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Originally Posted by Bee
Some type of variable financial growth factor influenced (but not controlled) by team success?
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That's what I would hope/assume happens, but it sounds like the Yankees will always be at the top and the Devil Rays will always be at the bottom, and that shouldn't necessarily be the case. If the Devil Rays get lucky with a few prospects, make a few shrewd free agent pick ups, and get to 80 wins for a couple of years, that should influence their fans to come to the ballpark, which in turn should give the team more money to spend.
I guess what I'm saying is that I don't want the small market teams to automatically be controlled by a Carl Pohlad-type. Just because they aren't winning it all every year doesn't mean they have to be stuck with a $30M payroll for 50 years in a row.
Like I mentioned above, maybe the game is too realistic in this regard.