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I was writing this in response to this message (181812.11) but it closed just before I could send it, so I make a new wall.

In my opinion, players should retire by their own decision at a certain age and following a series of parameters.

Maximum age to play 45.
If a player is very physical or very tall, he should retire earlier.
If a player has had many injuries throughout his career, he should also retire earlier.
There must always be a random factor so as not to know a priori at exactly what age you will retire.

I think all I'm proposing is:
- Logical considering the reality of the sport that is being simulated.
- Relatively easy to implement.
- You can only be against it if you have been playing the game for more than a few years and want to have players on the roster who are over 100 years old.

When the player approaches his retirement age he will not accept renewal offers... oh no, here there are no annual contracts to respect and the players do not have any decision-making power.

Perhaps being able to retire at a certain age is the first step to freeing them from their slavery.

Try the suggestions tab. This thread already covers it.
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...

Also, a lot of teams have players specifically because of their existence in the game a long time ago who are now into their 70s, 80s, or more. They aren’t good to use, but are a piece of history and many don’t want to lose their filler players that play scrimmages.

Last edited by clubcool at 6/21/2024 1:59:29 PM

I couldn’t get behind this one. It’s pointless and they don’t hurt anything by being a part of the game. It’s not slavery, as any man would love to get paid to sit on a pro bench, even if they were 70 years old. 😁

I know professional Olympic runner-up players who, at the age of 70, cannot play basketball even with friends because for them that has nothing to do with the sport they love. They can dribble and shoot baskets but that is not playing basketball.
I highly doubt that M.Jordan, at 61, would agree to charge $200 to sit on the Bulls bench. Unless I can still kill it from the free throw line. In that case I would ask to charge much more.

It’s asking for a change for the sake of making a change. It doesn’t impact anything at all, and it has been this way since the start of BB. All other things aside, salaries in BB aren’t real, or anywhere close to being realistic. The fact that old guys make $200 a week doesn’t matter. If there were 5 levels of Pro Basketball, like BB, at least 2 of them would be senior level leagues. If someone had a roster of ten 70 year old players, they would be in D5. That is pretty realistic to me.