12 Players, 12 Seasons, 2 Eras
No Salary Cap
For those who have experienced the thrill of drafting in the 16x16 league (originally created by bheid408), this is a similar, albeit different type of challenge.
This is a 24 team league with no salary cap. There are two eras that will be used -the post deadball pre-expansion era (1920-1960) and post-expansion era (1961-2009). The owners in the 1920-60 era will be slotted into the NL. The 1961-09 owners into the AL. Each owner will choose which era he wants to participate in and then nominate 1 player that has played at least 12 but no more than 15 wis-eligible seasons* in their career.
* Note that if a player played 11 seasons, but played for 2 different teams in one season, that counts as 12 seasons (and thus the player is eligible) and similarly if he played 15 seasons but played for 2 different teams in one season, that counts as 16 seasons (and the player is not eligible)
Each owner will draft a different season of each player nominated (within their era) to be on their team. So all 12 teams will own the same 12 players, but each with a different version of that player.
For player nominations, we'll need 6 hitters and 6 pitchers. Since a batting lineup consists of 8 hitters, there will be two positions that aren't selected. That's where the teammate rule will come into play (see below).
Upon signup, list your player and site-mail me which of his 12 seasons you are going to take. I will choose my player after at least 5 owners choose. Once all 12 players are chosen, I'll post the seasons selected and the draft order. We'll have an 11 round draft to select the other 11 seasons used for each player. Draft order for each round will be based on the cumulative salary going into that round (lowest salary drafts first).
Here's where it gets interesting! The remaining 13 roster spots must be filled with teammates of your drafted players but EXACTLY ONE TEAMMATE IS ALLOWED PER DRAFTED PLAYER. Only your original nominated player will use TWO teammates, so choose wisely. The teammate must be from the same season. No Twisting. Players chosen in the draft are exclusive by season so they cannot be used as a teammate. If you draft a player season with 2+ teams, you choose which version of that season you want, and can only take teammates from that team. (This is how a player with 11 seasons, including one multi-team season can be allowed.)
No AAA
No WW
No DH
No Trades
No Clones
No Injuries
No Live Play
Any stadium from your era
Random alignment within each era
Site-mail list:
boozerep; calhoop; malinowt; marlowe; mllama54; mpitt76; northof49; Oli35; pmars2001; ronthegenius; schwarze; shysters3