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How long should you hire someone

ZephyroPosted on 09/21/07 at 21:13:57

For someone trying to start with say a small house show promotion only doing around 2 shows a month, how long should contracts be to make it realistic?

I'm trying to slowly build a promotion from the ground up, so I'm only starting with around 2 shows a month. So what kind of contracts should i hand out? I'm thinking around a roster of 15 - 20. Any suggestions?
TrancePosted on 09/21/07 at 21:23:58

I would do a 3-month contract, with 6 months for your main stars
ZephyroPosted on 09/21/07 at 21:32:59

Unless I were to use a card multiplier of some sort, which I'm thinking about that would only be about 6 - 12 shows per wrestler.

What I'm toying with now is 6 months (12 cards) for the lower talents so they can sort of move up in ranks. Then when their contract is up rehire the people who want to be.

I would hire the main guys for 12 months (24 cards).Since they are already established names, I would want them under contract longer.

Also every 6 months or so I'm thinking about bringing in 2 or 3 new talents, to keep the talents fresh.

I'm just trying to figure out what the best way to setup  contracts would be, maybe multipliers are the way to go?
mamushiPosted on 09/22/07 at 03:15:22

card multiplier per month is great because then the injuries span out properly
Rick GarrardPosted on 09/22/07 at 04:44:57

I agree on card multiplier.  It's a very helpful tweak.  Especially when you have 8 cards a week in a circuit.
Mr. Ken KennedyPosted on 09/22/07 at 16:12:54

Yeah, especially when you run a lot of house shows.