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Originally Posted by Questdog
The stats that OOTP generates for the draft eligible players are much more reliable as a guide to quality than stats generated from feeder leagues. Feeder leagues are a cool idea, but hamstrung in OOTP by the fact that these young players' actual ratings have almost 0 correlation to their potential ratings. Thus, drafting based on feeder league stats, especially high schoolers, is about as effective as picking at random.
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One advantage I've noticed to having feeder leagues is OOTP's tracking of player development. If I see a guy who's consistently getting rating increases throughout his 4 years of HS or college feeder play, I'm more inclined to pick him over a guy whose ratings are stagnant.
Something about feeders I'm disappointed in, though, is how many players have better seasons as a freshman than as a senior. I don't often see the gradual four-year improvement there should be.