Problems with changing team abbr. in game?

Jermanfu · 01-31-2003, 04:59 PM

anyone know if this would cause any quirky problems changing a team's abbr. at the end of a year, right before proceeding? I want to do this b/c 3 of my teams have diff. abbr. from what they are in Cato's utility and I have to change them every year with the new setup. Therefore, I want to change them in game to match Cato's utility but I want to make sure this wouldn't cause any issues.

Scott Vibert · 01-31-2003, 05:01 PM

It won't unless this is a historical league.

statfreak · 01-31-2003, 05:18 PM

If it is an historic league, then changing the teams' abbreaviation will cause the real rookies to end up in the draft/free agent pool and not be properly assigned to those teams.

Shorty · 01-31-2003, 05:48 PM

No it won't. I've changed NYN to NYY historically, and nothing has gone wrong.

statfreak · 01-31-2003, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by Shorty
No it won't. I've changed NYN to NYY historically, and nothing has gone wrong.

If you are using real players and assigning rookies to their teams instead of holding a draft, changing the abbreviation within OOTP will cause that team's rookies to end up in the free agent pool and not be assigned (unless you also change the abbreviation in the Lahman database).

The abbreviation in the Lahman database must exactly match the abbreviation within OOTP for rookies to be properly assigned to their real life debut teams.

Jermanfu · 01-31-2003, 08:05 PM

Great! My league is a completely fictitional league, so no problems. Thanks for the info guys, that helped me out alot!

01-31-2003, 04:59 PM	#1
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01-31-2003, 05:18 PM	#3
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	If it is an historic league, then changing the teams' abbreaviation will cause the real rookies to end up in the draft/free agent pool and not be properly assigned to those teams. __________________ Roll out the barrel!

01-31-2003, 05:48 PM	#4
Shorty All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 992	No it won't. I've changed NYN to NYY historically, and nothing has gone wrong. __________________ Here we go Redlegs here we go!

01-31-2003, 08:05 PM	#6
Jermanfu All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, LA. Posts: 899	Great! My league is a completely fictitional league, so no problems. Thanks for the info guys, that helped me out alot! __________________ "I took the two most expensive asprins in history." - Wally Pipp on his decision to sit out a game with a headache which let Lou Gehrig into the lineup for the first time. http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a121/Jermanfu/

01-31-2003, 05:01 PM	#2
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,249	It won't unless this is a historical league.