Fixing a Couple Big NSBL Problems all at once
Mar 9, 2021 11:52:56 GMT -5
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Post by Pirates GM on Mar 9, 2021 11:52:56 GMT -5
(No, I am not resigning yet. Sorry to get your hopes up!)
I miss CE+2. MLBSA has up to like CE+4, and it doesn't seem to hurt their player movement. Frankly, it's the Wild West over there. After having very different experiences in both leagues, I'm convinced these changes would fix a lot of our league's issues, and require very little in the way of additional rules. In fact, it makes almost everything simpler.
1. Do away with CEs. All players hit the FA market after 6th. However, their 6th year team has a right to match the leading team's offer, and enter a bidding war with them, carrying the same 5%/10% HTD we currently have.
2. Reduce FA contracts to 4 years, 5 tops. It blows my mind how many GMs criticize CE for "tying up talent" turn around and are happy to offer guys crazy contracts taking them into the next decade. THESE are the signings that reduce the league's liquidity, and make for frequent contract albatrosses that keep potential GMs away from dumpster fire rosters. This change would also allow a standard FA to hit the market twice during his productive years, rather than just 1-and-done for most.
3. Increase the Summer Draft to 5 rounds, and the Winter Draft to 2 rounds. Despite CE+4, MLBSA has far more liquidity than NSBL, and it is far, far easier to trade over there. Why? Draft and prospect capital. Teams have so much over there they aren't afraid to move prospects, whereas here, it's like pulling teeth. Drafts are fun, they re-engage absent GMs, and open up countless trade avenues. Also consider protecting the 1st round picks in both Summer and Winter to keep franchises from becoming too weak or too powerful.
There. All of these things would fix the league ASAP, simplify the rules for everyone, and make less work for the Committee.
JIm
I miss CE+2. MLBSA has up to like CE+4, and it doesn't seem to hurt their player movement. Frankly, it's the Wild West over there. After having very different experiences in both leagues, I'm convinced these changes would fix a lot of our league's issues, and require very little in the way of additional rules. In fact, it makes almost everything simpler.
1. Do away with CEs. All players hit the FA market after 6th. However, their 6th year team has a right to match the leading team's offer, and enter a bidding war with them, carrying the same 5%/10% HTD we currently have.
2. Reduce FA contracts to 4 years, 5 tops. It blows my mind how many GMs criticize CE for "tying up talent" turn around and are happy to offer guys crazy contracts taking them into the next decade. THESE are the signings that reduce the league's liquidity, and make for frequent contract albatrosses that keep potential GMs away from dumpster fire rosters. This change would also allow a standard FA to hit the market twice during his productive years, rather than just 1-and-done for most.
3. Increase the Summer Draft to 5 rounds, and the Winter Draft to 2 rounds. Despite CE+4, MLBSA has far more liquidity than NSBL, and it is far, far easier to trade over there. Why? Draft and prospect capital. Teams have so much over there they aren't afraid to move prospects, whereas here, it's like pulling teeth. Drafts are fun, they re-engage absent GMs, and open up countless trade avenues. Also consider protecting the 1st round picks in both Summer and Winter to keep franchises from becoming too weak or too powerful.
There. All of these things would fix the league ASAP, simplify the rules for everyone, and make less work for the Committee.
JIm
