A couple questions.

[ShaneCarson]

I am very new to this game(just bought it last month). I started a league with a friend in which I used darkcloud's roster file. We deleted all the teams, and started an 8 team league with the file so we could use the MLB players. We have made it through 2 seasons and expanded to 16 teams now. The league has gone well but I had a couple questions regarding the future of our league.

1. Does the team market size adjust from the initial number ever? From what I have read, the scale is 1 - 20. Throughout the two seasons none of the teams market size's have changed despite one team starting off as a "below average" market and being a competing team both years.

2. The team I control has won the title the first two years of the league. My cash is at roughly around $10M and my projected budget room is at -$19M. It says I have no money available for player or staff signings yet my owner still seems to approve every deal. Is this because I am also commissioner or because my market level is "big" and I continue to win?

I have a couple more questions I am trying to think of. Really enjoying playing the game and any advice on understanding these intricacies would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by ShaneCarson

I am very new to this game(just bought it last month). I started a league with a friend in which I used darkcloud's roster file. We deleted all the teams, and started an 8 team league with the file so we could use the MLB players. We have made it through 2 seasons and expanded to 16 teams now. The league has gone well but I had a couple questions regarding the future of our league.

1. Does the team market size adjust from the initial number ever? From what I have read, the scale is 1 - 20. Throughout the two seasons none of the teams market size's have changed despite one team starting off as a "below average" market and being a competing team both years.

2. The team I control has won the title the first two years of the league. My cash is at roughly around $10M and my projected budget room is at -$19M. It says I have no money available for player or staff signings yet my owner still seems to approve every deal. Is this because I am also commissioner or because my market level is "big" and I continue to win?

I have a couple more questions I am trying to think of. Really enjoying playing the game and any advice on understanding these intricacies would be much appreciated. Thanks.

A couple of quick answers, off the top of my head.

Market sizes used to change more often, in version 2006. This was criticized, and the rate of change was greatly reduced in OOTP 2007, IIRC, but market sizes will still change over time.

Your owner may or may not be willing to make cash infusions based on his personality and team prospects. This accounts for his willingness to approve deals that may make your team go further into the red. It also accounts for owners not approving deals even though you have cash left over.

Much depends on the settings in your game options, of course; see below, and note what the manual says in the third section.

[injury log]

All of what '98 says above, but in addition, if you're playing in Commissioner mode, *every* free agent signing will be approved, no matter how far it puts you in debt. I'm guessing that's what you're seeing in your game.

The game is much better, I find, now that market sizes change more slowly- it was unrealistic before, having a Twins type market turn into a Yankees size market in four years. Market size will change, but rarely.