Asunto: II.2

im not sure if the bonus is worth. Our facilities are not fully developed to a point players, in 10 seasons, when become FA they are already replaced.

in a few seasons it may start to become worth paying bonus.

if player would keep the bonus when sold, it would be a great thing. probably would add some more value.

Anyways back to II.2 topics. Cam, helped you in hockey, how about you return the favour today.....

What, you want me to win in 3 games instead of 2 so you get the ticket income?

Just kidding. I'm going to get destroyed. I found out that I don't have any friendlies set up, so my players have been inactive for a few days and lost some chemistry. Wah wah.

And again you counter my random tactics

I didn't even change them from the last series... Heh. Our games are always interesting.

Congrats Carm on the win. Good revenge for Season 1. 0-6 against you this year. I gotta run a camp now so perhaps I can do the double next year and join you in I.1 again.

Well guys... a season in I.1 kicked my ass. I'll be back next season.

I will see in the next 3 days if I remain or go up.

Tesco, why did you decide not to promote? Your promotion opponent isn't any good. If he relegated he wouldn't even finish top 3 in our division.

he thinks staying in lower division winning games he will earn more money. That is possible true for a "young" sport as finishing 2nd would be the same as making playoffs in D1.

If he does not think he can be a playoff team in D1, he may have some advantages:
1. Possible to have among the highest facilities (than he would on D1) and draft advantage
2, Earn OTR (and thus sponsor money)
3. Can use youngsters in the lineup against weak teams.

He demoted on purpose so I was not expecting him trying to promote.

Well I played VH/VH with a good mix of vets and young players. Got smoked. Lets see how game two goes with some changes.

I still do not have a top 8 team. I have a 9-12 place team. Or top 4 II.2. The young guys got 8-12 games in this year plus all friendlies which gave them some good experience.

Your best players were in camp, full squad you sweep him easily. If the money finishing in the top 2 is equal to the middle of the pack D1 team I guess it doesn't really matter since I don't see you falling out of the top 3 regardless of what you do.

Anything other than finishing top 3 = losing money compared to being on higher division.

Granted, once the team promotes, the higher OTR may help earning more money compared to a team that has been in relegation zone for several seasons.

I can say my hockey team lost in two seasons one season worth of sponsors if i were in D2. OTR gain, once i return to D2, will have to be big factor. I just dont think it will be.

I lost 150M for playing on D3 instead of D2 for 2 seasons!!

My biggest advantage of playing there is that i can play youngsters 100% of the time AND i can draft great players.

honestly... while this may be a very contrary point of view... it's actually a GOOD thing for the USA national teams to have good teams spread out among the various divisions. It means that we are more likely to have quality talent coming out of the US sports academies than if all the good squads were in the same division.