Staff Hiring with the new Patch

[gstelmack]

Has anyone figured out yet what factors work into the budget your owner gives you to sign staff in the latest patch? I had thought it was related to profitability, but we've got a case in our league where the Giants have lost $30mil+ for the last 2 seasons are being given a noticably larger budget for staff than Carolina who has made $30mil+ over those same two seasons. Carolina is also worth more as a franchise ($652mil for Carolina vs. $529mil for New York).

So clearly there are more factors than the obvious financial ones, but the financial ones are what we thought would be key (and the ones you have the most control over via ticket prices, player salaries, etc). Anyone find out what the other factors are? What can a GM do to increase the budget? And if it's "win", I'd note that it takes many seasons for fan support to grow, and in our particular case Carolina lost to New York in the NFC Championship game, so should at the least be closer in budget than they are.

[Raiders Army]

It took me a second to figure out what you were talking about. Oh yeah, FOF. Sometimes I forget why this board existed in the first place (and no sarcasm intended either).

Maybe attendance has something to do with it?