Broken Bat - Suggestions: Larger, Fewer Divisions

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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date

#78267	10/27/2020 5:50:19 am	Aug 31st, 2047
ChillFunkEz3000 Joined: 03/13/2017 Posts: 170 High Point Shaolin Stars III.4	+1

#78276	10/27/2020 5:09:26 pm	Sep 3rd, 2047
Hurr Durr Joined: 05/01/2018 Posts: 32 Inactive	I say this as a weak sister in my league... how would this do anything but bring down the quality of competition? In basically every division at every league level, there is already an obvious and often very wide gap between the two or three teams actually competing to promote and those just trying not to demote... and maybe even one or two who are all but out or have things all but wrapped up sometime around the break. I'm not sure how there's any way that just saying half of the LL2 teams, for example, are now Legends teams is going to do anything but make that gap more pronounced. I also don't like the proposed shift away from the nicely balanced schedule we have now to an imbalanced schedule that's heavy on division opponents; they do that IRL for travel and to foster geographic rivalries in relatively static divisions... which doesn't really make sense here. If it's variety you're after, maybe try to enjoy the Cup more. Updated Tuesday, October 27 2020 @ 5:21:54 pm PDT

#78277	10/27/2020 5:15:47 pm	Sep 4th, 2047
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 545 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	I do not care for this suggestion. It's not a terrible alignment. I won't get all worked up into a huff and claim it's going to ruin my enjoyment of the game, but I definitely prefer the current alignment to this idea. As described in the OP, this starts with a 24-team LL 1, and then presumably each lower league doubles in size like it does currently until we reach a similar number of teams. This is effectively going to result in lopping off the top of the existing pyramid. Check out the below comparison of the current alignment to the proposed alignment to see what I'm talking about: You can see the new alignment, in terms of numbers of teams and division, is exactly the same as the current alignment without the top level. Yeah, we have twice as many teams in the new League 1, but as far as I'm concerned that just waters down the prestige of being in League 1. I think this is a bad tradeoff for the minimal benefit of seeing more faces in League play. We already have Cup play to give us more opponent variety.

#78279	10/28/2020 5:40:33 am	Sep 4th, 2047
Ouija7 Joined: 08/06/2019 Posts: 88 Inactive	the proposed LL and teams is gd but there is no need for the extra divisions keep the same number of divisions. LL teams divisions 1 24 2 2 48 4 etc maybe do 3 up 3 down for promotions etc

#78281	10/28/2020 5:56:05 am	Sep 4th, 2047
wuggla Joined: 05/10/2013 Posts: 1059 Colorado Springs Vultures VI.28	+1 only if we get 3promotions 6demotion. But 24 team leagues would make All-Star players really rare. Also make 4divisions with 2 wild cards must win wildcard game to promote. Complicated schedule for sure?

#78301	10/28/2020 6:55:13 pm	Sep 8th, 2047
FreddyThe2nd Joined: 06/08/2020 Posts: 163 Tombstone Pistoleros II.2	It would make it easier to get to legends, easier to stay there, and as mentioned earlier, water down the quality of the top league. -1 to the suggestion barely, but like mentioned, seems like a big change to something that is not broken. Scrap this and give me the ability to schedule friendlies on off days instead for variety!

#78437	11/06/2020 2:28:19 pm	Oct 9th, 2047
Brewnoe Joined: 03/25/2014 Posts: 818 Fall River Naughty Dawgs IV.5	Pew pew ... recipe for a deader game

#78484	11/08/2020 5:27:15 pm	Oct 20th, 2047
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9602 Haverhill Halflings III.1	One of the more interesting effects of the small league sizes is that almost every game counts. Even at the end of the season, the majority of the teams are in one race or another

#78541	11/11/2020 6:29:46 am	Oct 28th, 2047
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Just my opinion, but I like it as is. With a 12 team league I am able to "get to know" my opponents. Think that would be lessened with more teams. Ultimately, it would also foster a greater feeling of Rivalry within each division as well (Particularly in Legends, as twice the amount of players would now be at the top) Would it? Rivalry stems from repeated confrontations. I would think a larger league would reduce rivalries. If the pyramid structure needs freshening up, maybe have the 4th place team move sideways (obviously wouldn't work at Legends). Ie., the 4th place finished in II.1 East goes to II.2 East, etc.. (This idea is off the top of my head - haven't thought through the repercussions).

#78543	11/11/2020 8:33:23 am	Oct 28th, 2047
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9602 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I'd be sad if I got kicked out of III.1 because I'm in fourth. I'd like to continue competing against the teams I've built up rivalries with.