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Recently I did a 4 team expansion 24 to 28 in an historical league. I protected 25 players per existing team. Expansion teams combined played .413 the first year. I would have liked them to do a bit better, hence recommendation for 24 protected.
There's a thread elsewhere recommending 12 to 14 protected. Can't see that. What really matters is not the number of protected players per existing team but the number of decent quality players unprotected per expansion team. Thus for a given number of expansion teams a larger league should protect more players per team than a smaller one. Unless you like the Vegas Golden Knights outcome.
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