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From: Brett

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Date: 1/19/2012 4:23:49 AM

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Hey all,

So I am one of many who have not yet had the privilege of becoming a fishbowl participant but seeing the gap in the teams does deter me from wanting to join further. My understanding is the league has down sized due to lack of participation and I would like to suggest an alternate idea.

I would like to generate a league where all members where within 1000 world rank of each other, making each and every game exciting and winnable by anyone. I am thinking so that I fit in that range initially I will look at Australian teams between world rank of 3000 and 4000.

I am hoping to gauge some interest, if we could get between 8 and 12 teams that would make it exciting. If I can't get enough interest in Oz I will certainly look internationally.

I would also like all you creative souls out there to have a think about a name for this PL.

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From: Brett

To: Crazy Australian (Scotlan

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206739.3 in reply to 206739.2
Date: 1/19/2012 4:43:50 AM

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Dude I didn't bother with any of those games, I could've just about put my bench on and still won the PL. Valiant attempt but no dice champ.. Having said that APL is a pretty clever name

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From: Mr J

To: Brett

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Date: 1/19/2012 5:34:30 AM

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Hey there, Brett. Nice idea, mate but I wonder if restricting it to such a small range of 1000 will in turn restrict you getting managers on board. Added to this, teams are continually improving and by restricting the world ranking to within 1000 will mean you may only keep managers in that particular PL for a season or two. If that isn't a problem, and you can find enough willing managers each season within a 1000 ranking places of one another then your PL should do fine. I once thought of a General Manager of sorts (not BB GMs) who could create a range of PLs all under one umbrella that used your idea. For example, their would be a PL for teams ranked below 1000, a PL 1001-2000, 2001-3000 etc etc. In that way, people always new there was a PL that they could join it would then be a matter of how many spots were available. Anyway, good luck with your PL idea.

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From: Brett

To: Mr J

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Date: 1/19/2012 5:49:23 AM

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Thanks for the feedback mate, that is the long term goal, a set of PLs that could accommodate a wider range of people. I do understand how this could prove mighty difficult but I know if I had a chance in every game I played in a PL I would probably watch that before watching a season game!

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From: zyler

To: Brett

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Date: 1/19/2012 1:36:32 PM

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u do now the ranking system on here is broken right ?

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From: abigfishy

To: Brett

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Date: 1/19/2012 5:38:59 PM

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dude we had exactly what u r suggesting last season in the fishbowl pl

4 divisions divided according to strength

west basically all abbl
east strong d2 teams
south medium d2 teams & good d3 teams (won by me ;P)
north weak/tanking d2 teams & d3 teams

but the top div was too boring apparently as it was just like another abbl

also too many people didnt do anything to help the league or contribute

so this season we trimmed to 36 teams :)

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From: Coach Regan

To: Brett

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Date: 1/19/2012 8:20:47 PM

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good idea.

perhaps you could involve some of the higher division teams, if you had a 'gentlemens agreement' to limit the players they used or something like that.

like a salary cap. $350k salary cap or something like that. So a DIV I team could not set a lineup that would go above that salary cap.

Would be really hard to enforce I know, but most of abbl guys are pretty good im sure if setup something resonable they would comply.

anyways, just throwing ideas onto the table.

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From: Mr J

To: Coach Regan

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Date: 1/19/2012 9:40:52 PM

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I floated something totally different in my PL a season or three ago. A 3on3 comp where managers have a gentleman's agreement to suit up ONLY 3 players (hence, 3on3). Of course, there would have to be some further tweaks: agreed positions...or not? If I wasn't loving being a Calamri in the Fishbowl I would love to have tried this PL idea...

Actually, perhaps someone would be willing to participate in a little experiment? The thing is, obviously BB is geared towards a five-man lineup and everything is focused on this: matchups, off/def tactics etc
Does anyone want to organise a scrimmage with me for next Thursday where the 3on3 is trialled to see what some of the problems would be? Of course, we can agree to setting the three positions or not. Given that this is about to be finals week I appreciate that most teams would be unavailable to try this however: if you aren't playing in the finals, and/or can sacrifice GS or training to trial this I would love to see what happens...

Last edited by Mr J at 1/19/2012 9:48:13 PM

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From: Leeroy