[cephasjames]

Originally Posted by blackrussian

for this expansion, i quickly assigned 25 players to each expansion team from the reserve rosters of the existing teams.

then i sat back and watched the AI do the rest. it started by signing personnel over the next few weeks. as spring training approached and started, the expansion teams began signing free agents to fill out the roster. by opening day, the teams were fully stocked.

everything else went smoothly, no unusual errors. the teams, predictably, were horrible, both easily hitting the 100+ loss mark. fairly on the mark

This is essentially what I did too, except when an expansion team went 4-122 in a 126 game season I decided to snag players from the active roster also. When taking 3 from the reserves and 2 from the active of each team my expansion teams did much better (appox. 40-86).

Originally Posted by blackrussian

aside from having to come up with some sort of system to simulate the actual draft, i'd like to see the ability to change league structure after the seasons ends, not just when pre-season starts. this way, i can give the expansion teams a bit of a head start in signing free agents and personnel.

I kind of agree with you on this. It seems that in real life pretty much eveerything happens in the off season, not the preseason.