Prior to 3.0 Seble allowed coaches to change the listed positions of your players. You were able to make a SG a PF, a PG a SF, and so on. One of the rebuttals to this was D1 coaches felt users might changes positions solely to keep players from getting drafted. I didn't really notice it happening at the time and it wasn't as big of a deal back then because if you had an EE you automatically received resources to recruit.

Fast forward to 3.0. I'm seeing more and more top D1 coaches changing positions of every player on their roster to prevent them from getting drafted. Stud SFs that are 70s for SP, BH, and P aren't going to get drafted when their position is change to a PG (but that player would probably leave after their sophomore year as a SF). SGs that can't REB or SB are listed as PFs for the same reasons, and so on and so on.

Don't get me wrong, no rules are being broken. But given the EE impact in 3.0 is far more severe than it was in 2.0 I think this is something WIS should look at changing back.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 4/24/2017 8:08:00 AM (view original):
Prior to 3.0 Seble allowed coaches to change the listed positions of your players. You were able to make a SG a PF, a PG a SF, and so on. One of the rebuttals to this was D1 coaches felt users might changes positions solely to keep players from getting drafted. I didn't really notice it happening at the time and it wasn't as big of a deal back then because if you had an EE you automatically received resources to recruit.

Fast forward to 3.0. I'm seeing more and more top D1 coaches changing positions of every player on their roster to prevent them from getting drafted. Stud SFs that are 70s for SP, BH, and P aren't going to get drafted when their position is change to a PG (but that player would probably leave after their sophomore year as a SF). SGs that can't REB or SB are listed as PFs for the same reasons, and so on and so on.

Don't get me wrong, no rules are being broken. But given the EE impact in 3.0 is far more severe than it was in 2.0 I think this is something WIS should look at changing back.

Thanks for the info... I wasn't aware of this and will do the same.

wow, this was really smart of folks who figured this out, but, yeah, kind of bogus.

I am too late this season. You do it at the start... Dang!

I could have sworn I read in an old dev chat that changing the listed position wouldn't impact EE.

Posted by Benis on 4/24/2017 8:50:00 AM (view original):
I could have sworn I read in an old dev chat that changing the listed position wouldn't impact EE.

I don't remember this, but I remember Seble saying it would be something he would monitor if he noticed people were taking advantage of it.

https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=457858

Can't find the dev chat but something like that was mentioned here.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 4/24/2017 9:05:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Benis on 4/24/2017 8:50:00 AM (view original):
I could have sworn I read in an old dev chat that changing the listed position wouldn't impact EE.

I don't remember this, but I remember Seble saying it would be something he would monitor if he noticed people were taking advantage of it.

Didn't Seble hightail it out of here though? Very creative idea if you ask me (and I know no one did).

It's kind of weasel-y but I can certainly understand why a user would do it. If it works.

Posted by Benis on 4/24/2017 9:16:00 AM (view original):
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=457858

Can't find the dev chat but something like that was mentioned here.

i remember some admin statement to the effect that Big Board doesnt care about assigned position

I don't doubt that people try it, and maybe attribute it to their players not being drafted. I'd like to see data on it, though, before I believe that this loophole is effective.

I have been trying to get a pg down to 89 speed to see if it keeps him from going early. He is on the fence right now.

Posted by mamxet on 4/24/2017 9:49:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Benis on 4/24/2017 9:16:00 AM (view original):
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=457858

Can't find the dev chat but something like that was mentioned here.

i remember some admin statement to the effect that Big Board doesnt care about assigned position

I remember that, too.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 4/24/2017 11:33:00 AM (view original):

Posted by mamxet on 4/24/2017 9:49:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Benis on 4/24/2017 9:16:00 AM (view original):
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=457858

Can't find the dev chat but something like that was mentioned here.

i remember some admin statement to the effect that Big Board doesnt care about assigned position

I remember that, too.

+1 - I remember something about the position not having an effect either.