Proposed rule changes to prevent blantant tanking

[fentuzler47]

Losing an absurd amount of games to scoop up as many ultra-high draft picks as possible is the sure sign of a terrible GM.

Chose as many as you would like to see.

[Hitnrun]

I have wanted change in this league for quite sometime and I think it would make for better competition if changes were made.

[heinerkin]

This league has lost the plot. Who cares?

[The_Old_Bear]

What we need is 8 more owners and to get rid of minor league teams but it has been this way a long time. I think rotating draft is a good idea but it has never seemed to take any steam.

[grkyank4]

Blatant tanking is what this league is all about.
It's about developing young players while still being able to finish last.

In my opinion the best way to change for the better is to add the total wins of both teams and and draft accordingly. Most wins drafts first and so on. This forces owners to field 2 winning teams.

[The_Old_Bear]

That's actually not a bad idea.

[fentuzler47]

In my opinion the best way to change for the better is to add the total wins of both teams and and draft accordingly. Most wins drafts first and so on. This forces owners to field 2 winning teams.

I like that idea as well. There is no reason at all for this guy to be on the field other than to lose games. It's a disgrace.

[CrazedCougars]

That's just how the league works. You make your Majors team better by getting your AAA team to suck. It's always been like that. Some of these changes work, sure, but they detract from the point of the league. The fact is, 99% of the time you'll have eight teams with 100+ losses. A rotating draft works the best but all it does is make AAA teams somewhat useless. Also, I think a lot of the records set because of this league are pretty cool, and they're stuff you don't see elsewhere. For instance, Joe Grant (http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=11697727) and Zachariah Matlock (http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=10268143). (And admittedly my personal favorite, Oakland's 17 year 130+ win streak).


I feel like a lot of this is directed at Milwaukee, so I'd just like to say in my defense that in the last 50 drafts, Milwaukee has had the #1 pick 6 times. This is half of Kansas City, with 12, and less than half of Boston and San Diego with 13 and 16 respectively (although in fairness San Diego was ownerless for many seasons). It has been a point of frustration for me that I couldn't get more first overall picks. Tanking is the name of the game in this league.

If changes are wanted, we can make it happen, I just personally don't see the point.

[grkyank4]

By no means is any of this directed at any one owner.
I personally hate having a team constantly loose. It messes up my league wide prestige.

[The_Old_Bear]

So I actually proposed something that Jim and I talked about a long time ago. That we reduce the league to 8 teams but I believe SD told us they could or would not do it?

The program is kind of on auto so don't know if they would be open to it but it would make things more interesting.