Since it has been harder and harder to recruit quality owners and we had the misfortune of having several quality, long term, owners leave HBD entirely, we're considering some form of competitive balance draft. Specifically as a means to speed up the march towards parity and as an enticement for owners who may not have considered us (for a multitude of reasons) prior to this. A 55/115/180 MWR has been in place for the past 5 seasons, and the overall quality of the world has (IMO) been steadily increasing since that point. I'm hoping that asking a wider audience about some form of competitive balance redistribution will help determine the best way to address that lack of parity and pique enough interest to help fill what looks daunting, given the past few recruiting cycles.
The Initial Idea:
All existing owners are only allowed to keep a set number of players on their 40-man roster (say 33) prior to the Rule V draft for this season.
I'm not sure if this is drastic enough, so I'm hoping for constructive ideas and past experience so we can choose the best steps moving forward.
Thanks.