[oman19]

Hello all! Just pre ordered and am hoping to be able to set up the league I always hoped for and am looking for any suggestions to make it happen. I played ootp a ton from v10 - v14 so I know a lot has changed since then.

I will start in 1900 but with the modern day set up and the finances I lay out below using entirely fictional players. I know way back when a lot of people said the initial players created were usually the best so you should sim a bunch of seasons to let them age out and then erase league history and start there. Is that still the case?

So let’s tackle finances.

I am looking for a league based on parity. Something similar to the NFL where the revenue sharing lets small market teams thrive. I will be instituting a salary cap and maybe a salary floor if possible. I would like superstars to make around $25m a year. I’m thinking a hard salary cap around $100m - $125m. Does this cap number seem about right? What other financial numbers would you set in order for all teams to have around the same amount of money available?

I would like completely neutral park factors and will be setting every stadiums dimensions to something similar to Kaufman Stadium where the dimensions are the same to both left and right field.

I would like statistics and the way pitching staffs are handled to look similar to the period of 1989-1993. I’m thinking I will use 1993 as my basis.

I have a schedule made by LGO that will rotate inter league play similar to the way the NFL handles it.

I want all players to come through the amateur draft, including international players. Is that possible?

Way back when I always played without coaches because myself and a lot of others around here felt like it gave the human an unfair advantage. Is that still the case or does the AI handle coaching staffs better?

Is there anything else anyone can think of to make this Even Steven league I have in my head a reality? Anything any settings to turn on or off to help the AI compete with a human? How are the aging modifiers now? I would love any input or ideas for this returning player. Thanks in advance!