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As the selection for the ASG is not quite precise, I would recommend to not give cash for appearance. And as you can say that's easy to beat bot team in Cup, it's also easy to have players in the ASG if you are in a bot league.

About the idea of giving experience, why not, it's not one game in a season who will change a lot. IRL, the first and maybe second appearance in an ASG can give some experience as young players live next to some legend for two days. The game in itself doesn't bring anything, but the discussions can. After those first appearances, it's more a party and a break in the season.

have to agree absolutely to Perpete and other said.

ASG voting is not right, so no cash, or there would be a lot of pissed off managers right now (including myself)

so yeah, experience is a help. Maybe an extra .1 pop in every skill. Either that or something else. idk I'm just thinkin stuff off. ;)

No merchandise boost. I had one starter and one backup and my merchandising dropped by $10,000.

I was responding to this statement by Wolph:

"I think a small merch boost (which I think happens anyway) is appropriate."

I think the reality is that the players that play in the All-Star game do get a big boost. For a player like Kevin Love on a bad team how do you measure his success? One way is by hom many All-Stat games he has been in. Players talk about it all the time, it is the recognition. It raises your profile. It certainly adds to teams merchandising. It certainly adds to the players fame. They are more likely to get respect from teammates, coaches, opponents and especially important referees. We all know that no matter what they do Kobe or LeBron will never get called for a travel or a charge.

Think about an 82 game season. How much do players learn from 10 games against Sacramento, Golden State etc? While the All-Star game itself is a bit of a farce, just being in the environment with all the best in the league, facing a massive media scrum, talking with the stars, sharing jokes, opinions or even secrets. This is a MASSIVE learning experience.

So I agree with the idea that it should give an experience boost. But not a small one like people said. I think it should be a serious boost more than playing in a NT game or a playoff game.

To be honest I don't know how experience works. I don't see that many players on the TL with experience that high. I would have assumed you should be able to get at least one experience pop per season, but it often doesn't look like it. I just did a quick search for players aged 38+ (who could have played 20 seasons) and the best was 2 x marvellous, 2 x tremendous and then several sensational. Closer to a pop every two seasons.

Last edited by yodabig at 10/19/2012 7:14:33 PM

Well, if we're going to give teams a financial boost from the success of individual players (note: I'm not arguing that it is or isn't a good idea), then it makes sense that these players should be able to demand higher salaries.

Do we want to open that can of worms?

A "reward" doesn't have to be monetary. The point is that currently the allstar game doesn't mean anything and you gain nothing from it. I think that should change. The entire allstar week is a bore frankly and does nothing to offset the pain and misery of losing a day of training.