Alright thanks, I figured that this would end up being what I needed to do.
I really wish there was a way I could salvage my current season, but it would probably be more effort than it's worth.
I did some experimenting in a fresh league just now with 100 feeder teams (50col + 50hs) and had following from the initial creation batch.
HS players: (~25% / 312 players desired at each level)
age14=245 (19.6% TOO LOW)
age15=305 (24.4% great)
age16=292 (23.4% good)
age17=408 (32.6% TOO HIGH)
COL players: (~25% / 312 players desired at each level)
age18=238 (19% TOO LOW)
age19=317 (25.4% great)
age20=319 (25.5% great)
age21=376 (30% TOO HIGH)
Estimated Draft Class Eligible players: (600-625ish minimum desired)
yr1= 784 (WAY TOO HIGH)
yr2= 611 (barely enough to avoid non-feeder created players)
yr3= 622 (enough to avoid non-feeder created players)
yr4= 483 (WAY TOO LOW...over 100 non-feeder league players would be created just to supply the 20rounds)
I'm thinking that
ideally it would be nearly an exact 25% mix of FR/SO/JR/SR at each level for a consist number of players in the draft each year.
Ideally for 2500 total players(1250 COL / 1250 HS) across 100 teams @25%distribution, it would be ~312 players in each age group. That would give ~625 players from the feeder league each season, which would be fantastic. (need 600 for the full 20 rounds to avoid created/non-feeder players in my draft)...that would produce great results every year...sadly that's not what I'm getting!!
Initially
too many Seniors&Freshman...going to make the draft classes go from too big-->perfect size --> perfect size --> too small ---> too big ---> etc...Wish it was closer to 25% age distribution across the board so the draft classes sizes wouldn't fluctuate so much, even if it might not be as realistic.
Under this current system draft class sizes will be fluctuating constantly and never produce a steady/stable amount of players...? An option for 25%/25%/25%/25% starting distribution would be nice! Or some other workaround I'm not aware of.