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Le Grande Orange · 12-16-2008, 11:49 PM

The following is one of the most important and fundamental structural changes OOTP could make...

SUGGESTION

Make ALL leagues truly separate, unique leagues with their own rules, options, league totals, and settings. Leagues could then be grouped in associations (see the league association proposal). Subleagues would be retained but mainly for recreating conference structures in a league.

REASON

This would allow for maximum fictional flexibility and much better historical authenticity. No longer would one recreate MLB by having the AL and NL as subleagues in an MLB league and thus have to use averaged out league totals or rules as a result. Instead, the user would recreate MLB by creating an AL and an NL, and then making them a part of an association called MLB. Doing it this way allows each league to retain its own individuality in terms of league totals, rules, and so forth, while still operating under a common framework in regards to player movement, drafts, etc. Users can also adjust how each league or association interacts with all the other existing leagues/associations (with the options based upon the interactions which have existed in the real world).

PRIORITY

High.

There are certainly many aspects to this suggestion which would need to be carefully thought out, but I've spent a lot of time thinking about how this could be structured and researching the real-world models. I can present quite a bit more detail if requested.

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Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Scheduleslovakia Posts: 10,231 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1,177x in 700 posts	The following is one of the most important and fundamental structural changes OOTP could make... SUGGESTION Make ALL leagues truly separate, unique leagues with their own rules, options, league totals, and settings. Leagues could then be grouped in associations (see the league association proposal). Subleagues would be retained but mainly for recreating conference structures in a league. REASON This would allow for maximum fictional flexibility and much better historical authenticity. No longer would one recreate MLB by having the AL and NL as subleagues in an MLB league and thus have to use averaged out league totals or rules as a result. Instead, the user would recreate MLB by creating an AL and an NL, and then making them a part of an association called MLB. Doing it this way allows each league to retain its own individuality in terms of league totals, rules, and so forth, while still operating under a common framework in regards to player movement, drafts, etc. Users can also adjust how each league or association interacts with all the other existing leagues/associations (with the options based upon the interactions which have existed in the real world). PRIORITY High. There are certainly many aspects to this suggestion which would need to be carefully thought out, but I've spent a lot of time thinking about how this could be structured and researching the real-world models. I can present quite a bit more detail if requested. __________________ . "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our abilities and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." .