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Honestly, I doubt that's a viable strategy on the long term, so I'm not in favor of changing the fact that you don't have to pay salary for fired players.

I tried to present a situation that I believe is quite workable.

In division III,
the team has 5 main players and other low-salary players with a total salary of $250,000.
Each week, I spend an extra $1,000-$2,000 on each of three players with salaries over $100,000, and then fire them before the financial update.
If the opponent that week is weaker, I can choose weaker temporary players instead, adding flexibility.
Before the playoffs, I recruit players normally and keep them until the playoffs are over.

Let's assume there are two other teams:
Team A has 7 main players and other low-salary players with a total salary of $350,000, keeping the same roster all season.
Team B has 5 main players and other low-salary players with a total salary of $250,000, only recruiting players normally before the playoffs and keeping them until the end.

Compared with Team A,
the strength might be similar, but the economic advantage is clear.
Team A might end up with a net loss of around $1.4 million per season, while the “hire-and-fire” plan might result in less than half of that loss.

Compared with Team B,
both teams spend about the same amount, but the difference is in strength.
Team B's regular-season performance may be worse, while the "hire-and-fire" plan could perform closer to Team A.



Last edited by little Guest at 10/24/2025 8:25:56 AM

Thank you. Yes, imo it is the Div3 or lower who are mostly afected by the hire-and-fire strategy, where the skill points brute force > game shape. It is very likely I would consider working with a Sport Psychologist in my hire-and-fire season (for my Saturday game). I would do that for the most weeks in the season and then transform into Team B. The end result should be: as prepared as Team B for the Playoffs, but being a higher seeded.

To me it's a pretty simple solution if you buy a player and he plays in a league game or cup game, you have to pay at least one week salary before firing him. I would hate to see something implemented that would prevent people from buying scrimmage scrubs and having to choose finances over game shape.