Feeder Leagues

drewst18 · 04-24-2016, 05:10 AM

I know the game has evolved quite a bit in regards to draft prospects,

I have always struggled with Feeder Leagues and getting right talent pool, are feeder leagues absolutely necessary or will the game generate a strong enough talent pool on its own using the generated player model?

What benefits are their to using a feeder league vs the game just making players for the draft.

mitchkenn · 04-24-2016, 11:28 AM

for one thing, players from feeder leagues have a history, which may or may not be important to your game.

i never used them much in the past, but decided to give them a go when i recreated my fictional historical league with 17, and find i like them. My network isn't very big, just 4 HS and 2 college, but with the historical rookies coming in - seems to be working fine.

BigRed75 · 04-24-2016, 12:22 PM

Whether or not you have a feeder league, the draft pool will be similar in terms of the number of talented prospects vs. scrubeenies.

As Mitchkenn said, having feeder leagues will give you stats for some draftees. You may want those, you may not. It's your call.

04-24-2016, 05:10 AM	#1
drewst18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 164	Feeder Leagues I know the game has evolved quite a bit in regards to draft prospects, I have always struggled with Feeder Leagues and getting right talent pool, are feeder leagues absolutely necessary or will the game generate a strong enough talent pool on its own using the generated player model? What benefits are their to using a feeder league vs the game just making players for the draft.

04-24-2016, 11:28 AM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	for one thing, players from feeder leagues have a history, which may or may not be important to your game. i never used them much in the past, but decided to give them a go when i recreated my fictional historical league with 17, and find i like them. My network isn't very big, just 4 HS and 2 college, but with the historical rookies coming in - seems to be working fine. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

04-24-2016, 12:22 PM	#3
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	Whether or not you have a feeder league, the draft pool will be similar in terms of the number of talented prospects vs. scrubeenies. As Mitchkenn said, having feeder leagues will give you stats for some draftees. You may want those, you may not. It's your call. __________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb