Definition
Plain language
Whether the money on hand actually gets spent on something useful instead of just sitting there.
As stated in the literature
One of three behaviors correlating with FM-Bench score in all seeds; measured as end-of-season cash as a share of net worth, and penalized directly by the scoring function above a wage-bill multiple.
Also called: idle cash
Why it matters: It reveals whether an agent can convert available resources into progress instead of hoarding them, a failure that looks safe but quietly loses the game.
For example, a manager sitting on a huge bank balance while the squad ages and thins out scores worse than one who spent that money on players.
Heard on the show
“Second, cash deployment, which is whether money sits idle.”Episode 245 — Fifteen Models Ran Football Clubs for Twenty Years, and Size Didn't Decide It