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I still think that there is too much of an effort to force teams to behave in certain ways. One of the ways that I can compete in the IPBL is by buying older players at a discount and then selling them for about the same price or less within a season or so. Maybe I buy for 300k and sell for 200k. The alternative is that I tank for 6 seasons and build up ~25 million and then buy only young players.

One example might be my 200k C who I bought for 500k. The market rate says 500k to 1 mil but he might only sell for 200 - 300k. If I see someone on the market who is better, why should I be discouraged from improving my team? In all likelihood, I'll lose money given the market for 33 year old centers but it's not taking advantage of anyone. There are already enough disadvantages given the drop in game shape.

It seems like they have just set a lower starting point but the sale percentage will revert to 97% in about the same time. If you hold the player for 4-5 weeks you'll probably be about indifferent.

I think double that:

You will receive 87% of the sale price after fees.
- This player has been on your team for 58 days.
- You have sold 9 players in the past 14 weeks

You will receive 67% of the sale price after fees.
- This player has been on your team for 24 days.
- You have sold 9 players in the past 14 weeks.

And my Utopia team
You will receive 73% of the sale price after fees.
- This player has been on your team for 26 days.
- You have sold 3 players in the past 14 weeks.

You will receive 90% of the sale price after fees.
- This player has been on your team for 61 days.
- You have sold 3 players in the past 14 weeks.

Yeah it took about a season to get to 97% in the past if I remember correctly, so it does look you'll get to 97% in about a season even now. As a result, the percentage will go up faster and after several weeks the difference is likely to be only nominal compared to before.

It's too bad we don't have data from before the change to compare.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 10/24/2014 8:00:54 AM

Not sure what you mean: if you buy a player for 1k and sell it for 150k are you not going to make a profit? You just need to re-sell at 160% the price (+ 1 week salary) you originally paid to make a profit. Since you guys go out and pay 1k-40k for your players you don't need very high prices to make a profit. Maybe you will not make the 500k profit you expected and make only 300k, it's still a great return on your investment.

The minimum seems to be around 55%.

This is the last player I bought:
You will receive 55% of the sale price after fees.
- This player has been on your team for 5 days
- You have sold 6 players in the past 14 weeks.

This is the player I've had for the longest time:
You will receive 97% of the sale price after fees.
- This player has been on your team for 359 days
- You have sold 6 players in the past 14 weeks.

I think mentioning 'fees' is misleading (unless they are going to introduce something else). As far as I know, if I sold the longest serving player I would indeed get 97% of the winning bid.

Got it so it also depends on how many players you've sold in the last 14 weeks?

Edit: Sorry I missed Headless T Gunner's post

Last edited by Lemonshine at 10/24/2014 9:52:01 AM