Fellas, I appreciate all of the feedback. I spent a lot of time thinking about this league before posting it, but I didn't think of everything. I think all interested parties agree on the general concepts and operation of the league, but there may be some details to work through, RE: draft position and keepers. I'm sure we can all come to an agreement!
jcred, you made some excellent points.
Are we concerned that someone would draft Kareem e.g. Then not use him on one of the teams so they draft high again. Then get a high draft pick and draft Dr. J. then maybe don't use him either on that bad team and draft high again? because you can carry 24 and park them as some kind of "redshirt" season? Is that the concern? If so that person is crazy, but I guess you can put some kind of rule in place to solve for that.
That could be a concern, and we could tailor a rule to prevent that... Something like, "
Owners are required to roster all 'under contract' players who have at least 2,000 minutes played in a given season."
I haven't thought enough about the implications of carrying 24 or 12 so I can't say my opinion. I would recommend zora you stick to the spirit of what you're intending for this league and if carrying 24 is in the spirit of what you intended, keep it and resist the temptation to solve for a problem that hasn't happened yet. But getting feedback is always a good idea and if you like carrying 12 go for it.
My original intent was to have as few rules as absolutely necessary, and I didn't think anyone would really try to carry over 24 different players between seasons, so I just wanted to leave it unlimited. We could maybe get rid of the 12-player limit if we enforced the "2,000 minute" rule.
There is another issue I thought of, provoked by jpevans' comments..
What if an owner has fewer than 12 returning players (could be far fewer than 12) and has already traded away (many or all of) his draft picks? We'll need a rule to prevent this.
A few ideas (could be used in some combination):
- We could bar teams from trading away consecutive future 1st round picks, just like the NBA. If you traded away your 69-70/70-71 1st, you wouldn't be able to also trade away your 71-72/72-73 first.. You would be allowed to trade the 71-72/72-73 1st as soon as the 69-70/70-71 draft was over, provided you hadn't already traded away your 73-74/74-75 1st.
- We could prevent teams from possessing fewer than 2 (or 3) draft picks in any given draft class
- We could make 3rd and 4th round draft picks non-tradeable (possibly allowing them to be traded but only in the very next draft)
- We could get rid of the concept of "free agents" and require all teams to fill both 12-man rosters via additional draft picks beyond 4 rounds (and beyond 12 rounds in the inaugural draft)
It seems like the "combined record" for lottery odds is popular. I actually think there won't be much incentive to tank given the fact that the #12 pick will go to the best team in the league, and that pick will allow the owner to select a player who may have been drafted #6 in a single-season progressive league. Also, the original concept is to put the bottom six (half the league) into the lottery..
Thanks again for the feedback, and thanks to everyone who has joined or expressed interest.. There
are two slots still open: Philadelphia 76ers and is one slot open: the
Chicago Bulls
1/20/2021 5:39 PM (edited)