Risks associated with budget surplus?

jda · 04-19-2018, 01:19 PM

If my team has a $150M budget and total salaries are under $100M, is there a risk that the owner (who controls the team's budget) will drastically reduce the following year's budget even if my team is successful this year?

LegalEagle80 · 04-19-2018, 02:40 PM

I don't think so. Budget is generally tied to owner personality, market size, fan interest/ticket sales and media contracts. I haven't seen it fluctuate much in my playthroughs, and I've had seasons where I've had $50 million untouched.

NoOne · 04-19-2018, 07:30 PM

last year's revenue and owner cocerns..

one thing is for sure, you can't take it all with you... so in year's like that max out scouting and development budget... spend as much as you can in Internationa amateur free agents etc etc.. even if you can't sign one next year for over ~400k.

it's just a 5m cap per player, right? lol genuine quesiton, i refuse to apply that communistic rule :%$# billionaires and their socialist agenda

when it servers there purpose, only half a joke.

belated edit: i bet it increases extension demands. that's teh problem with 'carryover' cash being unlimited. extension get astronomical and higher than what you see in FA. cash on hand only influences the pool of money available for extensions. since there's no competition, yet, it's just based on what you can spend. (may not apply to budget space as it does with cash on hand, but a possiblity to watch for.)

04-19-2018, 01:19 PM	#1
jda Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 74	Risks associated with budget surplus? If my team has a $150M budget and total salaries are under $100M, is there a risk that the owner (who controls the team's budget) will drastically reduce the following year's budget even if my team is successful this year?

04-19-2018, 07:30 PM	#3
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,227	last year's revenue and owner cocerns.. one thing is for sure, you can't take it all with you... so in year's like that max out scouting and development budget... spend as much as you can in Internationa amateur free agents etc etc.. even if you can't sign one next year for over ~400k. it's just a 5m cap per player, right? lol genuine quesiton, i refuse to apply that communistic rule :%$# billionaires and their socialist agenda when it servers there purpose, only half a joke. belated edit: i bet it increases extension demands. that's teh problem with 'carryover' cash being unlimited. extension get astronomical and higher than what you see in FA. cash on hand only influences the pool of money available for extensions. since there's no competition, yet, it's just based on what you can spend. (may not apply to budget space as it does with cash on hand, but a possiblity to watch for.) Last edited by NoOne; 04-21-2018 at 10:58 PM.

04-19-2018, 02:40 PM	#2
LegalEagle80 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 113	I don't think so. Budget is generally tied to owner personality, market size, fan interest/ticket sales and media contracts. I haven't seen it fluctuate much in my playthroughs, and I've had seasons where I've had $50 million untouched.