[HolyCow98]

I've simmed 14 seasons, a slightly larger sample size....

I'm seeing some seasons where it is exactly how MTW has said..no one coming even close to 162 games...

And other times just like steve said with a number of players playing 160 + games...

In this particular league..I looked a little deeper in my attempt to see why it goes up and down....

Here is my opinion...two things...the way OOTP 5 handles fatigue and what kind of schedule you have....

From previous versions of OOTP it seems 5 has a quicker fatigue rate and the AI adjusts by resting its players more frequently. I always use Stickware for my schedules, unless I actually make one myself which is very rare due to the amount of time it can take to get just right, and with stickware you will get a good amount of variance with days off... seasons that were more that had more spread out days off and with fewer long streaks of games with few days off alway, atleast in this 14 season test...would produce a higher rate of players playing 158 games plus, which I think is what MTW is looking for...