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Originally Posted by redmarkYankees
Two test sims, with the default FBL. No settings changed (also using my injuries.txt). Only difference is # of draft rounds. Run for 10 years, do SQL dump, check ages of players on active roster.
Sim 1 (5 draft rounds)
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Age Players
18 0
19 3
20 6
21 14
22 13
23 34
24 40
25 30
26 48
27 34
28 27
29 22
30 23
31 15
32 22
33 31
34 11
35 9
36 8
37 4
38 1
39 2
40 0
41 3
Average age: 27.64
Sim 2 (10 draft rounds)
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Age Players
18 0
19 0
20 6
21 21
22 16
23 23
24 38
25 40
26 54
27 52
28 34
29 18
30 19
31 19
32 12
33 17
34 9
35 8
36 4
37 4
38 2
39 1
40 1
41 2
Average age: 27.14
Hardly conclusive, but 0.5 years difference in the average is hardly insignificant either. Also a sharper decline after the age of 27/28.
Decided to do another, 20 player draft this time.
Sim 3 (20 draft rounds)
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Age Players
18 0
19 1
20 1
21 8
22 10
23 34
24 53
25 31
26 46
27 71
28 33
29 20
30 18
31 14
32 9
33 17
34 11
35 13
36 4
37 2
38 1
39 1
40 1
41 0
42 0
43 1
Average age: 27.26
Average age up a little, but even greater concentration of players around 24-28 and a more rapid tailoff.
Still got the saves, so I might run these for another decade or so later. |
Thanks very much - I'm going to try another ten years on mine to the point the league is 100% draftees rather than startup players. I am quite cheered by your results, because that looks like a semi-normal age distribution.