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The last official Bort quote I can find on league structures is this:

Season 100 Team/League Promotions/Demotions: What's Happening?

By Bort

Team promotions will remain fairly straightforward until we reach veteran player level:

So, we're pretty much there in a few days. On my Slackers team, it currently lists 8 different places I can request to go next season, that matches up exactly (if memory serves me right) with the 8 conferences within the 4 leagues of Natty Pro. So it looks like the plan is to go back, at least next season, to 4 leagues at national pro level, and then somehow get back to a World League structure on top of that, possibly, the season after?

I guess it's not the biggest deal in the world to know that in advance of next season, but if Bort or someone speaking for Bort could chime in pretty soon on that, to tell us if it's a done deal or what, it would be appreciated.

Your guess was right. Not that I am close to Bort and know something but that is the most likely scenario.

Seems silly since we will have a great idea who the top teams are and ruin the surprise if no WL. It also rewards lame slow builders that are ruining the game with no math to support their strategy.

Just create a WL similar to how elite was formed. You could easily go 8 elite playoff teams. 3 competitive champs and 1 Cane defending champs.

Im sure there are better methods but putting the two championship game teams from every league into one would be infinitely more entertaining than everyone spreading out into different Nat Pro conferences.

Exactly if he does go pro route it will be extremely thin and kind of boring for elite teams that are cruise control and likely very spread out waiting for another season into WL the following season

4 pro leagues doesnt add up to 12 next season WL teams either so he would have to go 6 and take top 2 finalists? I vote insta WL

Originally posted by RyanCane26
Im sure there are better methods but putting the two championship game teams from every league into one would be infinitely more entertaining than everyone spreading out into different Nat Pro conferences.

not a bad idea

then the remaining teams into 4 National Pro Leagues and the remaining CPU and empty teams into Regional Pro

Originally posted by PLAYMAKERS
Exactly if he does go pro route it will be extremely thin and kind of boring for elite teams that are cruise control and likely very spread out waiting for another season into WL the following season
+1 on that


Originally posted by RyanCane26
Im sure there are better methods but putting the two championship game teams from every league into one would be infinitely more entertaining than everyone spreading out into different Nat Pro conferences.


Originally posted by reddogrw
not a bad idea

then the remaining teams into 4 National Pro Leagues and the remaining CPU and empty teams into Regional Pro

I don't remember how many pro teams there was before the crash, wasn't it 6 leagues back then in pros and was spread out pretty thin back then. Condensing pros to 4 leagues after W/L would make the pros more competitive and interesting also. Would keep more interest in the pros having more complete teams in it along with the W/L

Originally posted by Bluesman
I don't remember how many pro teams there was before the crash, wasn't it 6 leagues back then in pros and was spread out pretty thin back then. Condensing pros to 4 leagues after W/L would make the pros more competitive and interesting also. Would keep more interest in the pros having more complete teams in it along with the W/L



there were 4 National Pro Leagues for many seasons before the crash

Originally posted by reddogrw
there were 4 National Pro Leagues for many seasons before the crash
Ok I thought that there was more than 4 leagues, my bad, but even with four the pros were pretty then back then

I don't see why Bort can't flex the number. If there's only enough teams to fill 2 leagues then make it two. If you need 3 then make it 3. Easy enough to determine tie breakers and such. I mean, this is kinda like when this game started. Leagues have been expanded and contracted since day one, when necessary and needed. I don't see why that can't just continue to happen. Now more than ever. It's gonna take some time for everything to settle down and we know, roughly, the average number of owned teams available for WL every season.
I agree we don't need thin leagues with too many CPU teams filling in. And I'm also for one season of EVERYONE at plateau before determining WL teams.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
And I'm also for one season of EVERYONE at plateau before determining WL teams.

This. Elite "greatness" based on early boosting must stop.

Originally posted by reddogrw
not a bad idea

then the remaining teams into 4 National Pro Leagues and the remaining CPU and empty teams into Regional Pro

Not a bad idea when you are in the final, right.

I don't care what happens but seems like that should have been announced pre-playoffs if that was the plan.

This is very subjective but I went thru all the leagues and teams and looking at Team Records/Competition Level/average versus effective level/Team's Past GLB History/full roster/contracts signed thru S104+/etc, I found what I consider 33 good+ teams plus 14 borderline teams that I think should have shot at being in NatPro in S104 with a shot at the WL in S105, as I agree with Theo that those of us who have gotten this far and are at least pretty much competitive should at least get a WL opportunity shot based on S104.

I won't list all of these teams but if my again very subjective assessment is even close, then NatPro in S104 should consist of either 3 leagues of 12 (36 teams total) or 4 leagues of 12 (48 teams total).

In the 3/12 proposal, the top 4 teams from each league would promote to WL in S105. In the 4/12 proposal the top 3 teams in each league would promote to the WL in S105. My preference is the 4/12 as again, every decent+ team should at least get a shot at promotion to the WL based on S104 results. Consolidation of NatPro in S105, as Theo again mentioned, could then done as needed, season by season, as was done in the early GLB seasons, as the situation dictates.