Front Office Football Central - 1838 Team Salary Cap Figures

The $100m cap is replaced with a flex cap that gets determined by a modest formula. I can spell it out for you:

Spoiler

But you can see it here in a Google Docs spreadsheet

I listed the playoff shares for each ballclub on the season thread already. But this year's total playoff pool was $67,511,399. The champion gets 48%, the runner-up gets 23.5%, the two LCS losers get 8.75% and the two elimination series losers get 5.5%

In CPR years, those figures are lower.

Here's total revenue for 1867 by team (includes playoff bonuses):

1867 TOTAL REVENUE

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$135,091,746        St. Louis Aviators

$101,520,997        Gettysburg Gomers

$109,364,329        Columbus Crusaders

$91,370,950        Wyoming Plowboys

$89,147,750        Denver Crows

$87,634,250        Winnemucca Lake Monsters

$86,613,577        Brooklyn Titans

$88,910,497        Las Vegas Aces

$84,745,314        Cuyahoga Spiders

$80,146,450        Chicago Hornets

$71,602,750        Washington Grays

$67,860,750        Lake Tahoe Syndicate

$62,950,750        Kauai Emeralds

$54,797,500        Rio Grande Rough Riders

$48,670,856        Carolina Kings

$41,289,075        New York Skyliners

$41,811,400        Cleveland Laborers

$40,152,250        Memphis Smokers

$37,340,250        San Diego Fathers

$19,522,250        Portland Thorns

PROFIT/LOSSES
Total revenue minus your payroll figure for the past year, determines your profit/loss for the season. Playoff bonuses are factored into this final calculation.

Code:

St. Louis Aviators        $26,990,246

Gettysburg Gomers        $445,997

Columbus Crusaders        $9,365,329

Wyoming Plowboys        -$7,536,050

Denver Crows                -$5,967,250

Winnemucca Lake Monsters-$6,170,750

Brooklyn Titans                -$563,423

Las Vegas Aces                $1,965,497

Cuyahoga Spiders        $1,564

Chicago Hornets                -$3,790,550

Washington Grays        -$3,812,250

Lake Tahoe Syndicate        -$3,034,250

Kauai Emeralds                -$1,344,250

Rio Grande Rough Riders        -$1,552,500

Carolina Kings                $1,175,731

New York Skyliners        -$580,425

Cleveland Laborers        $1,327,400

Memphis Smokers                $3,267,250

San Diego Fathers        $1,175,250

Portland Thorns                $4,437,250

You win a title and you make a pretty hefty profit (like real life should work) but if you don't, but spend like it and you'll pay the price in your cap the following year. Which should reign in profligate spending, in theory. Even more than guaranteed contracts managed to do.

So your profit/loss is added (or subtracted) from $100 million (our base cap) to give your team's cap figure for the next season.

1868 TEAM CAP FIGURES

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$126,990,246        St. Louis Aviators

$100,445,997        Gettysburg Gomers

$109,365,329        Columbus Crusaders

$92,463,950        Wyoming Plowboys

$94,032,750        Denver Crows

$93,829,250        Winnemucca Lake Monsters

$99,436,577        Brooklyn Titans

$101,965,497        Las Vegas Aces

$100,001,564        Cuyahoga Spiders

$96,209,450        Chicago Hornets

$96,187,750        Washington Grays

$96,965,750        Lake Tahoe Syndicate

$98,655,750        Kauai Emeralds

$98,447,500        Rio Grande Rough Riders

$101,175,731        Carolina Kings

$99,419,575        New York Skyliners

$101,327,400        Cleveland Laborers

$103,267,250        Memphis Smokers

$101,175,250        San Diego Fathers

$104,437,250        Portland Thorns

Based on your projected payroll (meaning if you released people in the upcoming file, I won't have that noted here) for next year, here's how much free cap space you have.

FREE CAP SPACE 1868 (Based on projected payroll)

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TEAM        FREE CAP

St. Louis Aviators        $10,490,246

Gettysburg Gomers        -$54,003

Columbus Crusaders        $37,165,329

Wyoming Plowboys        $2,463,950

Denver Crows        -$2,267,250

Winnemucca Lake Monsters        $11,329,250

Brooklyn Titans        $44,836,577

Las Vegas Aces        $17,365,497

Cuyahoga Spiders        $32,901,564

Chicago Hornets        $29,109,450

Washington Grays        $33,087,750

Lake Tahoe Syndicate        $23,265,750

Kauai Emeralds        $45,755,750

Rio Grande Rough Riders        $62,547,500

Carolina Kings        $87,575,731

New York Skyliners        $60,519,575

Cleveland Laborers        $74,927,400

Memphis Smokers        $65,167,250

San Diego Fathers        $62,075,250

Portland Thorns        $92,337,250

You can trade that just like you would've before, it's just easier (for me and you) to track all of that junk now.

You can see how all of the sausage was made in this Google Docs spreadsheet (You'll see a column for Merchandise. We're not using it yet. Maybe someday. I was thinking I wanted to give money to teams for their highest WAR player or some such.)

So all of this might seem complicated, in theory, but this new system should really help teams at the bottom and reign in spending and keep things even more competitive.

And inevitably, there will be tweaks as we get into and discover stuff that makes sense.