Can someone explain to me why they think weeks without a home game are a big deal?.
I think the end of your post & Smallfries pretty much covers it, but the perspective financially is very different in this game if you have little to no money or are rolling in money like you are. You are correct that at the end of the day we all play 11 home and 11 away games each season so it basically averages out.... however, for teams with little money there is a hit right out of the gate because there is a financial update before the season starts, so what little money the financially strapped teams have its reduced before they even get started. Week one only has one game, so if its a road game that means they have 2 consecutive financial updates without a home game. If they do have a home game to start the season, but draw the schedule with 3 consecutive road games early in the season, then again that will be 2 financial updates without home game attendance revenue.... if this rapid drop in Cash puts the team negative, yes they can make it up later when the schedule is back loaded with home games... But in the time being they are charged a 5% penalty on the amount they are negative..... Additionally while being negative a team cannot buy any scrimmage scrubs if necessary & that may negatively affect game shape, and of course an injury can be devastating to anyone, but especially to a team running with a negative cash position.