Interest in a Collegiate League?

[Blitzkrieg]

I've been playing around with a college universe for a lot of hours, and have actually made good progress to the point where I think it'd be fun to run. Would there be any interest in a league with in the following:

I created a 120 team NCAA league, with four regions/nations of 30 teams each (East/South/West/Midwest) of real collegiate teams. Each region has their own nation file, so that region has players from their corresponding region only (IE: Southern region hosts players from all the southern states). All players are ages 19 to 22, and retire after 22 years old.

Each regular season is sixty games long, followed by a regional playoff, where the top eight teams in each region are put into a bracket, with one team surviving. The team that wins that bracket moves onto the College World Series, where one representative from each region forms the four team bracket.

I've also done as best as I can modifying league totals, so that a few players hit over .400 and what not to resemble real collegiate stats.

I'm working on a recruiting system to include, so there is no actual draft, rather you use recruiting points to try and bring in the top class using things such as location, prestige, and others, much like the video game NCAA Football.

With 120 teams there would obviously be a lot of computer run teams as well. I'm still hashing out a lot of details, but thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone is interested.

If there is no interest, I'll have no problem bringing Boston College thirteen national championships in solo play

[DWrightMVPin09]

I'm extremely interested.

How would we recruit, would it be in the game?

[DWK]

Nice! Let me know I'm interested

[patriotcoach]

I'm in! Hit me up on AIM if you need help: VGCoachB

[ndevers]

I'd be interested, but yea how would the recruiting work?

[APujols5]

if you included the Bradley Braves of Peoria Illinois? I would love to join

[Blitzkrieg]

Originally Posted by APujols5

if you included the Bradley Braves of Peoria Illinois? I would love to join

Bradley of the Missouri Valley Conference is indeed included.

[Blitzkrieg]

I'm basically molding this after EA Sports game, so all teams come from that. As far as recruiting goes, I don't want to release the exact formula, and it's not even done, but here's a quick synopsis:

-Programs have certain factors that the owner decides prior to the start of the league. You could have great facilities, great academics, great history, etc. Players in the league are given random interests, and if the interests of the player match the school, you'll have a shot at recruiting him.

-Program prestige and location play a big part. If you are FSU, a lot of Florida prospects would want to come to your school. You have to give a certain amount of "recruiting time" to each player, to let him know you're interested.

-Smaller schools have the ability to move up in prestige as well as big schools dropping down. If you take a small school, you'll have to find sleeper picks in the three and two star range. If you're a big school, more five/four star players will want to come in.

All of this would be outside the game.

[APujols5]

Count me in as Bradley

[DWrightMVPin09]

I'd like the Charlotte 49ers.

[MDanbom]

I'll take on the Golden Gophers of Minnesota if this gets started up

[Matty86]

I'd like to join when it gets off the ground.. but I guess I can't have Boston College huh? haha

[Blitzkrieg]

I'm waiting on starting this up, as I want to make sure I'd have enough time to run it, as it'd take a lot of manual work.

[Redstripe19]

Sounds awesome, I'm interested. My AIM is GOBrewCrew11

[mvprkvjr]

Count the Buckeyes in.

[dakertaker]

Im interested. Put me down for North Carolina

[Hyper_Chem]

If you do this, Ill take Long Beach State, GO Dirtbags!!!