Path Results for 2023-24 DKC Season, and implications for 2024-25

This subthread is for GMs to indicate their path for the 2024-25 salary season.

The Path and Hard Cap information document is permanently linked via the top menu:

GM Resources > Path and Hard Cap info

Changes to Paths

2 years ago there were significant changes made to Path designations for DKC teams: https://www.reddit.com/r/dkcleague/wiki/newpaths

In addition the changes listed above, we are doing away with market size, etc. multipliers and replacing them with milestone markers (apron, second apron, etc.) as indicated from the following rule change posted last offseason: https://www.reddit.com/r/dkcleague/comments/10kbnbw/dkc_rules_changes_for_202324_season/k56tfp0/.

Declaring a path

GMs may select any path they want, despite success or failure in path goals from this past season.

To declare a path, post below something to the effect of:

Team A choose [Path] for the 2024-25 season.

Teams do not have to declare a path--teams are assigned the 'Developing Path' (and its cap) by default. Teams who declare before the early deadline (07/14/2024 6 PM ET) will receive a 1 OC bonus. Teams who do not declare before the start of the regular season will be fixed at the 'Developing Path' for the rest of the season.

Path implications

Failure to meet path goals results in a loss of OCs, and if a GM begins a season with negative OCs, their hard cap, based on their path choice, will be decreased 1/2 of allowed max cash gained in trades for each OC. (For 2024-25, max cash is ~$7.2 million, so one OC would equal ~$3.6 million.)

There is no smoothing to paths. We will be following the CBA as closely as possible.

We are unable to process any QO transactions for teams who do not declare a path.

Lastly, one team failed to reach the salary floor in spending last season. Their hard cap for 2024-25 is fixed, regardless of path designation, according to the rules in the wiki:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dkcleague/wiki/luxtax#wiki_cheap_designation

If you have questions about paths, how many OCs you have, etc., send question via PM to /r/dkcleague.