IBPL looking for players

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Are you tired of joining a players’ league where you end up as nobody? IBPL wouldn’t like that to happen.

The home page is not yet finished but there is an OOTP League Site already and a forum where most of the happenings are there.

http://www.hostib.mihopa.com/ibpl/
http://www.hostib.mihopa.com/ibpl/forums

General Overview

The IBPL, International Baseball Player League, handles a league of 4 teams, divided into two separate leagues.

It is free to partake in IBPL. On the other hand, members and owners alike are expected to be polite and follow the golden rule at all times.

Franchises are fictional; there is no City name, just plain nickname. Players in this league will be fictional too; it will be based on your submitted application form.

You are only allowed one player per person. Whoever is caught breaking the rule will be banned ASAP.

Even though we create players randomly, the creation modifiers are revised so that scrappy players wouldn’t be abundant.

The commisioners will be Paul (The_Prodigy) and yours truly. He'll be the commish and I am lower in ranks, co-commish.

Here are the rules, as of now:

Simulation Timetable

We simulate two weeks of play per sim. Sims will be run thrice in a week, Monday, Thursday and Saturday, all on 8 PM EST. We’ll play out 162 games. Since there are only four teams initially, the division winners win take part in the IBPL Championship.

League Setup

Finances will be used and there would be NO salary cap.

All players would be placed in a pool and after the initial draft; all who got picked will be signed to a $300,000 for one year. This would even the playing field.

All teams would start with:

Team Market: Good
Fan Loyalty: Good
Fan Interest: 60
Max Cash: $10 M
Local TV contract: $10 M
National TV contract: $20 M

No DH
No Minors as of now

Team Management

All owners should participate in the forums. They should be polite enough to return a PM or email in a manner of 2 days, unless otherwise, they are away.

Owners would choose their stadium based on the real MLB parks. It wouldn’t be altered. The name of the stadium is on the discretion of the owner.

Player Management

All players should response to offers within a week. If they are inactive, GM’s could open the bidding for that player.

Players are not required to be on the boards always, but a visit every other day wouldn’t hurt.

As a player, you can toggle your player strategies, allocate points in Spring Training, write articles and participate in the forums. You are also responsible for negotiations, after the first season, if you don't have an agent.

Every member has a chance of winning the lottery (will give you raise in talent). It will be run thrice in a season (Off-season, All-Star Weekend and End-of-season).

We would also give awards to the MVM (Most Valuable Member), AOY (Agent of the Year) and GM of the Year.

Contracts

Rookies after the first season will only be allowed to sign any contract not over $6 million over 3 years. For ex: $6 M for 1 year, $3 M per year for 2 years or $2 M per year for 3 years.

Give us a try and we’ll try to make this fun for everyone.

P.S. In respect to GFBL, we would like to thank them for this opportunity, specifically, to Cuss and dbacks. Don’t worry, we’re still GFBLers. See you there.

We are looking for 4 owners and an army of members. We'll start as soon as the target is reached. If you have questions, feel free to ask here or you can always PM us or AIM us (stlouispt3, LtKije14) or email us through: patrick_garde@yahoo.com, baseball3099@yahoo.com

Thanks. Hope to hear from you guys.

[Jason]

Good luck guys.

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Thanks DAED.

[Oneida]

hey i wanna join ;-)

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Originally Posted by Oneida

hey i wanna join ;-)

Thanks Oneida. Your player is created now.

Hope to see you all ITP players.

Well, actually, I'm really thinking of doing something with your money in this league. Just like ITP, where you could buy bats, gloves, shoes, books, etc. Hope I can transfer my idea, smoothly.

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What is a players' league?

A players' league is an online league that lets you become a player. You will handle all the negotiations, demand for a trade, ask for a raise or playing time. Its all in your hands.

All the members are real persons, so it would definitely be a challenge.

You don't need the game to join. Just sit back, relax and check how your player does. If you want to do something else, that's fine. You can almost do anything here.

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Here's the position breakdown

C: 5
1B: 3
2B: 6
3B: 4
SS: 3
LF: 4
CF: 6
RF: 3
SP: 17
MR: 2
CL: 4

There are only four teams, so if you want playing time, 1B, SS, RF, MR, CL are the positions needing players. If you want other position, thats fine too.

A very active league. 63 members with 540 posts, just in 6 days. This is not just an online league, but a community as well.

Hop in if you have time.

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12 more members and we're going to kick off with an initial draft. Don't miss out the chance of becoming a player.

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Create your player now, 8 more to go before we start.

[Anachronism]

Well... first time I've actually joined a league from the OOTP forums... so I'm a newbie in that sense.... but I'm in

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Your player has been created. We'll probably start on Sunday. Join now before you miss out on a good opportunity to see how your player progress in a league.