Using random rookies, only 3 players in draft.

[poopedinspace]

Hi all - I've done some googling but haven't been able to find a direct answer to my question.
I am doing a historical league starting in 1980 and set it to use random rookies from all eras. The inaugural and subsequent draft went just as expected.
My third draft, however, only produced three players. The fourth produced zero. I have "automatically import historical rookies" unchecked because, as I understand it, that will import the actual rookies for each year, which I do not want. I have no minimum and no maximum years.
Appreciate any assistance!

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by poopedinspace

Hi all - I've done some googling but haven't been able to find a direct answer to my question.
I am doing a historical league starting in 1980 and set it to use random rookies from all eras. The inaugural and subsequent draft went just as expected.
My third draft, however, only produced three players. The fourth produced zero. I have "automatically import historical rookies" unchecked because, as I understand it, that will import the actual rookies for each year, which I do not want. I have no minimum and no maximum years.
Appreciate any assistance!

Yeah, this one has bothered me forever.

TBH I think that, unless you choose the random debut option in the Setup Wizard, you have to take the baby and the bathwater here - with the historical rooks coming in as well. Or else you get what you are seeing here. Which isn't how it should be at all. I wouldn't even be averse to logging this in the bug thread even though it has been raised many times.

In the meantime, if you haven't invested too much time so far, I suggest you start over with the RD option checked in the Wizard. I hate the idea of age-40 Ted Williams being who you get and so I do my RD manually after deleting all the initial players - but it is a nightmare doing it that way.

Sorry the news isn't better - maybe someone out there has the answer!

G