Posted by knightthorn on 2/5/2018 6:40:00 PM (view original):
Posted by crippled on 2/4/2018 12:05:00 PM (view original):
I'll take Buffalo. I think taking two teams is a good idea. A five season commitment will have trouble attracting takers. May as well get people who enjoy progressive leagues and will stick with them. Probably need to stipulate that owners of two teams can't trade between their two franchises. One more thing, for the first round draft - very critical to the whole league - rather than determine the draft order randomly, you could ask managers to submit their salary total for their 15 keepers in the first season and then create a low-to-high draft order that allows the owners at the bottom of the heap draft first. It's another way to compensate for getting stuck with a struggling franchise.
I agree. Someone ran this concept about five years ago. Several owners stacked their first two seasons, and the league died after season 3.
As I look at things, Montreal, Edmonton, NYI, and Boston are going to be in a league of their own. There's no way a New Jersey or a Columbus will compete. To try got some parity, depending on the starting salary differentials, some teams might have to sit out the draft until the second, third or even later rounds. It will involve a little bit of graciousness and common sense, but I can see a situation where round 1 of the draft is only for teams in the below 80 million range. Then round 2 could add in the 80-90 million starting range teams. Round 3 could add the 90-100 mil teams (and so on). A basement team would be selecting 3 to 5 times before the dynasty teams get a turn. When your roster is full you drop out and the others keep going.
2/16/2018 11:21 PM (edited)