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Moriarty9 · 12-12-2008, 02:53 PM

It's long been a league I've wanted to create, but the opportunity just has not yet presented itself.

I'm curious about the interest from others as to whether they'd want to take part as a GM or potentially as a co-creator/founder/commish of the following league (and I'm sure someone has done this before):

A league with 2-3 "agents" who serve as the agents for the players in the game. If a GM wants to re-sign a guy to an extension, you have to talk to his agent. If a player has a no-trade clause, you have to talk to his agent about trading him. That sort of thing.

I think it'd add a really interesting dynamic to everything. Some players would favor a hometown club (i.e. Paul Molitor going to Minnesota at the end of his career, Wade Boggs and Fred McGriff to Tampa at the end of their careers, Roger Clemens going to Houston, etc.), others would go for the money or length of the deal, and others would go for the chance to win something (Curt Schilling to the Red Sox, Ray Bourque's orchestrated trade to the Avalanche, etc.).

The agent would field offers and negotiate deals with clubs while perhaps even contacting some clubs to see if there's a spot for a given player on their roster.

While I have some abilities with designing a Web site through programs where I don't need to use much or any HTML, I'm not a technical guru by any means. Also, for this type of league, it'd take more than just one guy to run the league. I'd need help from another "agent" or two, and/or a commish who would run all or the majority of the sims.

Any thoughts, feedback, suggestions, etc.?

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Moriarty9 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,855 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	Gauging Interest: League I want to create... with agents It's long been a league I've wanted to create, but the opportunity just has not yet presented itself. I'm curious about the interest from others as to whether they'd want to take part as a GM or potentially as a co-creator/founder/commish of the following league (and I'm sure someone has done this before): A league with 2-3 "agents" who serve as the agents for the players in the game. If a GM wants to re-sign a guy to an extension, you have to talk to his agent. If a player has a no-trade clause, you have to talk to his agent about trading him. That sort of thing. I think it'd add a really interesting dynamic to everything. Some players would favor a hometown club (i.e. Paul Molitor going to Minnesota at the end of his career, Wade Boggs and Fred McGriff to Tampa at the end of their careers, Roger Clemens going to Houston, etc.), others would go for the money or length of the deal, and others would go for the chance to win something (Curt Schilling to the Red Sox, Ray Bourque's orchestrated trade to the Avalanche, etc.). The agent would field offers and negotiate deals with clubs while perhaps even contacting some clubs to see if there's a spot for a given player on their roster. While I have some abilities with designing a Web site through programs where I don't need to use much or any HTML, I'm not a technical guru by any means. Also, for this type of league, it'd take more than just one guy to run the league. I'd need help from another "agent" or two, and/or a commish who would run all or the majority of the sims. Any thoughts, feedback, suggestions, etc.?