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My "back of the envelope" calculations, we (those in the top div) are looking at 55% of ticket and TV revenue next season compared to this season. That's not even taking into account the likely reduction in cup money.

Daaamn, feel sorry for anyone that just dropped huge money on players, as the market will likely take a big hit next season.

oh fook and i just spent all my money on a player:( 40% is very very much ouch

can someone kindly explain this to me

im not sure i understand it correctly so pls break it to me gently :D

"Most importantly, the union of BuzzerBeater players is complaining that the teams are taking in and hoarding massive profits, but the players aren’t seeing any of the extra cash. As a result, following this offseason, some of your gate receipts will be shared with the players on your team in addition to their regular salaries. "

and

"the TV contract will be updated starting next season. Each team will still have three televised games which affect their fan enthusiasm, but the television revenue will be paid to all teams as a fixed, weekly sum of $35,000. This measure is intended to help new teams manage their weekly budget more effectively (without having to rely on TV games to pull them out of a negative balance), and will also limit the ability of the higher division teams to hoard large sums of money. "

does this mean we dont keep 400k anymore each tv games? that was before right?

juice help here :D

i felt like we were just impose a somewhat like a salary cap which isnt directly saying as is and we cant do anything about it :D

this is a legal holdup!

Yeah, that means that everyteam will receive 35000 everyweek from the TV, and not all that cash those 3 games only.

Yeah, that means that everyteam will receive 35000 everyweek from the TV, and not all that cash those 3 games only.

It looks like this change does away with the differential TV game revenues for division levels. I guess this will now be represented by the season ticket holder revenues.

Is it just me or do the new changes pretty much eliminate most of the advantage of promoting to a higher league?

It just seems a bit inconsistent with statements previously made about the game. I thought there was supposed to be benefits from promoting to higher leagues, and from statements previously made it seemed as though that was a very conscious decision.

The changes seem like a complete reversal of philosophy.

...also...40% of gate AND a salary? So much for improving my team. Based on previous gate and my salaries I just went to a break even income.

I might actually now be better off tanking a season or two for high draft picks since the money will be similar either way. I might even make more money winning in div 2 or 3 than being an average team in div 1.

Maybe I'm wrong again, but we seem to have returned to the issue of limited options, since now the only way to get ahead financially seems to be ont he player market. Training players for personal use must now be secondary to training players to sell.

If I sound a bit like sour grapes that is not my intention, I am just curious as to why the change in philosophy.


BTW...I certainly understand closing duplicate threads, but it would be nice if the posts could be forwarded to the new thread so they don't simply get ignored. Thanks.

I think these changes (with the exception of the $35,000 weekly) suck! Trying to appease a bunch of people who complain that they can't get to the NBBA in one season is stupid. It's funny to me because most of the people doing the complaining are not even supporters (Yes, I have been a supporter since the day I started playing the game).

I have been playing for two seasons. I started in Division 4, promoted to Division 3, and I am number one in my league now and I think I will win my league. Next season, I hope to be in Division 2. No, I can't compete with NBBA teams right now, but it doesn't mean that I won't be able to kick King Drive Ballers in the a-sugar-sugar one day!

I have never been in the red; I have trained and sold players effectively; and I enjoy the game the way it is. People need to put in the work and stop expecting everything to be handed to them.

I fear that this game is going to become like 6 year old sports. "Everyone is winner, no one is a loser. Everyone is great!"

Last edited by Winning! at 7/28/2008 10:13:27 PM

Yep, I hate these announced changes. It will make me seriously consider staying down this season instead of trying to advance.

It will also make me seriously consider leaving the game. I worked this hard to develop a team to get up to division I, only to learn that all the benefits of being up there will no longer exist.

Why not change the division structure so there is more movement in divisions? That's why moving up seems so daunting. When only 1 team out of 16 can move up per season, it sucks. With so many teams it also makes it difficult to develop a community in your division.

If that's not the issue, why not make changes that are much less severe and will have less of an impact on the game? Also, why can't the changes be phased in?

Or - why make changes at all? Let the game stabilize - do fine tuning like improving the end game and taking the bugs out of the live game.

This sucks.

Bit of the Gordon Browns about the changes!!

I'm sure they have been thought through for the greater good of the community but the last thing I want to read is people now calculating whether or not they stay in the same league or even consider getting relegated...

The saving grace has to be more consistent attendences and higher caps for season ticket holders.. this is the only way to justify the changes to Div 1 teams.

The only major disappointment for me is the volatility in transfer prices this will cause. The transfer compare will be seriously mis-leading for the next few weeks (maybe wise just to turn it off for a while) and I guess teams that are celebrating that the big boys wont be making much money should sit back and calculate how much less profit they are now likely to receive from their training regime.

I think overall it is going to be much more beneficial for big teams as to build a stadium now is going to be so much more difficult.....we will still end up with more money - just less more money than before....