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I remember reading somewhere that TV income factors in the strength of the league

maybe we all have lower salaries this season, and thus tv income is affected?

TV Income is based on salaries of all combined teams in the league at start of season. If there are tankers/weak promotees it will go down.

oh wow, cool learn something new hoorah.....
i never knew that. i thought it was standard across the leagues. well scratch that comment about the bug being related to tv contract.
that would suggest our league has a lower average team salary at the start of this season, compared to last season? hmmmm... not sure about that?

ohhh actually, now i think about it.... Vios + Snuffies + Northcote all bought up big in the previous previous season (season 19) before Crocker bought up bigger again.... and as such those 3 teams still had the large salaries coming into the season 20...and they sold off a few games into the season.... which would make sense with the calculation. plus we had All-sorts, yourself lordy all with decent salaried teams etc.

so yer. that would make sense now.
Doesnt mean we have a weak league... the salary average of the teams at the time of calulcation is less than at that same time in the previous season. So think of last year as bonus money :)

After 2 games, it appears the three new teams are enjoying their new surroundings in the Great 8. Currently they are placed 1, 2 & 3. Will really see who's made of the good stuff as Clips play both the Razors and Players in the next 2 games.

HA probably not enjoying his new home quite as much, after throwing one game and narrowly avoiding disaster in the 2nd. Still stand by my word that you aint seen nothing yet!

The Linguists are making a bit of noise early into the season, though one would think last game's CT will put some hurt on them for coming games. Expect a TIE game to come.

The Vipers also look to be capitalising early on, banking a win against an early favourite and impressive looking newbie Awesome.

Hadders continues to appear dormant and looks a certainty to only maintain this season, again. Look out next season after Hads buys in late to help avoid relegation and prepare for a title run in season 22.

The Moose on the other side, will need to make up some ground after dropping two games to teams now likely to be battling him for his beloved 5th place.

A number of teams sitting middle range and no doubt yet to make any real moves after "tanking one, playing the other". Will get a clearer picture as teams start dropping out of the Cup and concentrate on their league games.

my C and hargrave didnt play good :( imma need to improve my bench :(

Sounds like a rather ridiculous way of calculating the income. Not surprising though considering the number of strange "features" in terms of income, fans, etc that seem to exist.

I think it makes sense
The better a league is, the more income they generate from tv revenue, the more share each team gets for tv money.

Agreed, it works logically and allows for increased competition within a league. If you manage to promote out of it then you are better prepared. Need to keep people interested.

I think it makes sense
The better a league is, the more income they generate from tv revenue, the more share each team gets for tv money.

If they wanted to build on that idea and get more technical, individual teams should get different tv money based on the same reasoning as above. Perhaps individual games could be calculated based on the two team's salaries that are playing. Therefore two top teams from opposite conferences would generate the most tv money, as it should be, while two bottom teams would suffer. This could even put a further downer on those teams taking the option of tanking.

As it is it makes no sense that the two teams with the lowest salaries should receive equal tv money to those teams with superstar quality rosters. It's like the bobcats earning the same tv money as Miami. Mind you it would make sense that the Bobcats earnings went up the week they play Miami but suffer when they play the Kings.

Obviously it's highly unlikely that this will ever occur but i'm happy to throw the idea out there! :-)

An even revenue split on tv income is pretty much how it works in the NFL and that is supposed to be one of the best revenue sharing models around.

I don't think theres anything wrong with tanking - NBA teams do it all the time for draft picks and saving money. If BB wanted to limit the amount of money saved from tanking, they just need to increase the salary floor to something a lot higher. I'd say for our div 2 it should be at LEAST 300k. With the hit on attendance due to a losing record, that will really put a downer on how much money a tanking team can save.



Last edited by akuma at 8/29/2012 1:28:16 AM

I think this would widen the gap between the top teams and bottom teams even more, resulting in a less competitive league. Similar to La Liga where real Madrid and Barcelona receive a large percentage of the tv funds (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that is the case), which for them is great, but fortm the rest of the league is a slow death as they are unable to pay their players wages.