[David Watts]

This used to be so easy prior to OOTP17. then it became a huge pain in the ass. Of course, back then, if you started a historical league and a certain player was missing that year, that player would simply never show up in your league. For example, if you started in 1944, Ted Williams was never going to be in your league. This was a bummer, but easy to deal with, because you simply knew not to start in 1944 if you wanted the Ted Williams experience. But, what the pre-OOTP17 offered by not bringing a player like Williams back is, the ability to start with any year in history, erase all history, relocated teams, rename teams, delete teams, add teams etc. and completely create a fictional league using real players. This all went out the door when with 17.

This is mainly what drew me into random debut. With random debut, I can use real players, but completely fictionalize my league to my liking.

I so wish the players returning could be a user option. If I want player to appear if they resume their career after my league forms, I choose yes. If I don't, I would be able to start a historical league in 1975, erase all history, rename teams, relocate teams, delete teams etc, and would never have to worry about Minnie Minoso showing up in 1976 with 17 years worth of stats.