by cristano11 » Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:37 pm
if i were amending the rules for next year, i think there are some important things to consider...
#1 - less points for how you do in playoffs...i think wildcard should be equal points to division winner, since 90% of times wildcard has a better record than at least one division winner, and is usually playing in the most difficult division...i personally would do a 15 + 5 + 5 bonus system (making playoffs, making finals, winning finals)
in our current league, managers ranked in the mid 30s can make the final tour event by having a 90 win team that wins a championship in event 7...thats too broad of a swing, i feel at this point no one ranked over 20 should have a shot at making the final league, since we are 6/7 of the way completed
#2 - i wouldnt make the winner of the final league the overall champion...id count results of the final league twice, since you are playing against the 12 best...then take those results and average it to everything else...
#3 - remove star events...if you want to weight leagues, maybe give more points to the later leagues...league 1 is a walk in the park, since 95% of managers dont really know how good certain players are...i believe the leagues get more difficult as the year progresses...allowing the star events allows people like me to "cheat", and play in the minimum number of events, and maximize the added bonus of the star leagues...
#4 - have a 5 league minimum, but allow anyone who plays in more than 5 leagues to drop their worst result from their average...
i think these changes, or similar, would greatly improve the tour...i feel like right now, where we are now, there should be 15-20 legit managers , at most, that have a shot at making the final league...less than 20 in my opinion, but whatever...no way, after 85.7% of the leagues are completed, should manager #35 have a shot at making the final league...no offense, whomever is ranked 35...