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I would love it if they put in a salary cap. that would make the game so much more competitive. Once you've grown to a certain level then all teams are on equal ground.

Unfortunately, the game is not set up that way. So, depending on what your goals are you have to choose your strategy to get to what you define as success.

You are correct Swoosh. That is why Sharman will never be mentioned in the same breath as BC Toroos. Toroos would let fellow country man win the cup after he won his 1st BB title(because he got a lifetime entry)...Toroos thought it would be cool to see another Canadain in the BB3. After Sharman won the BB3 he won how many doubles even know he had a free pass into the BB3? 5 or 6.
The funniest was when he made his brother quit...now that is bad

TBH....I think your team was better without the polish frisbee...I still can't believe I beat you...I know you had a bum on the bench but he only played 9 minutes so I am very happy with my team and it is pretty cheap..720K after I get rid of my cup bums.
I think they need to stop the renting...that is killing the game..

I think having a SG with 6 passing is the problem... Don't get me wrong but my SG has 16 passing and he never jacks. Got to go with the flow. I also think you should have started Goncz. I know that in our game he(your bad passing SG) had 6 assist but I wonder if his passing were better, would he have passed up some of those 12 shots he missed. I guess if you don't Rent before the finals(I can handle a Big nasty big like the polish Frisbee but if you get a Kriisk like PG I would be in trouble), we could have one hell of a Finals(yes, I will be going sorry Swoosh)...Like I said..No renting here..I will have a 720K roster till the end of the season, I will get better through training(as you can tell from Motoori's 35 rebounds tonight.*against a 1-3-1* he is a baller. And Asano..well, you know..he graduated from the FCTB academy of youth ballers.

Quite a speech. I don't know the facts and Sharman isn't here to put his side but I as his last fan will say I am sure he had his reasons. I can't disagree with some of the unfortunate effects of his actions but I agree with Wolph that he was just playing as hard as he could within the system, relentlessly, and doing everything he could to keep his opponents weak.

I think there are so many ways the game can stop rentals that the problem could be easily fixed if they decided it was a problem.

1) Game shape penalty. After a player is transferred they lose two levels of game shape reflecing the stress of moving and the getting used to the new team, their players and their plays.

2) Eligibility. Make it that players can't play in playoff games, relegation games or top 16 tournament games unless they have been on the roster for at least two weeks previously.

3) Hard Salary cap. I don't agree with this but there could just be a hard limit. If you try to bid on another player (would also count any players you have a current bid on to stop tricks) it would say "this will take your team above the salary cap" and not allow it. For JBBL somewhere around $800k for division II around $500k.

4) Soft salary cap. You can go above it but at financial update time for every $ you are above the cap you have to pay $2 in luxury tax. This is then shared amongst every team in your league that isn't above the cap. So if the JBBL cap was $800k and you had a $1 million roster you would be paying $400,000 in luxury tax which your rivals would love to share. Can still be done but you would need a good reason.

About tanking, it is so easy. The salar floor is $227k, no real team would be bothered if it was $300k but the tankers would at least have to have a reasonable roster.

One funny thing, I am so close to average.
Player Salaries: $ 535 144
League Averages: $ 536 228
Staff Salaries: $ 88 029
League Averages: $ 87 334

I was thinking that there should be a time requirement for keeping a player, or if you sold him you still had to pay a portion of his salary. That would significantly reduce the renting.