We're still dealing with a low cash time period, very few people have even earned above 1 million, (I broke this threshold today and I'm ranked seventy something). So while people are saying the players on the market are expensive, considering the stats they give and how long they till take to train, I think they're a fucking steal.
Academy seems to be the only real way to develop new talent and it will require a vibrant economy, because one academy can only focus on one thing.
Finally, since the staff/gaming house gets extremely expensive, you flat out will not have the slots to be able to train the players with coach.
I'm trying to start my academy factory asap, I think you guys should do so too.
Nevertheless, I'll be starting with my academy at the next update.
Considering it mirrors the price for the initial academy player, I don't think it'll be that much of a difference because the initial only scales by 1 year. Nevertheless testing will tell us soon enough.
Also thank you for not keeping this behind your club wall.
* is the age of the player determined by initial investment? (any randomness or just straight $0=18yo, $10k=17yo)
* do all youth players come as straight 3's?
* how long is a year (I mean: how many daily updates make a year?)
* are the stat gains random at all or just determined by training investment and possibly age of player)
If the answers to these questions are: yes, yes, around 30 and yes, then I think I'll wait to start investing in my youth academy until I have built up my facilities and cash more.