Cash is King still?
April 10th, 2008 by mrjefeI posted it in the conference too but maybe this is a better forum to discuss.
One of the effects of the new rules on fans is this:
“If you have a lot of money in your cash reserve, your fans will be a bit harder to please as they feel you have money to invest to reach success. Rich teams’ fans react stronger to losses and weaker to wins than fans of a poorer clubs. The more money your team holds, the higher significance these feelings have.” - quoted from the rules.
Looking at the cash hordes some teams have built up, Hye Kyo for example, I wonder whether this is just to fund a winning cup run (or two) or perhaps some personal satisfaction at having accumulated such wealth - albeit virtual wealth.
However I see 2 downsides to perhaps challenge this way of playing from the perspective of:
a) team utility - more cash = fans harder to please. Makes it moot whether or not the team will maximize it’s “earning power” under such circumstances.
b) national agenda - perhaps the funds should be used to secure local talents for the NT and even to have a Malaysian team go all the way in the Hattrick Masters!
No offence to the rich clubs. In the end it’s your choice, but I wonder…
April 14th, 2008 at 3:12 am
To accumulate wealth, most teams have to stay at lower divisions for quite a while. as in……….YEARS!
Going to Div III and higher in M’sian league requires one to spend on players and wages just to keep afloat.
By staying at Div IV or less, it’s quite often they could survive with far less weekly wages. If the competition in the league is minimal, one could always be on Top 3 spots without incurring much cost on players and wages.