A few financial questions

[AZTarHeel]

I recently upgraded my OOTP5/6 league to OOTP8. I've finished one season and it seems the financials are out of whack ...

I've got a lot of teams in the hole financially yet I've got free agents asking for amazingly high money (one of my players that I couldn't sign was making like $3 million a year and in free agency he's asking for a contract worth more than $20 million... and he wasn't my best player, maybe the fourth or fifth best... Lots of other four and five star guys were asking for that or more... Some other middle of the road guys are asking for money way above the league average for middle of the road guys...

anyways, I'm wondering what to do -- infuse the struggling teams with some extra cash (my own stimulus package!)? Leave them all alone and see if things correct themselves? Do AI run teams ever build up into a Yankees-type organization? I guess I just like I have an advantage because I built my franchise up a lot before moving to OOTP8 and I seem to have an edge now on nearly everyone when competing for the big guns...


Also, it seems that for some teams' attendance numbers drop WAY down over the course of the season. And some aren't struggling that much. The Arizona Diamondbacks went from averaging 35-40,000 at the first of the year to only having about 8,000 by the end ... That just seems too dramatic. Any way to have it so there is not so much of a fluctuation?

Thanks

AZ

[Kelric]

I'd go in and edit everyone to have a relatively even financial footing. OOTP 5 to 6 to 8 is a big jump, something may have gotten screwed up. I would think once you 'reset' the team financials, the league should start returning to some normalcy.