how can you expect to see a lot of great MVP+ from Utopia on the TL now?
If you followed my reasoning you'd probably guessed that I never expected that at all. Other people suggested that Utopia trained players would sort the market.
Because before the market was low, it was high, even higher than now (were you already here?).
No I wasn't but I see players listed at 17 million with the expectations of selling, players sub 120 (our NT guard) going at 7.5, a guy spending 24 million on 2 players with a 25 million cap (which was not there in the past).
But you fail to explain the cause (the fact that the level of ther players on TL has decreased) because you explain it by only one reason.
You can spin it how you want but the fact remains that the current economy is driven by a mismatch by demand and offer in the Transfer List. Yes, they tried to affect demand by making it harder to save money and yes it has resulted in people cutting salary, but they did not to prevent a 1 million roster in the B3: they did it because they realise the Economy overshoot and people complained it was unplayable, so they reacted (wrongly) trying to limit the cash people make so that people would not be able to afford high prices. The solution failed spectacularly and now they have doubled down on it increasing the salary floor even more, which tells me they haven't learned from what happened in the last couple of years. In the end all these measures they take to affect the economy they are all taken with the view of fixing the market, because they don't want to accept that there are 2 sides to it: the demand and the supply and that for the supply of players only cosmetic changes have been implemented (which this thread is about).
How can I measure the number of trainers? Are you crazy to ask that?
You can't, but you guys keep saying that people don't train so the argument works for you as much as it does for me. Anecdotal evidence (my scouting of opponents back in the day) tells me most people did train even 10-15 seasons ago, yours clearly suggests something else. I reject your opinion because I believe that the transfer list deteriorating is a clear sign that training has not got more popular at all compared to back then and therefore either too few people train today or many more people trained back then than previously thought.
By the way I don't see where is the problem to have a lower level in the top teams, because that means there's a leveling and that's good for younger teams. You create problems where there's no problem.
And that's fine, as long as we understand what we're putting the managers through and we accept there may be no game because of this, if frustrated managers begin leaving again. These are the people who stuck with the game during its worst days (user loss and price spike)