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I handle the promotion and relegation on my league manually, on the first day of the offseason, so that trades don't happen before a club move takes place.
I am just now moving my dynasty from 14 to 16 so this is the first time I am using League Reputation. My dynasty is in Britain, so I don't consider the First Division a "10". I give it a 9; Second Division is 8; Third Division is 7. I don't want to make the rep settings too far apart because I don't want a promoted team to be way out of its depth, or a relegated team to dominate and crush the lower level.
I use different financials, including different attendances and ticket prices and scouting/development budgets, to help establish the proficiencies of the teams at the different levels.
I do allow trading among the different divisions, but because there are different financials at each league level, it tends to self-correct by sending the better players up rather than down.
I don't have any minor leagues. I use reserve rosters, and the automatic creation of free agents each offseason. I use different PCMs at different levels so the free agents created at the D3 level are lesser than at the D2 level, which are lesser than at the D1 level. I am considering doing reserve leagues as a minor league at some point, though, like maybe a U league (U21, U19, something like that). But I also want reserve players to play and establish records in reserve leagues, too, so I may not do the U league exactly like that. We'll see.
I do not allow play among the divisions, although I do have them grouped into an association. My dream is to develop a League Cup tournament that intersperses with the regular league schedule, i.e., where the League breaks for a week to do League Cup play and then goes back to the regualr season schedule. The main thing that is stopping me so far is being able to keep records for the Cup tourney separate from the regular season and separate from playoffs. I could use Exhibition to play the tourney, but again, it keeps no records. I also want injuries and suspensions to carry over from the regular season to the Cup tourney and back again.
What else can I tell you? Take a look at my dynasty to see how it plays out (links below).
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