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From: abigfishy

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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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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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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

From: Leeroy

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Date: 1/20/2012 12:52:36 AM
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I'll be participating in the NZ vs AUS scrimmage next week so I don't think I can.

From: Mr J

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Date: 1/20/2012 1:30:45 AM
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Oh shit, so am I...hang on, the NZ v OZ starts the week after the season begins doesn't it? I'm sure that was the end consensus.

From: Leeroy

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Date: 1/20/2012 1:44:05 AM
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Not sure D:

From: Mr J

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Date: 1/20/2012 1:50:24 AM
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I'll suss it out; need to know. I'm spewing that I'm tanking. Had to withdraw last time as I was tanking.

From: Mr J

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Date: 1/20/2012 1:59:56 AM
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Ok, according to the poll it looks like it's going to stay first week of next season.



From: Brett

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Date: 1/20/2012 3:01:56 AM
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Yeah I am aware that the system doesn't work perfectly but it does at least have a rough level of truth.

@abigfishy - didn't realise as I have been in the fishbowl that you guys trialed that. I guess it is harder when you are at the level of abbl as there fewer teams to choose from. Still they could try and get a few internationals to make it a bit more interesting?

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Date: 1/20/2012 3:08:13 AM
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That is an awesome idea actually, I think that most players that would be willing to join a league like that would be happy to abide by a few rules..

Hmmm, so maybe a min and max salary to keep things tighter, say 100k?? I guess for my league that would be between 250-350k.. Would even open the door for some of the DIII teams..

I really like that idea, thanks for sharing..

New question, any takers on this trial league? If I can get a couple of volunteers I will generate a short PL and see how it works, could be infectious..

From: yodabig

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Date: 1/20/2012 3:54:45 AM
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I would like that idea as well but I know when we suggested it a while ago the strong teams said no because they wanted to be able to test their real team in PL games as an experiment for real games and they also felt that if they were paying the salaries for those guys they wanted to be able to use them in their PL games as well.

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