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Some ideas here:

Tutors could be a nice improvement for the game. Good tutorship could help the game drop the % of players that leave the game few weeks after receiving the team.
However, being a good tutor could be somewhat time-consuming.
Maybe BB should reward those players that perform well being a tutor and help the game grow.
BB could implement an official list of tutors. Anyone could join. Newbies (players with less than 1 month of play) would be able to choose a tutor from the list. Once the newbie choose a tutor, they become linked for 1 season. After this 1 season, the pupil gives evaluates his tutor 1-5. If the tutor gets 4-5, the tutor receives 1 point.
Points should be used by tutors to buy access to features only available to supporters.
For example:
1 point: tutor can assign numbers for his players for 1 season
2 points: tutor can post 1 press release
5 points: tutor grants extended training infos for 1 season
20 points: tutor can join a PL of his choice
and so on
Current supporters could use points to extend their supporter status. Let's say that for each 20 points a supporter could extend for more 1 month.
Just ideas.

I like your suggestions.

Definitely needs to be something rated, so that you don't end up with just anyone throwing their name in as a tutor.
I'm new, and could definitely benefit from something like this!

2 points: tutor can post 1 press release

2 seasons of hard work for 1 press release - thats pretty weak...

hey, you know, I was just wondering... the important thing is the tutor-reward-points idea.

Really nice idea, I'd really like to see it happening.
But there is a "but".
I doubt the tutoring system will be introduced officially... I mean, those guys in the USA have other things to do, I don't know if they can find the time to implement such a complicate thing.

Suppose that you can tutor more than one team each season?

Sure, IMO you could tutor how many teams you want.
However, a newbie should know how many teams a tutor is currently responsible for before making a choice.
Tutors average evaluation should also be available for newbies.

In Australia we also have an official system of tutoring. Well organised and gets results with even teams from the ABBL involved. We also make sure the tutors are competent. It is much better to let nations do this on their own. No work for the BBs and still very effective. If there was to be an waard system a much better and simpler idea would be just have a thread at the end of the season called something like "the best tutor in the world". People could nominate their mentors/tutors and maybe the BBs could choose one lucky tutor to win a prize.

I think on the home page in your first week there should be links (depending on the country) to each of the pinned threads in your country forum with the title and everything to each. Maybe even links to the help forum ones? Like for USA, there is the mentor thread, offseason schedule, and other info that would be helpful to see right away