Draft has fewer players available starting in year 57 of league

mcolhoun · 03-14-2016, 07:35 PM

i started a league with real players only (random) in 1921. I am now up to 1978 and there are only 62 players available to draft. I guess I am running out of players who have not been used at some point.

a few questions:
1. I want to continue at least another 15 years to get through these last real draft classes. is there a way to have fictional players begin to be available? if so, how do I set that?
2. can players come back? for example, Ted Williams in 1921 was 36 years old, so he was only in the game 2 or 3 years.

mitchkenn · 03-17-2016, 09:38 AM

you could up the number of rounds in your draft. i believe the game will create fictional players to fill those extra slots. (that's under league settings>rules) to the right on Amateur draft settings.

actionjackson · 03-17-2016, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mcolhoun

i started a league with real players only (random) in 1921. I am now up to 1978 and there are only 62 players available to draft. I guess I am running out of players who have not been used at some point.

a few questions:
1. I want to continue at least another 15 years to get through these last real draft classes. is there a way to have fictional players begin to be available? if so, how do I set that?
2. can players come back? for example, Ted Williams in 1921 was 36 years old, so he was only in the game 2 or 3 years.

How many rounds are you using in your draft? You shouldn't be running out of players unless you're running huge drafts which isn't necessary with random debut. It isn't necessary for the way I play random debut anyway, which is with an unlimited reserve roster.

03-14-2016, 07:35 PM	#1
mcolhoun Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 17	Draft has fewer players available starting in year 57 of league i started a league with real players only (random) in 1921. I am now up to 1978 and there are only 62 players available to draft. I guess I am running out of players who have not been used at some point. a few questions: 1. I want to continue at least another 15 years to get through these last real draft classes. is there a way to have fictional players begin to be available? if so, how do I set that? 2. can players come back? for example, Ted Williams in 1921 was 36 years old, so he was only in the game 2 or 3 years.

03-17-2016, 09:38 AM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	you could up the number of rounds in your draft. i believe the game will create fictional players to fill those extra slots. (that's under league settings>rules) to the right on Amateur draft settings. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.