FM 10 Sign-up: Utopian League

[swagat sinha]

Hi all. I'm new to this part of the forum, suggested to post by Saxonaitor.
I'm currently in the process of setting up an IPL-style sign-up over at FMS. The way it runs is as follows:
I changed Andorra to a country called Utopia and added 6 huge cities.
The 20 best clubs of the world, according to club reputation, training and youth facilities, and stadium capacity, have been cloned and shifted to this country.
20 people sign up to take over as Chairmen of these 20 clubs. They will take part in a 3-part bidding process.
I)Bidding for a club: Each club has a minimum bid price based on its scores in the above-mentioned 3 criteria. You bid for the club you want. After everyone has a club, we come to part 2.
II)Bidding for a manager: Similar to the first part, you now bid for a manager. Over 50 managers await to be picked up by you.
III) Bidding for players: Go through the motions one final time to select your squad from among the best players in the world.

Sounds extremely complicated, but it's pretty simple

Following this, the game runs on simulation, and I report regular updates.
Currently, 13 spots have been filled. 7 spots remain empty as of now. If anyone of you is interested, feel free to drop me a PM as follows:
username:
Company name:
Chairperson name:
Any particular info about the Chairperson (backstory):

Cheers,
Swag.

[JonnyGabriel]

Can I reserve a spot?

I'm at work at the moment but will PM you when I get home.

[swagat sinha]

Certainly Jonny. Most welcome.

[dovEs]

I've also sent you a PM for consideration. Do we each get a certain number of 'points' or whatever to bid with, and then decide how best to distribute them etc?

[swagat sinha]

Received your PM dovEs.
Yes, you receive a lump-sum of money. It is up to you as to how you spend it across the 3 auctions.

Edit: I'll post a full list of clubs, managers and players 2 days before we start, so that you can formulate your own strategy.

[jayatsena]

i've PMed you...

[PluckaDuck]

Sent you a PM mate, I like the sound of this.

[bergtaur]

As you may have realized, my PM has been sent to you

[swagat sinha]

Received your PM's people. PluckaDuck, bergtaur, jayatsena; welcome aboard. With this, all spaces have now been filled. Keep watching this space.

[William Hall]

Did you get mine?

[swagat sinha]

Yes William, I did.
Since opening this thread yesterday, I got PM's from: dovEs, bergtaur, fergysafc, JonnyGabriel, William Hall, jayatsena and PluckaDuck.

[William Hall]

ah ok Thanks

[fergysafc]

got mine

[swagat sinha]

The thread is up and running at
http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=189071

Hop over and start bidding.

[jayatsena]

why do you put the bid on FM Stories tread?

[swagat sinha]

I started the sign-up there, so it was only fair to have the bid thread there. The season I shall post in 2 threads: the story thread over there, and the update thread here.