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Who Killed Kenny? · 07-05-2007, 02:23 PM

Suggestion
League Hierarchy Idea. Players under contract with a Major League team should also be allowed to play games for their national team and/or independant "Winter Leagues".

Reason
To closely model real-life. Players like Henry Blanco play in WBC, MLB, and Winter League games.

Priority
Medium

In more detail From League Hierarchy Idea
I believe the best way to model this is to have a hierarchy of leagues. Then a player could be a member of teams in different teams but on game day play for the team in the highest or most important league.

There should be at least three classifications of leagues. At the top of the hierarchy would be all World Cup, World Baseball Classic, or National teams. Any player on these teams would leave their other teams to play here on game day. Next should come the Major Leagues (and their minor leagues). At the lowest level should be independant minors and Winter League. Players can only play here if no other games are played in their other leagues.

Players can only be a part of 1 team at each level to prohibit really complex player movement.

Every day, the roster AI looks at the World Cup games being played and moves the the active players off their other team's active roster, and onto "on loan" roster. Then it moves to the Major League games and fills up the roster and moves all players from their other (winter or independant) teams' active roster to the "on loan" roster. Finally the AI goes thru the lowest level and moves players from the reserves to the active.

I like this approach because, set up correctly, players will be able to play for multiple teams while honoring their contracts AND play for the right team. I offer Henry Blanco of the Chicago Cubs as my example. Blanco plays every year in the Winter Leagues, even though he is under contract with a Major League team. He also played for Venezuela in the WBC. Following this hierarchy system he'd play for the correct team if ever the games were to overlap.

There would be more customization if we were allowed more levels, but 3 would make me happy.

07-05-2007, 02:23 PM	#34 (permalink)
Who Killed Kenny? Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 205	Suggestion League Hierarchy Idea. Players under contract with a Major League team should also be allowed to play games for their national team and/or independant "Winter Leagues". Reason To closely model real-life. Players like Henry Blanco play in WBC, MLB, and Winter League games. Priority Medium In more detail From League Hierarchy Idea I believe the best way to model this is to have a hierarchy of leagues. Then a player could be a member of teams in different teams but on game day play for the team in the highest or most important league. There should be at least three classifications of leagues. At the top of the hierarchy would be all World Cup, World Baseball Classic, or National teams. Any player on these teams would leave their other teams to play here on game day. Next should come the Major Leagues (and their minor leagues). At the lowest level should be independant minors and Winter League. Players can only play here if no other games are played in their other leagues. Players can only be a part of 1 team at each level to prohibit really complex player movement. Every day, the roster AI looks at the World Cup games being played and moves the the active players off their other team's active roster, and onto "on loan" roster. Then it moves to the Major League games and fills up the roster and moves all players from their other (winter or independant) teams' active roster to the "on loan" roster. Finally the AI goes thru the lowest level and moves players from the reserves to the active. I like this approach because, set up correctly, players will be able to play for multiple teams while honoring their contracts AND play for the right team. I offer Henry Blanco of the Chicago Cubs as my example. Blanco plays every year in the Winter Leagues, even though he is under contract with a Major League team. He also played for Venezuela in the WBC. Following this hierarchy system he'd play for the correct team if ever the games were to overlap. There would be more customization if we were allowed more levels, but 3 would make me happy.