Yeah I get that, but there's no logical reason why that way of playing should be rewarded more than others.
Yer this is true, i guess they have to have something. Maybe with more teams in the bigger leagues, it would mean everyone would just buy players from those leagues? It happens already, i know when i look on the transfer market, its always Chinese, german, Spanish, US players that crop up commonly.
There have been heaps of dicussions on the forums about a better merch system. I think the one we have now is fair and logical, but at the same time, i think the ratio's are wrong.
for instance you Matt, had the 2nd best record in the league for most of the season - I think its fair to say that your merch does not reflect this. Regardless of your roster, draftee's etc, in real life a Basketball team who was 2nd for most of the season would sell heaps of merch.
So yer i think the logic behind it is sound, just the ratio's and implimentation is wrong. In real life, people buy merch because of
a) Team success
b) Star players
you don't see too many Tony parker singlets around do you? But plenty of Paul Pierce, Rose, Lebron etc. so maybe merch should be simplified to be supportive of that logic.