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Originally Posted by fredbeene
But the ratings change DURING the season too, so the statistics must have an effect during the season.
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Actually, I'm virtually certain that statistics have no such effect. In OOTP, statistics are just a measure of results. They don't drive player development or determine player ratings. For example, in my current league, I recently had a couple of players in the prime of their careers actually lose a bit of their rating at their primary position during the season, even though they were defensively outperforming pretty much everyone else in the league at those positions. If their stats affected their rating, it would have gone up or stayed the same and not declined.
To the best of my understanding, the in-season and overall development engine is largely age-based, position-based and random, although there are many decisions you can make as a GM or manager that can influence a player's development positively or negatively (as discussed above). But unless OOTP Developments has changed something in recent years, I don't think a player's in-season stats really affect anything.