Keep in mind that one cost that everyone is not counting is the cost of players on the TL. It's a little hard because you have to consider the not only the purchase price but the future price of what you sell them at and amortize the profits or losses over the number of weeks you own the player. A low salary player that you buy for a lot of money is not necessarily a better value than a high salary player that you buy cheaply even though the low salary player gives you a higher weekly income.