[bubba22plus]

Let me try and tackle some of these. First off, if you want accurate minors (like team names and everything), I highly suggest going the 60's route. The 50's minor leagues was a jumbled mess. Second, one of the things i see wrong with your vision is that independent minor leagues usually don't have affiliated leagues lower than them because independent minors usually are considered lower than the majors. I suggest making your league an independent AA league. That way, you'll get those guys who just cant make it and the ones who are borderline at best. You'll also have the veterans who still want to play but no one wants them. Finally, most of this is doable, but you need to tinker with finances in your leagues. Usually this means you cant have historically accurate finances, but if you set the finances to modern values, you'll never need to change them.