sterlingice
07-22-2003, 07:31 PM
This will probably take some of the veterans to answer this, but what the hey- it's up there for anyone.
I have $500K and I'd like to throw a decent chunk of that (possibly $300K but up to $500K or even $700K) at a trainee.
If I waited 2 weeks to buy a 17yo trainee, will the price be significantly less? I see most solid PMs going for $500K and anyone with any decent skills or high value for well over a million. Last year, I bought two pretty high 17yo solids for between $200-$300K but that was toward the end of they year.
I ask this because last year, I wasn't in the market for this level of player so I don't know the trend. But essentially, what I want to know is: where is the training sweet spot? At what point does the price start to drop? Are price changes between weeks 1 and 2 significant (all the elite teams buy in week 1 and throw around extra cash like TP tossing out over $150K)? How about 2-3 weeks after the season starts, do prices go down a lot after people stop looking for trainees for the year and settle on worse stuff? Or is it pretty linear?
SI
I have $500K and I'd like to throw a decent chunk of that (possibly $300K but up to $500K or even $700K) at a trainee.
If I waited 2 weeks to buy a 17yo trainee, will the price be significantly less? I see most solid PMs going for $500K and anyone with any decent skills or high value for well over a million. Last year, I bought two pretty high 17yo solids for between $200-$300K but that was toward the end of they year.
I ask this because last year, I wasn't in the market for this level of player so I don't know the trend. But essentially, what I want to know is: where is the training sweet spot? At what point does the price start to drop? Are price changes between weeks 1 and 2 significant (all the elite teams buy in week 1 and throw around extra cash like TP tossing out over $150K)? How about 2-3 weeks after the season starts, do prices go down a lot after people stop looking for trainees for the year and settle on worse stuff? Or is it pretty linear?
SI