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For the past three versions of OOTP, my brother and I have been looking for that "perfect" league that captured all the things we want in a fictional experience. We've had some great times being active owners in other leagues, but there were always a few things we thought would have been more fun if only they were done in a slightly different way.

That said, we've been kicking back and forth the idea of starting our own league. Given that we're both grown ups with wives and real jobs -- and in his case a baby -- this would be no small commitment. As such, I'm trying to gauge interest in our concept before committing to the 50+ hours of setup and 5-10 hours a week of maintenance that would be required.


Here's the pitch:

League Structure & Initial Setup
A: 1 league with 2 divisions of 8, supported by 3 layers of minors
B: top two teams in each division will make the playoffs
C: owners pick their own cities (USA only), supply their own team names, colors, & logos. no MLB teams, please.
D: owners pick the MLB stadium they want their team to use, but this will only matter for park factors as all will have the same seating capacity.
E: in the event an owner drops out, the new owner will be allowed to rebrand the team and pick a new stadium from the available population
F: universe will include 2 independent leagues, one located in the Caribbean and one in Asia. these leagues exist solely to supply free agents to the main league and will not have human owners or be allowed to sign FA from the main league
G: league will be simulated from 1930-1980 (with finances disbled) to supply history. all players will then be declared FA (as a result of the new labor agreement) and we will hold an inaugural draft.
H: game would use OOTP 10

League Settings
A: injuries will be set to "classic OOTP"
B: talent change randomness will be set to 75/200
C: scouts and coaches will be disabled
D: talent only, actual ratings will be disabled
E: talent scale will be either 1-5, 2-8, or 1-10... I'm not sure yet.
G: drug suspensions are disabled

League Rules & FA Settings
A: dh will be disabled to start but will be voted in or out by the owners in 5 year terms.
B: amateur draft will be ~10 rounds and will NOT use feeder leagues
C: schedule will be 150 games per year. i need to tinker with the schedule generator to find out how exactly it works, but with 16 teams, we want one "home & home" five game series against each of the other teams in the league each year.
D: sims would occur once per real-life week and would cover 1 month of in-game time. That way we go through one season about once every 2 months.
E: FA compensation is disabled. instead...
F: we will use an NFL-style “franchise tag” that will allow a team to protect one FA per year. Other teams are free to sign that player, but they must forfeit a first round draft and a prospect to the team that player departs. If the player remains unsigned, he will be given a one year contract equal to the average of either the top 10 position players or the top 10 pitchers. Note that with respect to the aforementioned prospect, teams will be allowed to protect 3-5 players not already on their 40 man roster.
G: softcap will be in place and teams will have equal finances/markets to start the league

There are a few other little odds and ends, but that's all the big stuff...

Would anyone else be interested in something like this?
We’ll get cranking right away if there’s enough interest; the goal would be to have the innagural draft in about two weeks.