Carry over franchises and team funds

[mlblover15]

ok, I'm not sure about any of you that carry over your franchises from year to year but for me, this is a HUGE issue that I feel can and should be addressed. Over the course of the year in 16, I had amassed a whopping $990 Million in avail funds for my team.

I get all my off-season stuff done and still have a huge amount of that money ready to go into 17 once it dropped. That didn't happen. When I loaded my franchise into 17 from 16 I had been stripped down to a fraction, a very small fraction of what I had amassed over the previous year in 16.

as for carryover franchise owners if you will we have the right to have our teams banks or available funds or whatever you want to call them, carried over with our franchises as well.

This to me is a major issue that has to be addressed with the dev team and allowed to do. Because right now at the start of July in my franchise I have over $300 Million in my bank ready for the offseason.

Sure I may not use all of that to sign my roster and or any free agents I may want to sign that might be out there. However, it is my franchise and if I want to turn any team into the Yankees in means of being a financial juggernaut I should be able to do that for as long as I choose to have that franchise running for.

By the end of the season, I could have close to if not over $400 Million in my bank. I should not be penalized when I carry over my franchise and lose all that work.

note in 16 most of that amassed funds was cash based. I bought several $20 fund packs over the course of the season.

this season has been all in-game stuff. stubs, stubs, and more stubs. every card, piece of equipment, collectible all go to the market when I can. every 1.000 stubs I amass go right into my team's funds.

is there anyone on here that also feels we are being cheated in this aspect of the game every year?

[Ace2734]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

Year to year saves is a huge plus, but still incredibly flawed in all aspects.

I usually start ever every 2 years. It just doesn’t hold up as well as it could.


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[countryboy]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

My funds have transferred fine as far as I can tell, but I’ve never bought additional funds or gained additional funds by using sponsorships


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[JoCo217]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

Doesn’t the money in your bank drop back down to 5mil after the post season, regardless of how much you have built up? Even if you stay on the same title, you still can’t spend that money in the off-season.




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The bank drops to $5M when the next spring training begins. But throughout the offseason, the cashflow reflects what you have built up, allowing you to spend big earnings on free agents, trades, etc. In my Braves franchise, my income per week has stayed at $4.7M/week for both seasons so far. I had more than $30M in the bank when FA hit, spent a chunk of it, then in year 2, the bank went down to $5M and my team income stayed at $4.7. My team payroll did not change very much, as I had some expiring contracts I let go.

I like the reset because otherwise you could be cheap for three years, save up $120M then sign 3-4 max guys and buy a title. Teams that go cheap IRL stay cheap (see the Marlins), and teams that go cheap to tank have a hard time luring FAs anyway (see Pirates). If you want to, treat it like the NBA salary cap: Use the cap to sign players, then later trade those players and their salaries in a deal to bring in the player you really want or clear cap space to sign someone you want.

[mlblover15]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

no, I call BS on that... I think that is crap! if I CHOOSE to carry over my franchise from year to year my funds should NEVER reset... ever!!! if I want to have a bank of Trillions of dollars and be able to run my franchise how I see hit is how is it should be.

I kinda understand WHY they are doing this but I still call bs... because no matter what if you choose to want to spend actual cash to buy franchise funds no matter how much or little you have in the team bank is up to each person. but it should never reset... for a carryover franchise that is...

[JoCo217]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

no, I call BS on that... I think that is crap! if I CHOOSE to carry over my franchise from year to year my funds should NEVER reset... ever!!! if I want to have a bank of Trillions of dollars and be able to run my franchise how I see hit is how is it should be.

I kinda understand WHY they are doing this but I still call bs... because no matter what if you choose to want to spend actual cash to buy franchise funds no matter how much or little you have in the team bank is up to each person. but it should never reset... for a carryover franchise that is...

The reason I think it is done this way is because of the cash flow. Your budget is broken down into weekly installments. If you turn a profit of $90M in a season, then don't spend it, why on earth would you just let that kind of money just sit there. A team owner would go blow that or upgrade something in the stadium or facilities. A franchise/business isn't going to sit on potentially billions of dollars. The game tries to be realistic, and letting a team stockpile cash for a decade then spend all of it in free agency one year down the line would be like finding a talking unicorn that has a magic wand. Maybe they can introduce owner personalities like in NBA 2K where you can see the financial aspect a little more, but just letting tons of money sit in a bank, I mean, c'mon.

[JoCo217]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

I guess here's a better way to explain the current system. I'm the Braves, my max budget is about $150M. I'm in the offseason after year 2. My team payroll is about $60M with contracts pending. My cash flow is a little more than $2M. When the math is done, that means my max payroll is $150M and my bank reset to $5M because I'm assuming the team owner takes the cash he makes as a profit because it's America and that's how owners roll. I get $150M to spend on players ($155M if I'm OK using my bank). If I want to spend $175M on payroll but my owner isn't down for that, then I have to use stubs to fund the added expenses. But when the season is over, the owner is taking his profit off the top and there's nothing I can do about it.

[mlblover15]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

why wouldn't everyone want to turn their teams into the Yankees and have an ENDLESS cashflow to be able to sign who every to whatever contracts you want to. that is how I see this... if you want to sign your entire roster to deals that take them through their arb and a free agent year and then sign some major fa's why not...


I have always admired how the Yankees have done business. that is how every team in every sport should run it.. have the funds to just sign whoever you want to whatever contract you want...

like after my 16 seasons and having close to a billion dollars in available funds I signed most of my contracts to long deals that were worth a ton each... I signed my manager to a 10-year max deal and most of the players I signed were the same... this is how I feel every team should be run... every owner should want to want to do t his.

if there is an owner in sports that CAN'T do this... well they don't deserve to be an owner. the idea behind owning a team is to win as many championships as you can for as long as you can and to do whatever it takes to get it done...

this is why during the 1994 strike I completely sided with the players... owners were crying poor house... I called BS... still do... if you cant afford to own a team then get the F out and let someone that actually cares in and let them win championships... that is what sports are about... .winning as much and as long as possible...

oh and last but not least.. you guys talk about all this realism... teams funds do not reset to $5 million dollars at the start of every season...

[JoCo217]

Re: Carry over franchises and team funds

You are misinterpreting “bank” as cash flow. The Yankees and Dodgers spend more on players because the owners have more money than the owners of the A’s or Royals. Last year they introduced the cash flow to make spending more realistic. How it works is your payroll costs $6M a week and your team makes $6.4M a week. Not much room to spend each week. But by midsession you have enough saved to take a small loss each week and trade for a piece to chase a title. But Sports are still a business and the owner wants a monetary return on investment. Otherwise a sports team is a nonprofit. The bank resetting is the owner capping your budget each year.