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Jaxxvain · 01-30-2009, 07:47 PM

great discussion guys, I appreciate your input.

A couple of things that I am considering incorporating in my yet to be invented league...

1) No trading first round picks
Simple enough really, but not sure how strictly to enforce the dealing of these players AFTER they are drafted. Maybe a one year rule.

2) Salary cap
Though not fail safe, it definitely helps create some parity, and is useful in keeping player salaries somewhat "normalized" for lack of a better word.

3) No stadium improvements
All stadiums will be the same, all the time.

4) Equalized media contracts
This is per usual, unless the league is specifically designed to set up different challenges for different owners.

5) Lots of teams making playoffs
This is for fun after all. I think the active/accomplished GMs will still be motivated to win the division, and succeed in the playoffs, and the lesser GMs will be motivated to keep their teams in good shape to gain a better playoff seed, and have a chance to upset some big boys.

6) Promotion/Relegation
This is the part that will be quite unique about my league, and quite different from other relegation systems used in real life as well as some that are in the ootp community (wbh and eab). Essentially everyone could move, each year, depending on a bunch of things (not all hammered out yet) and everyone will play most of their games against relatively evenly matched opponents.

7) Free Agent compensation
This will have to be done manually, unless it gets fixed in OOTP 10. As for now it will not be run the same as the MLB. Teams will never lose a pick, but the team losing a player will gain a sandwich pick. The pick order for these picks will be determined by the teams relegation score.

8) Faster player development, less arbitration years
Not completely sure if this will help or not, but I want owners to have a chance to stick it out long enough to see their prospects make the bigs. I also want it hard for owners to keep dynasties together, and at the same time this may liven up the sometimes stale free agency period. Again, not sure how this will play out, might backfire.

Basically I have seen too many leagues were a majority of teams will never win, and some teams will never lose. Like I said before I don't want to penalize an owner for winning, but I want to challenge him to keep it up. And I want to give new owners, and yes even less "ootp savvy" owners hope to succeed as well.

01-30-2009, 07:47 PM	#12
Jaxxvain All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 531	great discussion guys, I appreciate your input. A couple of things that I am considering incorporating in my yet to be invented league... 1) No trading first round picks Simple enough really, but not sure how strictly to enforce the dealing of these players AFTER they are drafted. Maybe a one year rule. 2) Salary cap Though not fail safe, it definitely helps create some parity, and is useful in keeping player salaries somewhat "normalized" for lack of a better word. 3) No stadium improvements All stadiums will be the same, all the time. 4) Equalized media contracts This is per usual, unless the league is specifically designed to set up different challenges for different owners. 5) Lots of teams making playoffs This is for fun after all. I think the active/accomplished GMs will still be motivated to win the division, and succeed in the playoffs, and the lesser GMs will be motivated to keep their teams in good shape to gain a better playoff seed, and have a chance to upset some big boys. 6) Promotion/Relegation This is the part that will be quite unique about my league, and quite different from other relegation systems used in real life as well as some that are in the ootp community (wbh and eab). Essentially everyone could move, each year, depending on a bunch of things (not all hammered out yet) and everyone will play most of their games against relatively evenly matched opponents. 7) Free Agent compensation This will have to be done manually, unless it gets fixed in OOTP 10. As for now it will not be run the same as the MLB. Teams will never lose a pick, but the team losing a player will gain a sandwich pick. The pick order for these picks will be determined by the teams relegation score. 8) Faster player development, less arbitration years Not completely sure if this will help or not, but I want owners to have a chance to stick it out long enough to see their prospects make the bigs. I also want it hard for owners to keep dynasties together, and at the same time this may liven up the sometimes stale free agency period. Again, not sure how this will play out, might backfire. Basically I have seen too many leagues were a majority of teams will never win, and some teams will never lose. Like I said before I don't want to penalize an owner for winning, but I want to challenge him to keep it up. And I want to give new owners, and yes even less "ootp savvy" owners hope to succeed as well.