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Date: 8/13/2019 4:13:04 PM
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What kind of payroll can you have in D2 without losing your butt every week? And this is with a 20,000 seat arena.

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300539.2 in reply to 300539.1
Date: 8/13/2019 7:09:31 PM
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Haha, I'm not sure what you mean by "losing your but" ...

My answer would be that from memory, back when I had my longest D2 stint (between S27-S30) I ran a roster of about 550k. Made two consecutive finals but lost in S28 & 29, before winning it at the third attempt in 30.

I've been back down in D2 since then, but I wouldn't be able to tell you what salaries I was running as I didn't need to pay much attention to it. Sadly my country has lost users over the years so staying up in D2 was basically a given, so I just spent a few seasons training and hoarding a little until I decided I wanted back in the top division again, then I bought up a team not with D2 but with D1 in mind.

I'd imagine that 550k figure would put you right up there in title contention for almost every D2 league in the world, you could probably run less if you wanted to tread water and finish mid-table each season.

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300539.3 in reply to 300539.2
Date: 8/13/2019 7:19:15 PM
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My comment really just meant without losing a ton of money each week. Thanks for the tips!

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300539.4 in reply to 300539.1
Date: 8/15/2019 4:34:45 AM
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I ran a 415k team that won it all but I was also training throughout that whole season so they played way better than what I was paying them. I was making about 60-100k weekly. It all depended on who I was playing on if I made a lot of money or not.

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300539.6 in reply to 300539.5
Date: 8/22/2019 5:26:08 PM
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Thanks Swift. I made one little upgrade but hopefully my depth is enough to hang around a little bit. The only other time I made D2 I was so old that it wasn’t worth trying to stay around. This time I’m in much better shape. I was only asking here pre season because I was thinking of adding another 100k salary instead of the 40k guy I added, as I wanted to see if D2 could support it. As I see now, I could have supported it, but maybe not after my attendance boost from winning last season is gone. I’m glad I made the decision I made.