For youth player it also depends...

...heavily on intelligence & consistency
...minor effect age

4,5 Star with 20 INT, 20 CON, Age 16 -> you should easily get 3 Mill - even 5 Mill possible

4,5 Star with 1 INT, 1 CON youngster -> you shouldnt get more than 250K

Often new managers tend to sell their top talent player and collect money - its fine as long they invest the money into stadium build.

If i would start over: no i wouldnt sell them, since earning money its just a matter of time - but getting "my perfect QB" can be a "mission impossible"

Regarding your player: since every player has hidden caps on speed and strength and some positions (QB, MLB, SF) players should have higher Intelligence -> well it depends on Int, Str and Spe limitations into what position you could mold your player

In all honesty, a 4.5* talent on your team is a waste because you can't maximize his training. IMO, it'd be better for you to sell your best players, use the money to build VIPs, then get all the upgrades for training/coaches etc. then buy good players. Just my opinion though, and I'm sure some will disagree.

Also to note, not all 4.5* players are valuable. Several have been fired with low caps/low consistency/low intel or the like.

TheFreakinStud wrote: In all honesty, a 4.5* talent on your team is a waste because you can't maximize his training. IMO, it'd be better for you to sell your best players, use the money to build VIPs, then get all the upgrades for training/coaches etc. then buy good players. Just my opinion though, and I'm sure some will disagree. Also to note, not all 4.5* players are valuable. Several have been fired with low caps/low consistency/low intel or the like.

i disagree, you'll need these people eventually, you'll just have to spend that money you've earned right back buying them down the road, and also you'll then be training them from scratch.

pick out your potential superstars of the future, start training them.

you'll always need a backbone to your team, it may as well be the good ones you started with.

i'm starting to regret the limited talent of some of my players now they're pretty much fully built.

you can never go wrong with having high talent on your roster.

TheFreakinStud wrote: stoo12009 wrote: TheFreakinStud wrote: In all honesty, a 4.5* talent on your team is a waste because you can't maximize his training. IMO, it'd be better for you to sell your best players, use the money to build VIPs, then get all the upgrades for training/coaches etc. then buy good players. Just my opinion though, and I'm sure some will disagree. Also to note, not all 4.5* players are valuable. Several have been fired with low caps/low consistency/low intel or the like. i disagree, you'll need these people eventually, you'll just have to spend that money you've earned right back buying them down the road, and also you'll then be training them from scratch. pick out your potential superstars of the future, start training them. you'll always need a backbone to your team, it may as well be the good ones you started with. i'm starting to regret the limited talent of some of my players now they're pretty much fully built. you can never go wrong with having high talent on your roster. Just my opinion though, and I'm sure some will disagree. Lol. That didn't take long..

i actually agree with both options here. for the first couple of seasons high talent players missing wont hinder your game because of the lack of training facilities, its not until about mid season 2 or begining of season 3 that the potential training really kicks in.

on the other side of the coin, when i started i read all info i could find and set my team out with a core element.
Now there is more info around which helps.

some of my original team are not the talents i would have liked and i wish i could have seen physical caps before they were trained, but at that time they were the best for the positions i placed them in on primaries.

most teams will go through this cycle and their second teir of players will be closer to how the expected their team to look. probably 4* or higher good physicals, intelligence where needed, consistency no lower than 10 etc. its just a shame that the game wont reflect anything more than a number crunching exercise on who has the higher talent max trained plaers.

How do I find out the caps on my players' physical attributes?