[kq76]

Don't get too excited. His solution might create a different problem in the case where there are no previous years' stats. See near the end of my post #100 in that thread.

For those who don't care to read the whole thread (I focused on Ksyrup's posts myself): there was a problem with star players getting demoted after a dip in ratings when zero weight was given to ratings (see post #15). The problem was apparently caused when the formula would then give weight to ratings when it was early in the year and so the player would look worse than his past stats would indicate (post #17). Markus' solution (post #57) is to give that needed weight to previous years' stats instead of the ratings. However, what happens when there are no previous years' stats either?