Quote Originally Posted by Amane Ito View Post
If signed at 4* near the beginning of a season, a token youth can gain nearly two stars by the end of the season, simply because a 4* player gain progress faster than 5*.

200% progress in one match without getting the MOM is typical for a 18y token youth. Such player at 4* can gain 5~6sp a day on average from match and training. If you have 28 green pack budget per season you can keep him above 6* for four or five seasons.
If you buy a 4 star genplayer from the market for only one token, he advances in same speed, wich again makes it irrational to buy the Token academy player. actually it is much more rentable to buy a 5 star player even if the bidding war hits 40-50 token, just because he already is a star better, and still a fasttrainer.