As the one who handled a majority of the Colorado Yeti contracts for this season, I'm proud that we have continued our tradition of being very good at managing our cap space. Although it takes some work to get all of the stars to align, we were able to use team options tactfully, getting players on salary adjustment clauses and locking in players we want to be life-long Yeti. We were also able to get the most out of our retiring players, utilizing the "corpse" season on some of them in the past few seasons, so I'm happy I was able to contribute to that during my time as GM. Right now we have tremendous value with pretty much everyone playing at the league minimum for their TPE levels, including absolute steals like Mrs. "Stacks" McHits, Live LaughLove, and Bud R. Fingers playing on $1M contracts despite being huge contributors to the team already. With a bit of a build ahead, Colorado is in a good spot to be able to use cap space to bring in some key free agents, and I know that they are in a great position to do so with Tesla and Swanky leading the charge.
Blago Kokot is a man of culture, so he has spent a significant portion of his salary on art of various kinds. According to Blagot, investing in art is never a bad idea. The very first thing he bought this time around was a tasteful nude painting - of himself! The painter is unknown, so the price was not that bad, only a couple thousand dollars. Blagot is planning on keeping it for a while in the hopes that the value will rise. Blago is a quite well-known figure in Yellowknife, but more so in Europe. If Kokot decides to get involved in politics after his playing days are over the painting could be surprisingly valuable.
Another interesting artful thing that has made its way into Kokot's collection is a rock that looks like a banana. What is unique about it is the fact that the rock was shaped by nature! Or that is what the seller stated. Kokot spent 10k on it. The plan is once again to keep it for a while and see if the value moves anywhere. If World War 3 indeed is in the horizon, the demand for rock art could raise as you could use rock art as a weapon or to reinforce your house to make it more sturdy. Can't do the same with paintings necessarily. Thanks Slothman07! Prompt Wrote:It's finally the start of a new season, which means every player has freshly paid contracts and money to burn! Talk about what your player would be using their money on and why OR write about any of the recent team contracts and how you feel about that team's use of their money. I, being a very devoted player who is all about performing to the utmost on the field that I can manage, am clearly planning on using all of my contract money for self-improvement via paid training and equipment... in theory. Now in practice, I actually had sufficient funds to do that for this season before my contract was paid out, so it's more of banking for the future at this point. The standard DSFL contract does cover a good chunk of funds so I appreciate it. I have thought about using the chance of having some funds in reserve to see if it might be possible to get further ahead via the casino, but I haven't done any investigation into the numbers or anything. Instead, I think my current plan will be wait waiting. As far as the team's use of money, well the DSFL doesn't really have a salary cap or budgets in the way that the ISFL does, so there's not really anything to critique since there are no meaningful decisions for the team. For the ISFL, with only one exception I saw it looks like all free agents were signed for the minimum amount of their TPE level. So, other than maybe length, there's not really much to critique teams for. Draft Steal (retired S35 CB) - Profile/Update | Wiki Troen Egghands (retired S22 DE) - Profile | Update | Wiki
Money Money Money!
This is my first season in a GM role where I had to take in consideration a budget of the team. Which sucks because I think each and every player (outside of Sid) is deserving of the full team budget individually. I think Sid should be paying to be on the team. I will say that the toughest part about the money is the bonuses given at the end of the year. I think its sometimes hard to justify giving the bonuses to those who have the lesser amount of money. I understand this is a smart move for the GMs but also is tough for those who are very invested and deserving of the money. These individuals are often the ones that need money the least. So going forward I look to find different incentives for these individuals that provide the team the greatest amount of support but constantly updating and supporting themselves for equipment purchases.
Art Deco, having grown up accustomed to a moneyed lifestyle through the prosperity and generosity of his successful parents, has yet to cash the $4,000,000 check paid out for his contract. The check is sitting on the kitchen countertop of his penthouse apartment at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles, CA. Still, with the rising price of jet fuel in 2048, inevitably his personal accountant will make clear that, if nothing else, he should cash his contract check and use the money as a gas fund for the G5 Private Jet he flies to Kansas City in every day for team practice. Money, it seems, will not be of much importance to Art Deco in future contract negotiations, and instead, Deco will hope to land with an immediate contender in the ISFL in hopes of chasing an Ultimus Championship win. Finally, there is a chance that at least 20% of his contract salary will be allocated to charitable organizations in order to take advantage of the charity tax breaks therein.
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