Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Nov 11, 2015 0:56:41 GMT -5
INTRODUCTION
Budgets have been a source of conversation for quite some time now and it is definitely one of those trickier discussions as there are two sides to the argument and both are heard loud and clear. Its a rather sensitive subject based around two basic thoughts:
1) Keep budgets the way they are. We shouldn't alter in game numbers and if you want more of a budget then do what your owner says and be fiscally responsible and
2) I'm doing what is best for my team and the owner inexplicably slashed my budgets to numbers that make his 'owner goals' unrealistic to attain.
There really is no right or wrong side to this and we will discuss that more at length below.
In the introduction of the "PBL League Governance" under role of the Commissioner it states "The Commissioner will act in the best interest of the league at all times, will be the deciding voice in any disputes...." and so I need to follow the governance and come to a decision that I think is the best for the Paramount Baseball League going forward.
Now the PBL has been running for 25+ seasons which translates to over 5 years of real time. Discussions and disputes have been had and solved and the one great thing about the PBL has been whether my decision has been right or wrong in the end, whether you agreed or disagreed with it, the members of the league stood behind the decision and went about their business under the new rule or even when we maintained status quo and they felt change should of been made, they stood behind those choices as well. This is the very reason the PBL is still running and highly regarded after 5+ years of our life. We have had great GMs go and great GMs come and this is the one thing every one of us have in common, we put the betterment of the league in front of the betterment of our team.
REVISITING HISTORY
The OOTP, PBL and budget debate is not something new and in fact back in 2012 (our 2015 season in game) I made a decision on budgets to manually fix them. Interestingly back then we had to reduce budgets and here is a quick quote from that thread:
"After a long and drawn out process that required lots of research, listening, complaining and opinions it has been determined that the best course of action for the Paramount Baseball League is to reduce the budgets in order to get the financials of the league back to a realistic fashion that will eventually lead into the owners fully controlling their teams budgets.
We have struggled mightily to find the most accurate and fair way of doing this so every team is placed on an equal playing field (in terms of compromising), which is often very difficult when considering market sizes, owner personalities and the competitiveness or lack of by some of the team that you put on the field. However, after giving it much thought, I came to a conclusion that I think can satisfy the majority and a way of putting each team on an equal playing field for the moment.
No matter where you play and the type of owner you have, there are really two things that matter the most. The first is the most important and that is winning. Owners around the league want to win, because winning means money. The other is attendance, which coincides with winning. Putting people in the seats means higher gate revenue, better television deals, higher merchandising and concession sales as well.
So on that, I have decided to follow my original decision of taking the 3-year average budget from every team to determine what your budget for the 2017 season will be. Some teams could see a budget decrease or increase. The results are another $154,732,000 will be removed from the league from last season which eventually will help out the free agent pool even more."
The link to this thread can be found here for those interested in looking this over.
Budgets have been a source of conversation for quite some time now and it is definitely one of those trickier discussions as there are two sides to the argument and both are heard loud and clear. Its a rather sensitive subject based around two basic thoughts:
1) Keep budgets the way they are. We shouldn't alter in game numbers and if you want more of a budget then do what your owner says and be fiscally responsible and
2) I'm doing what is best for my team and the owner inexplicably slashed my budgets to numbers that make his 'owner goals' unrealistic to attain.
There really is no right or wrong side to this and we will discuss that more at length below.
In the introduction of the "PBL League Governance" under role of the Commissioner it states "The Commissioner will act in the best interest of the league at all times, will be the deciding voice in any disputes...." and so I need to follow the governance and come to a decision that I think is the best for the Paramount Baseball League going forward.
Now the PBL has been running for 25+ seasons which translates to over 5 years of real time. Discussions and disputes have been had and solved and the one great thing about the PBL has been whether my decision has been right or wrong in the end, whether you agreed or disagreed with it, the members of the league stood behind the decision and went about their business under the new rule or even when we maintained status quo and they felt change should of been made, they stood behind those choices as well. This is the very reason the PBL is still running and highly regarded after 5+ years of our life. We have had great GMs go and great GMs come and this is the one thing every one of us have in common, we put the betterment of the league in front of the betterment of our team.
REVISITING HISTORY
The OOTP, PBL and budget debate is not something new and in fact back in 2012 (our 2015 season in game) I made a decision on budgets to manually fix them. Interestingly back then we had to reduce budgets and here is a quick quote from that thread:
"After a long and drawn out process that required lots of research, listening, complaining and opinions it has been determined that the best course of action for the Paramount Baseball League is to reduce the budgets in order to get the financials of the league back to a realistic fashion that will eventually lead into the owners fully controlling their teams budgets.
We have struggled mightily to find the most accurate and fair way of doing this so every team is placed on an equal playing field (in terms of compromising), which is often very difficult when considering market sizes, owner personalities and the competitiveness or lack of by some of the team that you put on the field. However, after giving it much thought, I came to a conclusion that I think can satisfy the majority and a way of putting each team on an equal playing field for the moment.
No matter where you play and the type of owner you have, there are really two things that matter the most. The first is the most important and that is winning. Owners around the league want to win, because winning means money. The other is attendance, which coincides with winning. Putting people in the seats means higher gate revenue, better television deals, higher merchandising and concession sales as well.
So on that, I have decided to follow my original decision of taking the 3-year average budget from every team to determine what your budget for the 2017 season will be. Some teams could see a budget decrease or increase. The results are another $154,732,000 will be removed from the league from last season which eventually will help out the free agent pool even more."
The link to this thread can be found here for those interested in looking this over.