The Front Office
The Front Office provides you with the information and executive tools you'll need to oversee financial and legal matters pertaining to your franchise as well as some visual representations of your owner and franchise accomplishments, including various plaques, MVP and Cy Young recognitions, and the reigning champ's trophy.
The Accountant's Ledger
Your ledger provides the necessary information for keeping your budget in line and other useful information at-a-glance for purposes of franchise administration. There are seven main blocks of data on the ledger - credits, debits, supplemental account, account totals, itemized performance revenues, currently held rights and privileges, and attendance information - as indicated by the rectangular colored regions in the image above. Here is a description of each line item:
REGULAR ACCOUNT
Credits
Forwarded
Units (positive or negative) forwarded from the previous season. The forwarded amount is equal to the final regular account balance from the previous season, not the net worth.
Owner's Salary
The uniform number of units deposited by the commissioner into every owner's account for the current season.
Concessions Forecast
A forecast of units to be earned from merchandise sales, TV contracts etc. for the current season. This number fluctuates based on winning percentage and does not become final until the final game of the season is played. Here are the performance levels required to achieve concessions revenue:
Gate Receipts
Units earned by ticket sales for the current season.
Trade Receipts
Units received in trade deals during the current season.
Park Credit
Units earned as a result of your new park. How do I get a new park?
Performance Revenue
Units earned for rare feats and difficult plateaus. Some of these units may be paid pack to the players who earned them in the form of bonuses. See contracts.
Commissioner's Loan
Amount borrowed (see Owner Rights for terms and conditions)
Supplemental Withdrawals
Units withdrawn from your supplemental account during the current season. This counts as a credit because these units are being physically moved from one account (a free-standing account) to another. How do I make withdrawals?
Miscellaneous
A catch-all category which includes playoff earnings, award earnings, and any compensation units the commissioner may have given you.
Debits
Salaries and Bonuses
Units expended to date on salaries and bonuses.
Trade Expenditures
Units spent in trade deals during the current season.
Park Permit Fee
Permit fee for a new park (assessed only to the first year in a new park).
Interest Assessed
Units assessed on a negative regular account balance.
Supplemental Deposited
Units moved over to your supplemental account for the current season How do I make deposits?.
New Park Lottery
Units spent on lottery tickets for a chance at a new park. How do I enter the lottery?
Loan Interest
Interest principle and interest paid-to-date.
Miscellaneous
A catch-all category that includes fees to waive players, units spent on successful bids to acquire players in the draft, and any units the commissioner may have taken from you.
SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNT
Purchase Power
Units available for drafting from the supplemental era.
Redeemable
Units transferable to your regular account. This number is always less than your purchase power because a tax is levied on all supplemental account withdrawals.
Season Interest Earned
Earnings for current season on units placed in the supplemental account. The interest rate is shown to the left of this line. It is based on your franchise's success in recent history - the more successful the lower the interest.
NET WORTH
Regular Account Balance
(Total Credits - Total Debits)
RIGHTS HELD
Get information on Owner's Rights.
SCHEDULE A
To access information on compensation for performance plateaus and feats, click on League Reports, then Values Tables from the Statistical Reports area of the software, as shown below:
SCHEDULE B
Get information on Attendance and Ticket Prices.
Board Room Decisions
Supplemental Account
Use this set of options if you want to deposit or withdraw units from your supplemental account (used only for the supplemental draft).
Ball Park
Use this set of options if you want to purchase lottery tickets, research available parks, or make a request for a new park. Requests for new parks can be made only if you currently possess rights to a new park (see Rights Earned for more information).
Loans
Use this option to file a loan request or make an extra payment on an existing loan. Loan requests can be made only if you currently possess rights to a loan (see Rights Earned for more information). Existing loans are repaid at the rate of 1 unit per game beginning the season following your loan request. Loan amounts are limited and loan rights are rare.
Player Contracts
For information about contracts, click Contracts.
Ticket Price Level
Use this option to increase ticket prices, reduce ticket prices, or turn off the ticket pricing strategy. Ticket price changes can be made only if you have rights (see Rights Earned for more information).
Franchise Name Change
Use this option to register a new franchise name at the league office. Requests for name changes can be made only if you currently possess rights to a name change (see Rights Earned for more information).
Acquire a Trainer
Use this option to get a trainer for the current season. Requests for a trainer can be made only if you currently possess rights to a trainer(see Rights Earned for more information).
Request Season Disclosure
Use this option to request a disclosure of your player's actual seasons. Disclosure requests can be made only if you currently possess rights to a disclosure report (see Rights Earned for more information).