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Everything sounds good, except I don't agree with an escalating cap after each season. This will in effect slowly whittle out the lower rated fighters and clog the league w/ just the top guys. After a few seasons, most the 3's and 4's will have will have no place as each team will use the higher cap figure to stockpile better rated fighters. This defeats the purpose and realistically limits the overall number of fighters available.
The cap figure of 102 should work fine. With everyone at 96 or 97 right now, that gives each team 5-6 points for improvement w/o having to dump the 3's and 4's. If a "15" becomes available after a couple of seasons and a team manages to get him, the odds are that he will stampede through the season and there will be no competative balance. To make this fair, a hard cap will force the managers fortunate enough to get a "15" to carry lower guys on the roster and therefore expect to lose a large number of matches with them (and pray for the surprise upset)
Basically, by carrying a "15" a manager would expect to dominate one division at the expense of another - this should allow other teams to remain competitive in the overall standings.
Also, I feel that each manager should not be allowed to nominate fighters above a 10 or 11. Our unbiased watchdog/commissioner (SAL) may want to set up some sort of system where he is allowed to introduce say 5 or 6 "wildcard" entries into the draft pool. A simple randomized dice roll could choose the rating of the "wildcard". This would make the availability of a superstar in the draft pool a surprise to all. Based on the randomization method chosen, there may be drafts without any fighters higher than 10-11 and make each new season more interesting. (A Michael Jordan / T.O. / Albert Pujolis / Wayne Gretzsky - type franchise player doesn't fall off the tree every year)
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