Remaining Budget): Displays remaining flex cash (i need to work on this category more...)
  []OWNER CAP: Maximum budget set by the owner.
  []Season Tickets: This figure is generated to make things interesting based on stadium capacity and other factors
  []4W% (Four-Year Winning Percentage): Calculated average winning percentage.
• EW, EWF, PLY, DIV, PEN, WS: Expected Wins, Expected Win Factor (both autocalc'd), PLY = playoff appearance DIV = division title PEN = league pennant WS = World Series