With all due respect, I couldn't disagree more with your take on this. I run a league w/ participation points system and I think the GMs really enjoy it. Everyone has access to making a decent number of points through a betting book we use. There are extra opportunities to earn points through recruiting, holding league jobs, writing articles, and exporting.
I feel like this system gets GMs more invested in their teams and keeps interest level high throughout the league. GMs are able to put finishing touches on their teams. We just finished our first season and the participation level of the league exceeded my expectations.
For me it isn't a question of asking GMs to do extra stuff, it is them participating in a league in a way in which it is fun for everyone. Certainly some GMs would prefer to be in 14 leagues and do no more than export, but I think that leagues that have a community where GMs chat with one another and talk about the league is infinitely more interesting. Without that community and participation it might as well be a solo league.
I think a participation system can be useful for filling holes in the game and as I indicated above we use them to solve the issue of massive talent hits to completely developed young major leaguers that aren't accompanied by injuries and adding positions between IF and OF players (among others).
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Originally Posted by mrbill
I run a league (OOTP 5) and refuse to add to my league a reward for participation, or even join a league that does it.
My primary responsibility (as I see it) is to run my team to the best of my ability. I chat when I have time, I don't when I don't. I don't have time to manage my team AND maintain a baseline of activity that's as high as everyone else in the league, when that baseline might actually be pretty high.
I also don't expect to be able to constantly recruit people who have that much free time, so I don't want to build in an implicit penalty for not doing extra stuff.
The leagues I've been in get chatty with the right set of owners anyway.
And, as it is, the people who have the most time are likely already doing more for their teams than the ones who don't, as they spend time researching for trades, drafts, articles and the like. It's most likely a 'rich get richer' scenario in many ways.
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