I know this has been discussed in the past but looked over 4 pages and could not find it here.
The starting rosters of teams is way to random and often give teams nothing to work with. I;ve just started as Utopia team. The only people I could even think of training are a 2k star 19 or a not much more salary 22 year old Prem AS. If I was a new user I would feel like I had nothing to work with. A friend of mine got s 3.3k 18 year old Super star and a 19 year old PremAS of better salary then my guys.
New teams should get at least 1 or 2 players they can build their starting side around who might be a back up in years times. nothing flash but something like this.
Suitable height for skills. If short more G skills if big more inside skills. at least 2 key skills 6. nothing below 3 in position skills and not less then all star potential. and no older then 20.
My son signed up ages ago and after a few weeks or training a 22 year old who was miles of been decent lost interest. If he had a player like this he might of hung around longer. Maybe even let them name the player (within reason) say asled their real name in sign up and make the player have their name.
If I knew someone who joined with my Utopia players I would suggest let it go bot and roll again in 7 weeks.
Why does the potential have to be high for you to build around him?
Not every franchise that comes about gets a LeBron James dude.
Think when baseball expansion teams come into play... they don't come in with a Ichiro or Clayton Kershaw... they come in with Quinton mcCracken...
Or NFL, when the Browns came back, they weren't coming back with peyton Manning, or Adrian Peterson... they came back with... Tim Couch...
you work with what you get, train them up, get what you can, and invest in either the draft, or free agency, or BOTH, to improve your team... Much like how it works in reality in that sense.