Yeah well, technically a D4 team won in Utopia the first year too.
But that means 4 games to prepare for the ones who want to train young players instead of 3 (like Surcouf)
4th game has no minute implications other than training mate. How do you need to 'prepare' for that? You mean you need to change the trainee or the trainee position in the lineup in the 4th game every week while leaving everything else the same?
About training I don't think it will be better or less good, but just different.
I trained 18yo and 19yo in D1 (single position). It's hard. This would kill it off, forcing you to go down if you have young trainees. Giving up 50% of the games gives you a fighting chance. Giving up 66% of the games gives you no chance. Logically, most D1 teams will only have 1 trainee and will throw the game when they play that trainee; while playing their best possible lineup in the other 2 games.
In D2, now you can get away with having 3 young trainees. However that is only because you can play 4 great players twice alongside them and still hope to win. If you are forced to mix those players it won't work. And if you don't mix them you will lose the 3rd game 100% of the times.
You'd devastate most homegrown teams as well.
The reality of the situation is that we use scrimmages and thrown games to train players, because the training system is what it is. If you do your change, the majority of the people who will quit are the guys who happily trained while competing and now will think it's become impossible unless you give up one trainee. Discouraging training is never a good idea, in this kind of games, mostly because if there are no players there is no game.
Last edited by Lemonshine at 8/18/2020 10:11:25 AM