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FINANCES SCREEN
The Financial Screen is accessed
through the News
Menu.
There's more to baseball than just winning games. The financial
pages allow you to track all aspects of your expenses, income, spending
cash, and profits. Unlike the Standings
Screen and Leaders
Screen, the teams in each
league are simply shown in alphabetical order. Your team is displayed
in all capitals highlighted in purple. To toggle which league is
displayed, click the raised tab in the lower right section of the
screen.
Negative values for either profit
or cash are shown in red. Any team that is "in debt" (has
a negative amount of cash) is not allowed to sign players or execute
trades that raise the team's payroll. If your team is in debt, you
should take immediate action to get your team back "in the
black". Similarly, if your profit for the year to date is negative,
consider making changes (such as trading away
expensive players, or cutting expenses)
that will allow your team to at least break even over the long haul.
By clicking on the buttons at the
top of each column, you can choose which data is displayed on this
screen. All financial data is displayed in points. The values you can choose between:
- Rating
= This is your current Mogul Rating.
If you have not yet completed a season, it will be zero.
- World Championships
= The number of World Championship wins you have.
- League Championships
= The number of league championship wins you have.
- Playoff Appearances
= The number of times you've reached the playoffs.
- Average Salary
= The average salary (in points) of one player on the team.
- Total Payroll
= The total payroll (in points) for all players on the team.
- Average Age
= The average age of a team's players.
- Average Contract
= The length of the average contract (in years) for each team.
- Cash
= Your cash on hand (useful for buying out contracts and sweetening
trades).
- Liquidity
= Cash divided by Franchise Value.
- Fan Loyalty
= This number represents your fan loyalty in relation to other
teams. It is most significantly affected by your team's on field
performance in the most recent season.
- Farm System
= A letter grade showing the current rating for your farm system.
This can be changed by altering your expenses.
- Scouting
= The quality of the team's scouting.
- Medical Staff
= The quality of the team's medical staff.
- Avearge Attendance
= The team's average home attendance for this season (in tickets
sold).
- Average Ticket Price
= Your current average ticket price in relation to other teams.
Use the Budget
Menu to change this value
for your team.
- Revenue
= The total revenue in the current season for each team.
- Expenses
= The total expenses in the current season for each team.
- Profit
= The total profit (revenue minus expenses) in the current season.
- Franchise
= The market value of the franchise (this does not include the
team's operating cash). This figure is not used in the game.
Important: If
you ever drop into debt (a negative amount of cash, shown in red)
you will be unable to renew any contracts, or make trades that increase
your payroll!
Also note that hoarding a large amount of cash (for example, $500 million in a league where other teams have $20 to $30 million) will create bad sentiments towards your team, leading to lower ticket revenue and broadcast revenue.
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