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NT merchandise boost varies greatly based on the salary of the player.

McArthur used to give me a lot more merchandise than Dell'Asta did.

The bonus for home grown NT players is a fair bit higher than internationals.

What about if you buy one, rather than train him?

Training a draft pick to NT receives a higher merchandise boost than buying one.

Any evidence?

Game manual and my own observations.

Merchandising income comes from your fans buying team apparel. Jersey sales are affected by a combination of factors. One factor is whether you have a winning team. Nobody likes to wear the jersey when you're losing, do they? Other factors include how many domestic players you have on your team, and also how many were drafted by your own team, as fans like supporting local players more than imported talent. This is weighted by the overall skill of the local players, so stocking your team with local bench warmers won't do you much good. Similarly, fans from around the country are particularly enthusiastic supporters of members of their national teams, and even more so when their national team is a successful one. So, if in a given week your player played in a national team game, fans from around the country will buy their jersey, typically in a quantity proportional to their salary. National team jersey sales will vary depending on the strength of the national team, but players playing in their domestic league tend to sell considerably more national team merchandise.

EDIT: Of course the boost may be marginal at best. Hardly something noticable.

Last edited by iwen at 1/9/2012 7:38:33 AM

Barry O'Daire, who I've trained since 18 and has been on the U21 NT/NT for Ireland since he was 19, gives almost no boost to my merch - it's around 35K.

being on the NT does not boost the merchandise... getting minutes boost's merchandise.

starters get more merch than non starters.
more salary means more merch.. e.g Radford (NT C) with 360k will give a lot more merch then say Wazza (NT Sf) with only 80k salary.

That's awesome, thank you.

Barry O'Daire, who I've trained since 18 and has been on the U21 NT/NT for Ireland since he was 19, gives almost no boost to my merch - it's around 35K.

It'd be hard to tell without having all the variables being able to be measured.

hmmm my salaries are way high! though my merch is mediocre at best @ $62K...
looks like I'm going to go bankrupt, no home games this week and spending $600k on Arena upgrade wasn't smart
jw

He does get minutes, although he's an irregular starter - it's a rare game he doesn't play at all, though, but it still hasn't touched my merch figures. I'm guessing it's because he's low-salaried, from a lowly-ranked NT.

just for interest here is where every1 is @

Total Salaries in Season 18
# Team Players Salary Tot Average Std Dev.
01. SmeltzTroopers (196252) 12 $ 518 832 $ 43 236 $ 39 384
02. adams guns (196228) 12 $ 433 828 $ 36 152 $ 33 380
03. Yarra Park Bears (38601) 6 $ 429 872 $ 71 645 $ 142 012
04. West Coast Steel (38690) 15 $ 379 289 $ 25 286 $ 34 056
05. JW City Bulls (38667) 16 $ 373 235 $ 23 327 $ 30 021
06. West Adelaide Bloods (196127) 10 $ 353 563 $ 35 356 $ 42 953
07. The Players (38819) 10 $ 326 179 $ 32 618 $ 16 719
08. Melbourne Goldfish (38642) 13 $ 312 776 $ 24 060 $ 23 066
09. The Pwnage (38886) 12 $ 290 948 $ 24 246 $ 31 391
10. CCCPBA (Aust. Div.) (196234) 10 $ 260 461 $ 26 046 $ 21 465
11. Learvins (196359) 11 $ 238 452 $ 21 677 $ 22 108
12. The Meateors (38699) 12 $ 217 210 $ 18 101 $ 25 030
13. Rampaging Marmots (38832) 9 $ 182 076 $ 20 231 $ 34 200
14. Vis Maior (38640) 11 $ 143 725 $ 13 066 $ 13 265
15. Home Axis (196319) 7 $ 25 747 $ 3 678 $ 1 669
16. Cowboys From Hell (196291) 5 $ 10 523 $ 2 105 $ 1 015

observations

hilarious 2 see ypb paying more salaries than jw or me is it really the move he needs to beat meateros in relegation

marmots dont have much more than vis but both have millions saved, who will blink first or will it end up in an arms race like in the abbl right now?

adam says he isnt going 4 promotion but his salaries reveal the truth 2nd top in the league no wonder he pwned me when i am way down on 8th

hax, cowboys & vis will = bad tv contracts 4 us next season but it wont affect them

pwnage, learvins & cccp did will with cheapass rosters

players, wab & wcs managed 2 survive despite some early bumps

i still think there r 4 teams that can win it all

can you buy a smeltz/sidwell/tos killer pf for under $2 million?