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Re: Thoughts?

By supersloth003
6/24/2017 5:15 pm
I think no trading, combined with cutting guys at certain points, will ultimately be a drag on the league. JDB has mentioned he's turning down the talent in the draft. I think there are unintended consequences that none of us have thought of yet lying down the road.

Re: Thoughts?

By JCSwishMan33
6/24/2017 5:18 pm
Major Thoughts:

Allocation Draft and Free Agency: Guys 5 years or younger (accounting for the redshirts) are the only ones eligible to be picked.

Free Agency: Only in the offseason, unless major injury concerns are happening. Free Agency could simulate the "walk on" process.

Trades: Likewise only in the offseason, max of 1 player (because you're always going to have that one guy that might want to transfer). The trade -has- to be for a Draft pick (to simulate freeing up an additional scholarship), and as equivalent as possible.

Releases: Probably the toughest part. We could probably simplify it to just release 4 and 5 year players at the end of the season, or set some sort of career threshold stats that force a release.

Minor Thoughts:

Coaches: Coaches usually don't get poached, so that probably shouldn't happen.

Rivalries: Rivalry games should be towards the end of the year, as they are in reality. I.e., I'm looking at "The Big Game" being the second game Cal and Stanford play this season. If there's a home field consideration ("The Big Game" alternates: Odd years at Stanford, even years at Cal), maybe take that into account as well.

Not sure what else... Just initial thoughts.

Re: Thoughts?

By Bryson10
6/24/2017 5:20 pm
what would happen is the league would just be a lower rating league but it would be equal amongst teams. i kind of like the idea of one trade per season for each team and that will serve as a transfer. The no trade rule i can dig but i'm still wrapping my head around the four year and cut proposal lol

Re: Thoughts?

By JohnWayneShooters
6/24/2017 5:48 pm
college is not really 4 years. If we want to use the college concept.

1-2 they train.... RED SHIRT YEAR.... but they play to train
3-4 is considered Freshman yr. They are still green.
5-6 should be Soph Years
7-8 is the JR year
9-10 is the SR yr.
11-12 is 5th yr player..( like we have in college now)
and all 13's get cut .... don't sign a guy for 6 years if they are already in 10th yr.
This looks good on paper. It should fit the engine we play with and not real
changes will be needed. Commish just cuts a player if he is on your squad at
the end of the season. Hopefully all will do this for him anyway
John Wayne Shooters...... what say, good thought!!

Re: Thoughts?

By hchoudhry17
6/24/2017 6:23 pm
JohnWayneShooters wrote:
college is not really 4 years. If we want to use the college concept.

1-2 they train.... RED SHIRT YEAR.... but they play to train
3-4 is considered Freshman yr. They are still green.
5-6 should be Soph Years
7-8 is the JR year
9-10 is the SR yr.
11-12 is 5th yr player..( like we have in college now)
and all 13's get cut .... don't sign a guy for 6 years if they are already in 10th yr.
This looks good on paper. It should fit the engine we play with and not real
changes will be needed. Commish just cuts a player if he is on your squad at
the end of the season. Hopefully all will do this for him anyway
John Wayne Shooters...... what say, good thought!!

i second this!

Re: Thoughts?

By Bryson10
6/24/2017 6:28 pm
if the rule gets passed we can decide on which route to take that will work. I like this idea since basically it would be feasible and really would only get rid of the super old guys. I'm confused as to the redshirt year though, do you play during your 1-2 redshirt year or do you actually have to sit out?

Re: Thoughts?

By coachcbjii
6/24/2017 6:55 pm
1. The problem with cutting players is they just stay there until they retire. I asked JDB about this. We would end up have more FAs than actual rostered players at some point, lol.

2. It would also make where the draft would not bring enough players. the draft is 7 rounds, thats 7 players. Most teams graduate 18-22 players on average, and recruit/sign that many as well. If you bring in 7 and cut 20+ the numbers won't add up......Unless, after the draft you do another 13-15 round FA period where you can sign undrafted players. But how do you keep track of all the players that got cut that you are not allowed to sign but will still be sitting there for seasons to come. Sounds like a mess to me.

3. No trades. That would cause even more unbalanced rosters. I trade and 1,2, and 3 for the #1 pick. Now I only bring in 5 players and the trade partner brings in 9! More roster chaos.

Just my THOUGHTS. I think we keep it simple at least for the first season.

Re: Thoughts?

By JohnWayneShooters
6/24/2017 6:57 pm
Yes they could play, but if they are a 32/88, they won't be top starters as they are training... and training means playing on ST and Kickoffs/Punts and some spot starts against some weak teams etc

Re: Thoughts?

By rmilat45
6/24/2017 7:16 pm
coachcbjii wrote:
1. The problem with cutting players is they just stay there until they retire. I asked JDB about this. We would end up have more FAs than actual rostered players at some point, lol.

2. It would also make where the draft would not bring enough players. the draft is 7 rounds, thats 7 players. Most teams graduate 18-22 players on average, and recruit/sign that many as well. If you bring in 7 and cut 20+ the numbers won't add up......Unless, after the draft you do another 13-15 round FA period where you can sign undrafted players. But how do you keep track of all the players that got cut that you are not allowed to sign but will still be sitting there for seasons to come. Sounds like a mess to me.

3. No trades. That would cause even more unbalanced rosters. I trade and 1,2, and 3 for the #1 pick. Now I only bring in 5 players and the trade partner brings in 9! More roster chaos.

Just my THOUGHTS. I think we keep it simple at least for the first season.


The only thing we really just need to do is agree that no takes a player after a certain year of their career. Oldest guys, by the way proposed, would be 13+ year guys. That part would actually be easy. Only thing is when are they eligible to play, after 2 years, before, and for how long once they start playing and are no longer a RS player. It could really get messy without a re-write of the code just for the way things are different in the NCAA.

I would like to actually see a collegiate companion to MFN and see the players graduate to one of the MFN leagues, like a college system for some leagues on MFN.

Re: Thoughts?

By Bryson10
6/24/2017 7:22 pm
28 votes are in :)
Last edited at 6/24/2017 8:34 pm