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Well, OK, I guess I should have clarified "a regular player who isn't completely dominant"

Something seems off ngl. I am way below league average, that does not seem right - especially considering the amount of bots.

AI just did the math on this:

With a group average of 113,523 across 8 data points, the total sum comes out to 908,184. My own number is 63,874, which leaves 844,310 for the remaining 7 — meaning they average around 120,616.

So while I'm sitting about 43% below the group average, the other 7 need to average roughly 120k to make these numbers work. (120.616 − 63.874) / 120.616 = ~47% below the average of the other 7.

Does not make sense tbh. I think the calculation is broken or the infrastructure is better than advertised.

The most common infrastructure options (1M arena and level 3 merch store) total $35,604 in merchandise a week. The 4M arena adds a bit over $10k to that as well.

Can you post the breakdowns of your merchandise? In general, the sections wind up being:
- Team Sales: based on your Fan Survey results, especially conference standing and rival + TV game results
- Player Jersey Sales: based on your player salaries and statistical rankings - higher salary players that are highly ranked in league / division / country / world statistical rankings earn more jersey sales
- Homegrown & Locals: a multiplier of your Team Sales, based on the % of your player salaries that are from homegrown (players drafted by or generated onto your team) and local (players with the same nationality as your team) players. If your team is fully homegrown, this bonus is 160% of the Team Sales value.
- Arena Sponsorships: a fixed amount based on the upgraded arena design
- Merchandise Store: a fixed amount based on the merchandise store upgrade. This amount increases the merchandise by the gross value of the merchandise store return, but then there is a weekly expense in the Infrastructure category as well.

Since your team is on the fringe of the playoffs, your Team Sales will be relatively lower than teams in first and second, though that should only be $2-3k worth of difference. I can't speak to your league, but in the US division 2's I've seen numbers for, the typical Team Sales range is $25-35k per team, depending on position.

Your team salaries are very low, which is reducing the amount of Jersey Sales you're going to get in comparison to other teams in your league (and teams like Big Dogs Graz also have NT players who are receiving an NT bonus in addition to their rankings based Jersey Sales). It's not uncommon to see several of your top players earning 10-15% of their salaries in Jersey Sales just from rankings, before any NT/U21 bonuses.

Your homegrown & locals factor is also very low, with only 15% of your total salaries from homegrown players and no other local players. As a result, this item is only going to be 0.245x your Team Sales component, compared to a team like Big Dogs Graz who has all local players and his top three salaries as homegrown players, so his HG&L component is going to be well over 1.2x his Team Sales (which will likely be a $30-40k difference to your team).

Without posting your breakdown, we can't really help you with why your merchandise is degrading.