Posted by trobone on 3/7/2011 12:17:00 AM (view original):
they need it to be that long so new players can sign up.
Can you imagine how many people would get frustrated and not sign up if there was only a 24 hour window to become a new team owner?
You can reserve a team at any point during a prior season. It wouldn't be a 24-hour window.
There are reasons for the delays. The delay at the end of the season is to give existing coaches one last shot to renew. Then there are the necessary few days of job applications. Once all of the dust settles they allow new coaches to sign up to try and fill voids left by leaving coaches.
Nothing wrong with the process. It isn't a terribly long wait. If you don't like waiting - go grab another team on a different schedule so that you always have an active team.