What makes up a successful league?

RBLwebguy · 08-23-2003, 11:08 PM

A retorical question indeed!

One of our league GM's asked me tonight, if our league was hyped on various OOTP message boards. My answer was "not really" and I also told him, it really doesn't need to be. Why? Well because we have quitely assembled a solid team of GM's over the past year (6 sim seasons), weeding out GM's who would disappear or would be just plain inactive.

I encouraged taking on newbie GM's which has worked out very well. Now we have a excellent group of guys who are active traders, messageboard posters and article writers. Over the past year we have added utilities such as Coranto and BOSI and I am now in the works of creating team history pages.

No one ever complains and everyone is great to chat with. I don't police the number of times people post, how many times they submit lineups. As long as they take care of their roster, and I mean contract extensions, sign FA's here and there, and participate somewhat in the Ammy draft. I believe that is the key to our success, and maybe a model in which other startup leagues can follow.

NARBL Website

trident · 08-24-2003, 08:18 PM

I'm pretty sure every league does the same thing and has similar goals

blmeanie · 08-24-2003, 09:11 PM

besides the obvious that is always stated :

fair, good rules, good owners, active owners etc.

how about consistent sim schedule?

I try to keep on a very simple and consistent schedule with my league, only occassionaly skipping sims due to travel.

Matteo · 08-25-2003, 05:36 AM

One of things owners love is when ALL sims are on schedule, and the website/file/BOSI is up within 2 hours after the sim...

Jason · 08-25-2003, 03:12 PM

I think another mark of a good league is owners who know their commissioner is a human being with a life away from the computer and that sometimes delays happen...

Specs · 08-25-2003, 04:11 PM

Having Matt Skutley as commissioner is also a pretty good plan.

08-23-2003, 11:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
RBLwebguy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 4,283 Thanks: 35 Thanked 64x in 37 posts	What makes up a successful league? A retorical question indeed! One of our league GM's asked me tonight, if our league was hyped on various OOTP message boards. My answer was "not really" and I also told him, it really doesn't need to be. Why? Well because we have quitely assembled a solid team of GM's over the past year (6 sim seasons), weeding out GM's who would disappear or would be just plain inactive. I encouraged taking on newbie GM's which has worked out very well. Now we have a excellent group of guys who are active traders, messageboard posters and article writers. Over the past year we have added utilities such as Coranto and BOSI and I am now in the works of creating team history pages. No one ever complains and everyone is great to chat with. I don't police the number of times people post, how many times they submit lineups. As long as they take care of their roster, and I mean contract extensions, sign FA's here and there, and participate somewhat in the Ammy draft. I believe that is the key to our success, and maybe a model in which other startup leagues can follow. NARBL Website

08-24-2003, 08:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
trident Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: http://www.GMGames.org Posts: 135 Thanks: 9 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	I'm pretty sure every league does the same thing and has similar goals __________________ General Manager Games - The home of Sports Simulation

08-24-2003, 09:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
blmeanie All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,039 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	besides the obvious that is always stated : fair, good rules, good owners, active owners etc. how about consistent sim schedule? I try to keep on a very simple and consistent schedule with my league, only occassionaly skipping sims due to travel. __________________ blmeanie Green Monsta League email me at blmeanie Above link works for some email client programs but not all, email me at blmeanie33@earthlink.net

08-25-2003, 05:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
Matteo Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 473 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	One of things owners love is when ALL sims are on schedule, and the website/file/BOSI is up within 2 hours after the sim... __________________ ESPN The Show live chat during 2004 ALCS: Julie (Boston): Do you think Jeter does the fist pump everytime he disappoints a woman in bed? Or does he save it for when he's with A-Rod? Bill Simmons: Whoops - I didn't mean to post that. Really, I didn't.

08-25-2003, 03:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 3,394 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 187 Thanked 55x in 43 posts	I think another mark of a good league is owners who know their commissioner is a human being with a life away from the computer and that sometimes delays happen... __________________ Clockwork Angels....June 12.......ooooooh yeah......

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