League with player agents?

marc · 08-16-2003, 01:35 AM

hey...was thinking about this, and i know u have the AI to deal with for negotiations but i was thinking that a league where there were player agents would be really cool and i was just wondering if there were any out there? and if not would there be interest in this? I dont have any webskills but I would be willing to kind of co-commish or help out in anyway needed and heres basically how my idea would work (others may have different opinions but this is what i think of when i think of a league with player agents) It would obviously be hard to get a 30 team real rosters league to have enough player agents and owners as u would need about 50-60 participants which is nearly impossible so what i think of is a 16-20 team fictional league that would start with a fantasy draft. The league would have to be setup and ready way in advance because even to start off in the fantasy draft u would have to get your players signed when u pick them, for ex if i pick arod #1 i have to negotiate his first contract with his agent, agents could send out newsletters before the draft stating my client (client A) refuses to play for the following teams or will demand a salary this high or anything the agent wants as he can pretty much use his imagination, the goal would be for all of the star players and most of the good ones to have agents and eventually maybe 75-80% of the league have an agent representing them. So a 20 team league would need maybe 10-15 agents representing a minimum of 10 clients with a maximum of maybe 25? Thats pretty much my idea of a league that i would love to see, would there be any interest in this kind of thing?

DHS23 · 08-16-2003, 05:40 AM

I know the FBBL uses agents.

Cuss16 · 08-16-2003, 03:37 PM

and my graphics forum league (GFBL) does exactly this except you can only decide your own contract and strategies etc.

ps. link is in my signature.

crackpott · 08-17-2003, 11:19 PM

Originally my league had like 5, although since it's been cut down to one. Basically the whole agent premise died because agents NEED to be really active. We still use one though to avoid the OOTP financial system.

08-16-2003, 03:37 PM	#3
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	and my graphics forum league (GFBL) does exactly this except you can only decide your own contract and strategies etc. ps. link is in my signature. __________________ Last edited by Cuss16; 08-16-2003 at 03:39 PM.

08-17-2003, 11:19 PM	#4
crackpott Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,961	Originally my league had like 5, although since it's been cut down to one. Basically the whole agent premise died because agents NEED to be really active. We still use one though to avoid the OOTP financial system. __________________ Abandoned Planet - Check it out. The photos don't suck anymore.

08-16-2003, 01:35 AM	#1
marc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,505	League with player agents? hey...was thinking about this, and i know u have the AI to deal with for negotiations but i was thinking that a league where there were player agents would be really cool and i was just wondering if there were any out there? and if not would there be interest in this? I dont have any webskills but I would be willing to kind of co-commish or help out in anyway needed and heres basically how my idea would work (others may have different opinions but this is what i think of when i think of a league with player agents) It would obviously be hard to get a 30 team real rosters league to have enough player agents and owners as u would need about 50-60 participants which is nearly impossible so what i think of is a 16-20 team fictional league that would start with a fantasy draft. The league would have to be setup and ready way in advance because even to start off in the fantasy draft u would have to get your players signed when u pick them, for ex if i pick arod #1 i have to negotiate his first contract with his agent, agents could send out newsletters before the draft stating my client (client A) refuses to play for the following teams or will demand a salary this high or anything the agent wants as he can pretty much use his imagination, the goal would be for all of the star players and most of the good ones to have agents and eventually maybe 75-80% of the league have an agent representing them. So a 20 team league would need maybe 10-15 agents representing a minimum of 10 clients with a maximum of maybe 25? Thats pretty much my idea of a league that i would love to see, would there be any interest in this kind of thing? __________________

08-16-2003, 05:40 AM	#2
DHS23 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 506	I know the FBBL uses agents.