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Old 12-20-2019, 10:18 AM   #8
Syd Thrift
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Feeder leagues are primarily problematic to me because IRL the third of players who get drafted from high school come from like 10,000 high schools, which means that most high schools are going to have between 0 and 1 player good enough for teams to want to draft. Yet, with these leagues basically every player produced is intended to be drafted. If you dial up the number of teams, yes, you will wind up not drafting every player, but your league will get very, very flat, as the average player you do draft will be much, much better and the best players the game generates can only become so good since the internal ratings have a maximum upper limit.

I think none other than Curt Schilling ran into this when he decided to have a full college system a few years ago. Having 1500 high schools would have a similar issue.
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