Anonymous01 said:
I think some of the junior stars being auctioned should be specifically reserved for lower division teams. The current auctions are exciting, but of course when we division 6 managers look at the auctions, it quickly becomes obvious we will have no chance to sign any one of those players because our divisions simply don't have the cash flow to support high-price buys.

My suggestion is that, in a 15-player sale like the current super star auctions,

• 20% of the stars (3 players) should only be available to Div 6/7 clubs. That means only Div 6/7 should be allowed to bid on those 3 players.

• 40-50% of the stars (6-8 players) should be available for bidding by only Div 5/6/7.

• 2/3ds, 66% of super stars (10 players) should be reserved for Div 3/4/5/6/7 clubs.

• The remaining 5 players should be available for all clubs to bid on.

The precise allocation of super stars can be adjusted based on general views of all striker managers and the decisions of mods and administrators. But the basic outline and arrangement are sound, and should be considered, pursued, and implemented.

This arrangement would pose no disadvantage to upper division clubs, because they have much higher cash flow than lower divisions, and so can out-compete our clubs in the all-division buys. It would also not handicap them by limiting them to 5 super star players, because they already have resources (lots of cash, high cash flow stadiums, top-rated schools) that allow them to maintain uniformly high-rating squads.

If the point of the super star sale is to improve already-great teams in the top divisions, then no change is needed. But in that case, why even have surprise super star sales? We already know who's going to win them, and we already know that the buyers have already-great teams in high divisions. But if the point is an exciting sale that allows a few teams to significantly beef up their squads with a quick buy, and throw a few curve balls and surprises into the game, then I think the sales need to be structured so that there's a reasonable chance they can achieve those outcomes. And that can't happen if big money Div 1/2/3 managers can compete with our small-assets Div 6/7 clubs.

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Sir A. PlentyGoals said:
I will have to agree with this. I was quite excited to see the message, jumped into the general chat to ask what people think the lowest price would be for any of the super star juniors. What I heard made me despondent, 300+ mil. Just the chance to win would've been sufficient for me but hey that's the way it works here in SM as it does in the real world. A friend suggested that perhaps it would be cool if every now and again a star player just drops into your schools that have been built, again a great idea but top div managers have all the schools as well. So I give your idea my support.

+1

@bluegene said:
-1. You want awesome thing, you have to spend too much. 99progression is not a thing that you find anywhere easily. I would better see a junior with a div 1 guy rather than rotting in a bot div6/7 team for 1 whole season and then later to be hostiled by a lucky manager.

Moreover these kind of star players are necessary to control inflation. As far as I can see, these 15 juniors will take out at least 5B from the top teams as the auctions have started. This money is dumped and will never come back in the game. If you want to see a controlled inflation, this type of thing is NECESSARY.

Edited by @bluegene 20-08-2012 18:46