Limits on wage you can offer during contract negotiation

[jfmargolin]

Played a lot of FM and there's one thing I don't understand that I hope someone can clear up for me.

Why, if I have say $6k of salary cap space, am I limited to the "Advised Max. Basic Wage" of $1.5k? If I only need one player, isn;t it better I get one quality player at $6k rather than 4 poor ones at $1.5k?

Further, who sets this max. wage and is it negotiable somehow?

Thanks in advance!

[HUNT3R]

10 hours ago, jfmargolin said:

Why, if I have say $6k of salary cap space, am I limited to the "Advised Max. Basic Wage" of $1.5k? If I only need one player, isn;t it better I get one quality player at $6k rather than 4 poor ones at $1.5k?

Because there's a wage structure in place to control finances. Without it (structure), things can spiral out of control quickly.

What happens if you sign another Important Player and pay him 6k / week? The other 5 will want the same very soon.

If they get it, the Regular Starters will want want higher wages too, because they're close in ability and have a slightly lower playing time promise. So those 5 players will want 3-5k / week. That continues down the order and it ruins your salary cap completely.

 

[FrazT]

The budget and limits are set by the board based on the overall finances of the team  You can approach the board, I assume and ask for a readjustment using any unused transfer budget but with 5 important players and 5 regular starters, you have not got a lot of room for movement there