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I'm not sure if this should be a separate thread or not, but this is related to the foreign player limit problems.
Along with the foreign player limit problem mentioned here, there is also the issue with the behavior of teams with foreign player limits that have minor league affiliate.
1) Minor league affiliates have no limit to the number of foreign players they can sign, even if the major league affiliate has a limit. It would be good to have the option to also set a foreign player limit in the minors as well.
2) The AI of teams in leagues w/foreigner restrictions that have minor league affiliates is screwy. For example, I'm simming a few seasons with a Japanese system (two leagues, majors and AAA) with a 4 foreign player limit and a concurrent American league system (full leagues). Since there is no limit to signing foreign players and stocking them on the minor league team, AI teams seem to be signing the best available players, regardless of the nationality of the player. What ends up happening is that these clubs will have a major league club with only 4 foreigners, but they fill their minor league club with foreigners, getting rid of young domestic players. This ends up causing depth problems, as the foreign minor leaguers likely won't get called up, but they take playing time from the domestic players that have a better chance of getting called up.
A possible solution is to either have optional foreign player limits for the minors, or to develop the AI such that it values domestic players more in leagues with foreign player limits.
If this could be addressed, this would be great, since it makes playing in foreigner-limited leagues with minor league affiliates (e.g. Japan) very unrealistic.
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