Possible Amateur Draft problem

soxman · 08-02-2002, 02:30 PM

I am running a fictional league which had just expanded from 18 to 20 teams. I am not controlling any team at the moment so I used the 'Computer Finish Draft' option.

The progress bar moved across the screen and then dumped me back to the desktop. On re-starting the game I went to re-do the draft but the pool was empty and the game had re-set back to round 1 of 5.

On reading the draft log it seemed there was 10 players short of the 100 needed to satisfy 5 rds X 20 teams.

I circumvented the problem by creating 20 rookie draft eligible free agents and running a one round draft.

I was wondering if it is possible that players were created of a sufficient high standard that they were snapped up in the free agent signing process thus leaving an insufficient supply for the rookie draft.

I thought it could be because I expanded and there were only sufficient rookies for 18 teams but I have had similar expansions in other leagues and have never experienced this problem.

Anybody got any ideas??

Cheers

Steve Kuffrey · 08-02-2002, 05:45 PM

Did you follow these guidelines when adding the teams? Also, the game generates the players for the rookie draft when you "proceed to next season" and the new teams you added shouldn't be added till after this hence NO players were created for those teams to draft.

soxman · 08-02-2002, 06:22 PM

Cheers Steve.

08-02-2002, 02:30 PM	#1
soxman Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Christchurch, England Posts: 283	Possible Amateur Draft problem I am running a fictional league which had just expanded from 18 to 20 teams. I am not controlling any team at the moment so I used the 'Computer Finish Draft' option. The progress bar moved across the screen and then dumped me back to the desktop. On re-starting the game I went to re-do the draft but the pool was empty and the game had re-set back to round 1 of 5. On reading the draft log it seemed there was 10 players short of the 100 needed to satisfy 5 rds X 20 teams. I circumvented the problem by creating 20 rookie draft eligible free agents and running a one round draft. I was wondering if it is possible that players were created of a sufficient high standard that they were snapped up in the free agent signing process thus leaving an insufficient supply for the rookie draft. I thought it could be because I expanded and there were only sufficient rookies for 18 teams but I have had similar expansions in other leagues and have never experienced this problem. Anybody got any ideas?? Cheers

08-02-2002, 05:45 PM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Did you follow these guidelines when adding the teams? Also, the game generates the players for the rookie draft when you "proceed to next season" and the new teams you added shouldn't be added till after this hence NO players were created for those teams to draft. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

08-02-2002, 06:22 PM	#3
soxman Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Christchurch, England Posts: 283	Cheers Steve.