Not sure if this opens a can of worms...but is there an argument that each theme should require a certain minimum number of IP?
We have a team in the 120M that has 1201 IP. Total. They are in a fatigue death spiral. Current winning percentage: .200. And I expect it will only get worse.
Now, on the one hand, this tournament is for serious WIS owners, and I think a decent baseline assumption is we all know what we are doing. So I am loathe to put any requirements on teams that are not directly related to the theme in question. And I would never want to prevent an owner from finding and using an advantage. If an owner can get by with a low number of IP, compared to other teams in the league, he should be rewarded for doing so, not penalized.
On the other hand, I expect we can all agree that at any given cap, if you are WAY short of innings, you not only sabotage your own team (see "Parnell" and "Spider" in the WIS Lingo thread), but you create an unfair advantage for the other 11 teams in your half of the league. Who get to play you and beat up on you 12-14 times. While every other team in the WISC does not get that advantage. Looking at the standings this season, that advantage, however slight, could easily mean the difference between teams being in or out of the cage.
Thoughts?