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Originally Posted by RevanFan
I have a few questions relating to feeder leagues.
I have a fictional league, and briefly had feeder leagues years ago, but I decided to remove them after one season. However, I now think I want to give them another chance. So I have two questions.
1. If I created feeder leagues, WHEN exactly should I create them? I'm currently just at the start of the regular season.
2. What should the schedule look like for feeder leagues? How many games, and during what months?
3. Are there any specific tips or settings you recommend?
4. Is this guide still accurate?
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=211757 |
1. I would create my Feeder Leagues as soon as your MLB season ends.
2. I usually use the Wizard to create my Feeder Leagues and edit from there. My HS/College Leagues start around March 1st and play 50 games for College and 40 games for HS. Be careful using too many playoff rounds. Like Sweed mentioned, you want your Feeder Leagues to be completed well before the draft.
3. Players ages and Draft Eligibility are usually the issues I have trouble with. This is what I do, others may have simpler ways, but this works for me and has changed over the past few versions I believe.
When creating your Feeder Leagues, on the Rules tab, set Age Minimum to 14/Age Maximum to 17 for High School, Minimum 18/Maximum 21 for College, AND set Draft Eligibility Starts to "If Maximum Age is Reached". Then on the Players Tab, Minumum/Maximum Ages will be zero (and grayed out).
After Feeder League is created, on the Rules tab, change Draft Eligibility Starts to "According to HS/College Year", change Min/Max Ages for HS and College to 0. Then, on the Players Tab, change the Min/Max Ages to 14 for HS and 18 for College.
This will make sure your newly created Feeder Leagues has kids between 14 & 17 in High School and 18 & 21 in College. Then, all future created kids will be aged 14 as Freshmen in HS and 18 as Freshmen in College. Kids will play 4 years in High School. from ages 14 to 17, then go on to College as 18 year-old Freshmen, graduating at Age 21.
That's probably the best tip I can pass on for people who want to create Feeder Leagues.
4. I believe things have changed since then.
Good luck and let us know how it works for you. Sweed has some great ideas too, just find what works best for you.