What makes up a successful league?

RBLwebguy · 08-23-2003, 11:08 PM

A retorical question indeed!

One of our league GM's asked me tonight, if our league was hyped on various OOTP message boards. My answer was "not really" and I also told him, it really doesn't need to be. Why? Well because we have quitely assembled a solid team of GM's over the past year (6 sim seasons), weeding out GM's who would disappear or would be just plain inactive.

I encouraged taking on newbie GM's which has worked out very well. Now we have a excellent group of guys who are active traders, messageboard posters and article writers. Over the past year we have added utilities such as Coranto and BOSI and I am now in the works of creating team history pages.

No one ever complains and everyone is great to chat with. I don't police the number of times people post, how many times they submit lineups. As long as they take care of their roster, and I mean contract extensions, sign FA's here and there, and participate somewhat in the Ammy draft. I believe that is the key to our success, and maybe a model in which other startup leagues can follow.

NARBL Website

trident · 08-24-2003, 08:18 PM

I'm pretty sure every league does the same thing and has similar goals

blmeanie · 08-24-2003, 09:11 PM

besides the obvious that is always stated :

fair, good rules, good owners, active owners etc.

how about consistent sim schedule?

I try to keep on a very simple and consistent schedule with my league, only occassionaly skipping sims due to travel.

Matteo · 08-25-2003, 05:36 AM

One of things owners love is when ALL sims are on schedule, and the website/file/BOSI is up within 2 hours after the sim...

Jason · 08-25-2003, 03:12 PM

I think another mark of a good league is owners who know their commissioner is a human being with a life away from the computer and that sometimes delays happen...

Specs · 08-25-2003, 04:11 PM

Having Matt Skutley as commissioner is also a pretty good plan.

08-23-2003, 11:08 PM	#1
RBLwebguy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 5,162	What makes up a successful league? A retorical question indeed! One of our league GM's asked me tonight, if our league was hyped on various OOTP message boards. My answer was "not really" and I also told him, it really doesn't need to be. Why? Well because we have quitely assembled a solid team of GM's over the past year (6 sim seasons), weeding out GM's who would disappear or would be just plain inactive. I encouraged taking on newbie GM's which has worked out very well. Now we have a excellent group of guys who are active traders, messageboard posters and article writers. Over the past year we have added utilities such as Coranto and BOSI and I am now in the works of creating team history pages. No one ever complains and everyone is great to chat with. I don't police the number of times people post, how many times they submit lineups. As long as they take care of their roster, and I mean contract extensions, sign FA's here and there, and participate somewhat in the Ammy draft. I believe that is the key to our success, and maybe a model in which other startup leagues can follow. NARBL Website

08-24-2003, 08:18 PM	#2
trident All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: GM Games Posts: 537	I'm pretty sure every league does the same thing and has similar goals __________________ General Manager (GM) Games Website \| Reddit \| Discord \| YouTube

08-24-2003, 09:11 PM	#3
blmeanie All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,044	besides the obvious that is always stated : fair, good rules, good owners, active owners etc. how about consistent sim schedule? I try to keep on a very simple and consistent schedule with my league, only occassionaly skipping sims due to travel. __________________ blmeanie email me at blmeanie Above link works for some email client programs but not all, email me at blmeanie33@earthlink.net

08-25-2003, 05:36 AM	#4
Matteo Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 473	One of things owners love is when ALL sims are on schedule, and the website/file/BOSI is up within 2 hours after the sim... __________________ ESPN The Show live chat during 2004 ALCS: Julie (Boston): Do you think Jeter does the fist pump everytime he disappoints a woman in bed? Or does he save it for when he's with A-Rod? Bill Simmons: Whoops - I didn't mean to post that. Really, I didn't.

08-25-2003, 03:12 PM	#5
Jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,855	I think another mark of a good league is owners who know their commissioner is a human being with a life away from the computer and that sometimes delays happen...