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Originally Posted by statfreak
what happens if a human owner fires his human GM? Is the GM just out of the league then (assuming there are no openings and no one else is interested in hiring him)? Seems kind of crappy to invest a significant amount of time as GM only to be fired by the owner for whatever reason with no recourse or possible further involvement in the league.
Also, what would the owner due other than assign a budget and tell the GM what to do?
Just seeking answers, not trying to poke holes.
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No, it's a good thing. All stuff to think about actively..
If the human GM is fired before his or her contract ends, we'd assess a penalty on the owner, to deter such silliness. After all, we're not making millions here. Building that into the model would be easy.
We could assign the GM to a gig in the commissioner's office for the rest of that season or find some other suitable way for them to stay involved, even as a "consultant" to other teams. In other words, giving away trade secrets.
Umm...the owners roles would vary. In some situations, I could see the owner and GM as two friends who want to be in a league, but don't have significant time to commit and plus, it'd be fun to have someone who knows your team like you do, etc.
In other scenarios, I could see the owner as the one who keeps the financial ship sailing. Other owners could offer GMs with partial ownership, veto rights, full control or other such things to entice them to stay on and do well.
And we can also set the rules up so that successful GMs get right of first refusal to own their own ballclubs. So rather than a waiting list, there is a direct path to being able to be an owner in the league.
And of course, another idea would be to force real or derelict owners to 'sell' their teams if they're not actively involved throughout the year.
I could see the owner as the PR arm of the operation. Writing releases in the forum, ensuring the team is being "marketed" well with financial incentives for doing so, etc., while the GM has the day-to-day operations in tow.
This is stuff to talk about. I just think it could be a potentially fun/interesting model, but like with any league...there are possible pitfalls and things that might not work.
But I think if you get the right group together, its doable and could work.
For me, the idea was having something where you could interact with someone in game life about your team. Because most online teams don't have "fans" per se and so, it's just you against the other owners. Sure that works, but it'd be fun to have someone else on board for the ride.
And if an owner was a rouge, no one would want to work for him and he'd have to do his owner duties, as well as run the team...and we'll make that intentionally difficult to do over a period of time, to deter people from trying to do that.
But all of this is negotiable. It's just an idea to me at this point...but I'm glad there is preliminary interest.
Anyone else?