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Tram2Whitaker · 04-28-2009, 11:38 PM

This is my real life hypothetical solution to the real life problem of large market teams v. small market teams, and I was wondering how to go about this in setting up a new league.

This hypothetical league would take the top 20 revenue producing (real life) teams, such as the Yankees, and put them in a Major League. At the same time, have a simultaneous "small market" Major League, featuring the bottom 10 (real life) ML teams and the top 10 minor league markets, thus creating a 40 team major league.

Here is the technical issue. The 2 Major Leagues would not be mutually exclusive, in fact going after the same pool of free agents, and trading players between the leagues, and such (except the LML would go after 1st and 2nd tier free agents, and the SML would go after lower level free agents) Further, the SML would not be a "feeder league" for the LML, as each major league would have the current minor league infrastructure (i.e. AAA, AA, A, short A, and rookie league, each with 40 teams). The SML would simply pay less for their players, as they would be limited with a hard salary cap, whereas the LML would not.

So far, in the demo versions, I have not been able to create this league by importing current ML teams. Further, I either have to create the major leagues (and their minor league systems) separated, or else create the SML as a sub-league of the much larger league, limiting my ability to structure the financial s, or as a minor league to the LML.

Any suggestions?

04-28-2009, 11:38 PM	#1
Tram2Whitaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 619	My solution to big market/small market problem... This is my real life hypothetical solution to the real life problem of large market teams v. small market teams, and I was wondering how to go about this in setting up a new league. This hypothetical league would take the top 20 revenue producing (real life) teams, such as the Yankees, and put them in a Major League. At the same time, have a simultaneous "small market" Major League, featuring the bottom 10 (real life) ML teams and the top 10 minor league markets, thus creating a 40 team major league. Here is the technical issue. The 2 Major Leagues would not be mutually exclusive, in fact going after the same pool of free agents, and trading players between the leagues, and such (except the LML would go after 1st and 2nd tier free agents, and the SML would go after lower level free agents) Further, the SML would not be a "feeder league" for the LML, as each major league would have the current minor league infrastructure (i.e. AAA, AA, A, short A, and rookie league, each with 40 teams). The SML would simply pay less for their players, as they would be limited with a hard salary cap, whereas the LML would not. So far, in the demo versions, I have not been able to create this league by importing current ML teams. Further, I either have to create the major leagues (and their minor league systems) separated, or else create the SML as a sub-league of the much larger league, limiting my ability to structure the financial s, or as a minor league to the LML. Any suggestions?