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With today being the draft i thought about having a draft system implemented into this game. Pretty much you would make a rookie and submit it into the draft. There would only be enough space for a certain amount of teams and players so it would be limited, but you could restrict players to only being allowed to place a couple of players into the draft. After that a random number generator would place teams in a random order and that would be the picking order. Once teams are in place you would be able to click on positions and see what is available and make your choice on what you want.

I think a system set up like this would actually be interesting because it would allow new players to make characters and be able to get on teams without having to go through the forums. This systems also allows new owners to be able to field a team. I think this system would add some excitement to rookie!

Also i think that it would make trading between teams in the next season more prevalent. If a player got on a team that he didnt like in rookie he would have an option to become a free agent or allow the owner to work out a trade with another team going into sophomore.

Anyway its just a concept, but i think it would be a nice addition to the game to make the seasons a bit more interesting.

It's been brought up many times but I don't think it's practical. Not enough people know how to use players correctly so you might be on a shit team. Or you might just get guys who go inactive right away. Plus you would need to look at all the builds. Seems like a huge pain in the ass.

That being said, what if instead of players retiring they all go legend and we can put together a user's league where we get to draft them each season. Would be just like legend league except you get to make a roster yourself and pick from the presets as to what type of team you are.

Instead of drafting players, it would probably be cooler here to have teams draft traits for positions and if a team drafted a trait for a position then other teams could not do so for the same position group. Superstar would obviously be excluded or have an increased number that could be drafted per position group.

Originally posted by bhall43


That being said, what if instead of players retiring they all go legend and we can put together a user's league where we get to draft them each season. Would be just like legend league except you get to make a roster yourself and pick from the presets as to what type of team you are.

I like this.

i think you could make the draft concept work in rookie as well though. Say you dont add a cap to how many players could enter and then you could look at the agents that own the players in each position. I think each agent should have a cap as to how many they can put in, but i think there should not be a cap to agents joining. As far as the inactivity goes i think there could be CPU teams that pick up players that were not drafted in a separate league that develop those players and allow you to pick up new guys if your team needs to fill a position. I think making this game more interactive would be nice because it allows more trading and making roster moves unlike how it is now. I love this season in the NFL because there is so many roster moves and owners and GM's being able to make trades that shock the world and i think this would be great for this game. I dont think there is enough trading or movement and it makes the offseasons seem lack luster. this would require alot of work and isnt easy to implement, but i think it would interest alot of new players.

Problem is, everyone would have to be on at the same time to matchup properly and draft.

Could give every agent a free "Draft" player slot, and they can enter a build in the off-season to the draft. I think making the initial cost free is enough incentive to get agents to make draft players. Just the novelty of it would be popular for the first few seasons. Would encourage more activity in Rookie, and also help out young owners who can get advice from agents.

Would need a draft lottery though to make the order random. The actual draft itself may have to be a draft ranking list(like fantasy leagues do) that owners tweek to their liking, since everyone can't be online at the same time.

What are you really drafting in rookie though? Agents? Because if I am a new guy in this game what is the difference between jokers chaos's wr or bodiddleys we? Do I care?

Originally posted by bhall43
What are you really drafting in rookie though? Agents? Because if I am a new guy in this game what is the difference between jokers chaos's wr or bodiddleys we? Do I care?

This is why Legacy draft is the best answer. Builds are already complete and if an agent goes inactive...who cares.

Originally posted by bhall43
What are you really drafting in rookie though? Agents? Because if I am a new guy in this game what is the difference between jokers chaos's wr or bodiddleys we? Do I care?

I think either way is fine for new owners. Largely because the agents of those rookies can help them in how to implement certain builds, and the owners will learn how to build effectively.

Originally posted by BoDiddley
I think either way is fine for new owners. Largely because the agents of those rookies can help them in how to implement certain builds, and the owners will learn how to build effectively.

Why draft though is what I'm saying in rookie? Your drafting the theory of the agents building prowess and not really the player itself as there is essentially no build yet.

you draft rookie because after the rookie season is done the player can be a free agent or be traded is the point. You shouldnt need to do a draft later on or you could make a draft in the legacy league again as well. The point is that you dont have teams just made in the forum and it expands the players that can be on teams. you would be able to see agents that own the player and see if you want to invest in the player the agent is making for the draft. Once the rookie draft is over then the system of having teams actually trade or bid for players would make being a gm or owning a team feel like youre helping. Also it would make for some cool news and shocking events in the game if two teams came to a trade agreement or something. Im trying to come up with an idea that makes the game have more of a pop to it. Cut out the custom teams and make it to where there is some uncertainty. Also it allows the game to have trading and bidding for player(you would have to make contracts do alittle more than they do so agents would actually be interested in a higher contract) , but i think it needs this. It would spark more conversation and make it to where there was actual news to the game and changes that wouldnt only be made in the offseason. I know what im saying is a bit out of the box, but i think changes like this would make sense to help the game. Yes there would be some issues with inactive players and bad builds, but like i said there can be a development league much like a practice squad that you can cut and pick up new guys. I think this is a nice concept, but that is only an opinion.

So you wouldn't want a draft per say, you would want newly created players to be automatically assigned to teams. Because drafting rookies makes no sense as there isn't an actual player of any talent.

It's like drafting babies. I'm gonna draft Marshall faulks son because he's got great genes man.

I think that would be fine as well. If you had a pool of players that were assigned to teams run by agents, but you would have to obviously fix some issues within the system. I just think making the game less about how many powerhouses can i get on one team, it could be based off how good the ownership and coaching staff is. Now i understand alot of people wouldnt like the idea and it is fine, but i think this game needs more ways to incorporate new players into teams with good agents to get them into the game. i think this would be a good way to go about as well as making the gm and owner have more to do through trading and contract negotiations and allow there to be splashes made by trades and signings that would spark good info and could change the momentum for a team. There would obviously need to be trade windows put in place and alot of other things, but i am just spouting ideas at this point.

Originally posted by bhall43
Why draft though is what I'm saying in rookie? Your drafting the theory of the agents building prowess and not really the player itself as there is essentially no build yet.

Most teams have trouble filling out rosters, especially new owners. Even experienced owners don't like having to try and recruit a full roster. Draft players could really help the talent pool for Rookie teams, and encourages more activity between agents. The Senior League is run by CPUs, and still people put Legend players there. I think if we all had a free Draft Player slot, the same would happen in a draft.