02-26-2011, 05:55 PM
The admins have asked that I lay this out to you for an open discussion, so we as a whole can get our fingerprints on this idea. Please, approach it with an open mind.
Part 1 - The why?
A few of the admins have been approached with a concern that some owners are feeling like no matter what they do, they just cannot win. The fear here, is that owners will get discouraged and go elsewhere, lose interest or just stop playing all together.
Part 2 - The What
The first person that mentioned something was something that we will not do. The first train of thought from an individual was to break some teams up somehow and in all honesty, that would not be fair.
Another thought came into play (this is the thought being offered for conversation) of maybe doing a realignment every season or couple seasons. Spread teams out based off of their standings. This will not make a situation like what we have right now where you have log jams in some divisions and cake walks in others. We would basically get rid of the standard divisions, if you think about it, we really don't have to travel, we can put any team where we want.
Part 3 - The How
We would take the teams how they finish and spread them out in something like this (the # consists of where they finished in strength in the NL)....
NL
Div A
1
4
7
10
13
16
Div B
2
5
8
11
14
Div C
3
6
9
12
15
This would not log jam divisions and give teams a better chance at competition in their division and wild card. We can re-evaluate this whenever and how often we want to do so.
This is a working concept and idea, so please offer suggestions on how you think it could be bettered or other solutions to the problem that we have been approached with. This is a game after all, lets see what we can do to make it better for everyone.
Sean
Part 1 - The why?
A few of the admins have been approached with a concern that some owners are feeling like no matter what they do, they just cannot win. The fear here, is that owners will get discouraged and go elsewhere, lose interest or just stop playing all together.
Part 2 - The What
The first person that mentioned something was something that we will not do. The first train of thought from an individual was to break some teams up somehow and in all honesty, that would not be fair.
Another thought came into play (this is the thought being offered for conversation) of maybe doing a realignment every season or couple seasons. Spread teams out based off of their standings. This will not make a situation like what we have right now where you have log jams in some divisions and cake walks in others. We would basically get rid of the standard divisions, if you think about it, we really don't have to travel, we can put any team where we want.
Part 3 - The How
We would take the teams how they finish and spread them out in something like this (the # consists of where they finished in strength in the NL)....
NL
Div A
1
4
7
10
13
16
Div B
2
5
8
11
14
Div C
3
6
9
12
15
This would not log jam divisions and give teams a better chance at competition in their division and wild card. We can re-evaluate this whenever and how often we want to do so.
This is a working concept and idea, so please offer suggestions on how you think it could be bettered or other solutions to the problem that we have been approached with. This is a game after all, lets see what we can do to make it better for everyone.
Sean
Cubs GM 2010-2021
2017 & 2019 World Champions
LAA GM 2022-2035
2028, 2029, 2032 and 2034 World Champions
2017 & 2019 World Champions
LAA GM 2022-2035
2028, 2029, 2032 and 2034 World Champions