OOTP5 league opening - for experienced GMs only

CSteinhardt · 05-20-2004, 04:08 PM

I've got a couple openings in the GFnLL (http://gfnll.com), a league running in its first year. We have a few major differences from, well, almost every other league out there. Among the major changes:

(1) Players are rerated each offseason based on MLB performance.

(2) The pace of the league is one year per year. We're currently about a week and a half before the trading deadline in our first season, having started in February. The offseason will actually be as long as the MLB offseason, but we'll run some sort of winter league for prospects only.

(3) We have adopted MLB-like draft and follow rules and so forth for draft classes. Draft is in the offseason using the June class.

(4) We have MLB-like PTBNL rules and restrictions on trading prospects in their first year of development.

(5) Even though we are using OOTP5 (we will likely switch to OOTP6, but not until the offseason), there will be a Rule 5 draft during the offseason. Unlike OOTP5, this draft will also include AAA and AA phases.

Anyway, a little history. We advertised this league mostly within a Red Sox fan community as being intended for very good GMs. We initially got about 15 people that do qualify as very, very sharp (including a few that are probably off the scale in terms of baseball knowledge, write articles for SABR, and so forth), and we got another half that were less talented.

My goal is to improve the quality as people leave by adding very good GMs. If interested, please email me at csteinh (at) fas (dot) harvard (dot) edu. Please be aware that you'd be taking over a team that's not doing so well (the Marlins and Cardinals are open), and that with the slow pace of the league, you need to be committed to the long haul if you are going to rebuild. Please include previous experience and the like, since we plan to select the two best people intersted in the openings.

05-20-2004, 04:08 PM	#1
CSteinhardt Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 55	OOTP5 league opening - for experienced GMs only I've got a couple openings in the GFnLL (http://gfnll.com), a league running in its first year. We have a few major differences from, well, almost every other league out there. Among the major changes: (1) Players are rerated each offseason based on MLB performance. (2) The pace of the league is one year per year. We're currently about a week and a half before the trading deadline in our first season, having started in February. The offseason will actually be as long as the MLB offseason, but we'll run some sort of winter league for prospects only. (3) We have adopted MLB-like draft and follow rules and so forth for draft classes. Draft is in the offseason using the June class. (4) We have MLB-like PTBNL rules and restrictions on trading prospects in their first year of development. (5) Even though we are using OOTP5 (we will likely switch to OOTP6, but not until the offseason), there will be a Rule 5 draft during the offseason. Unlike OOTP5, this draft will also include AAA and AA phases. Anyway, a little history. We advertised this league mostly within a Red Sox fan community as being intended for very good GMs. We initially got about 15 people that do qualify as very, very sharp (including a few that are probably off the scale in terms of baseball knowledge, write articles for SABR, and so forth), and we got another half that were less talented. My goal is to improve the quality as people leave by adding very good GMs. If interested, please email me at csteinh (at) fas (dot) harvard (dot) edu. Please be aware that you'd be taking over a team that's not doing so well (the Marlins and Cardinals are open), and that with the slow pace of the league, you need to be committed to the long haul if you are going to rebuild. Please include previous experience and the like, since we plan to select the two best people intersted in the openings.