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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY

But how many players are rated one star?

After a re-scout, the draft pool is:

players > 2.5 stars potential = 0
2.5 stars = 5
2 stars = 8
1.5 stars = 12

So, in a 30-team league, we are not out of round 1 before we get to 1-star players.

1 star = ~500 (rounds 2-15 in a 25-round draft pool of 1050)

Originally Posted by BIG17EASY

And more importantly, how accurate is your scouting set at?

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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY

Remember, one-star potential is considered a future big league player, just not a stand-out or above-average player.

And where is this written?

Originally Posted by BIG17EASY

At least that's how I've always viewed it.

Oh ok, that's an opinion then. My opinion is that players rated 1.5 stars and above are what you describe as 1-star guys. 1-star players have very limited big-league potential but are long shots, and 0.5 star players have no potential.

Originally Posted by BIG17EASY

A bigger point is that we shouldn't draft guys based on stars anyway. The individual skill ratings are much more important in the long run. Star ratings are a simple overview.

In my opinion, the skill ratings are aligned with the star ratings, so moot point.


Back to the pool above... if you want to make the draft fun, give me at least a few guys that my scout thinks will be real stars, maybe one or two that could make the Hall of Fame. Nothing above 2.5 stars is just boring.

Make the draft pool like it used to be. Give me a much better looking pool to choose from, make me agonize over the choices, and then have half of them turn out to be over-rated. Same game result, also realistic, and lots more fun.