Post by Commissioner Erick on Dec 10, 2017 19:14:20 GMT -5
There was some discussion on this topic last season, but not nearly enough to go forward with anything.
I propose a setup where if a team meets certain financial and performance goals (for example, making the Division Round three of five years, plus being financially successful four of five years, then teams would be able to get a boost.
I proposed a 5000 seat stadium boost (stadiums capped at 60,000). Others added the ability to change park factors.
The reasons I like this is such:
In real life, stadium size is capped artificially by aesthetics. Small stadiums generally look better and create desire to come watch a baseball game.
In OOTP however, fans desire to want to watch baseball is strictly mathematical, due to standard factors: Record, Interest, Pricing, etc. There's no drawback to unfilled stadiums as there may be in real life, where an unfilled stadium may make an environment feel lacking. As such, smaller stadiums are strictly worse than larger stadiums in OOTP. While it's possible for markets to increase and decrease, there's no mechanism for stadium change. My solution provides one.
Also, aside from adding seats, some GMs observed that if you're financially successful, you can invest that money into tweaked stadium dimensions, something big league teams do all the time.
The drawback to this idea is that the plan has a feedback loop. The most successful teams will be able to hit their goals easier, and then add more revenue through seating. A counter is that, if a smaller market team is prudent, they can sustain their success by adding more seats and bringing in more revenue.
60,000 was chosen as a cap so that things don't get crazy, and a theoretical equilibrium is established. ie, it's possible for all teams to seat 60,000.
The original thread with these ideas is here:
pinnaclebaseballassn.proboards.com/thread/20/management-rewards-discussion
I propose a setup where if a team meets certain financial and performance goals (for example, making the Division Round three of five years, plus being financially successful four of five years, then teams would be able to get a boost.
I proposed a 5000 seat stadium boost (stadiums capped at 60,000). Others added the ability to change park factors.
The reasons I like this is such:
In real life, stadium size is capped artificially by aesthetics. Small stadiums generally look better and create desire to come watch a baseball game.
In OOTP however, fans desire to want to watch baseball is strictly mathematical, due to standard factors: Record, Interest, Pricing, etc. There's no drawback to unfilled stadiums as there may be in real life, where an unfilled stadium may make an environment feel lacking. As such, smaller stadiums are strictly worse than larger stadiums in OOTP. While it's possible for markets to increase and decrease, there's no mechanism for stadium change. My solution provides one.
Also, aside from adding seats, some GMs observed that if you're financially successful, you can invest that money into tweaked stadium dimensions, something big league teams do all the time.
The drawback to this idea is that the plan has a feedback loop. The most successful teams will be able to hit their goals easier, and then add more revenue through seating. A counter is that, if a smaller market team is prudent, they can sustain their success by adding more seats and bringing in more revenue.
60,000 was chosen as a cap so that things don't get crazy, and a theoretical equilibrium is established. ie, it's possible for all teams to seat 60,000.
The original thread with these ideas is here:
pinnaclebaseballassn.proboards.com/thread/20/management-rewards-discussion
