Suggestions for the 2014 PC tourney-new thread/fresh start!

Sorry, I've not been to the Boards in a while. Just seeing all this. Please give me a moment to weigh in:

1- PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS - You gotta have this. I think the most points should be for MAKING the playoffs; as we all know, after that, it's a crapshoot. I'd go FIVE POINTS FOR MAKING THE PLAYOFFS, nothing for making it to the finals, and FIVE POINTS FOR WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Only giving one point for every playoff game win does not feel right; there have been very good teams swept out of opening round who deserve some bonus love.

2. NO TO BALLPARK THEMES. No need to keep beating this horse. It's dead.

3. UNIQUE BALLPARKS - I love this idea, it's closer to Reality, but it will likely also slow the draft process and the tournament already takes too long. So I guess I'm for it in theory and against it in reality.

4. SUPER-RELIEVERS - I think a 200 inning max is more than fair. I mean, c'mon. It's ridiculous.

5. 24 TEAM LEAGUE - Love this idea for one event, if it's a $60MM cap. Even though every time I"ve played in one of these my team has finished last.

6. UNLIMITED SALARY CAP - No.

7. SIX TEAM LEAGUE - HATE THIS WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING.

8. AL/NL ONLY LEAGUE - Yes. NL would be No DH. Again, not sure how the draft would work (unless it was live), and you would only have one most likely, so people would have to choose, which would likely slow the process down some more. Again, probably a fan in theory, against it in realty unless somebody can figure out an easy way to do it.

9. DH/NO DH - At least one league, preferably two.

10. UNLEASHED - At least one league during the preliminary rounds, makes the most sense for the $100MM league.

There might be more to say, but this seems to hit the key points. The only real deal breaker for me is the six-team league; that just seems like a total cluster#ck. If that actually becomes one of the preliminary rounds when there are so many other more interesting options, I'll plotz.

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As with all of these posts, thanks for your input!

I know I've only participated in one PC so far... however I'll throw in my 2 cents anyway.

Playoff bonus points I think 1 point per win is fine. That way when you do get the team who is barely above .500 that sneaks in from a weak division and gets swept they don't get a bunch of bonus points.

Ballpark themes/unique ballparks I like having to have a different ballpark for every league we are in, but if we tried to have a league where everyone used a different park, and you couldn't use a repeat ballpark for yourself, it could cause some issues. As far as having a ballpark theme league that is all well and good in normal leagues, but in the PC I don't feel like we should be restricted to having to choose one of 6 parks. Again it could make it hard to not reuse parks later in the tournament.

A 24 team league would be a lot of fun, I don't like the 6 team league idea because then over half of the teams are making the playoffs and racking up bonus points.

Super relievers are available to everyone. So I don't see a need to penalize people who use them. That being said I hate when they are used against me haha.

AL/NL only leagues would be a lot of fun hard to accomplish but I love the idea. Unleashed is always fun.

I love the idea of 1 24 team event though 60 mil would be tough, however a lot of good strategy would need to be involved which I like. 1 live draft would be cool, but would be tough on everyone's work schedule.

You have to reward playoff teams, if you look at it, usually it should even itself out even if a crappy team gets in ahead of you, this is where wins matter. Point being, playoff teams need something 1-3-5? I am still good with 5-5-5 but just a suggestion.

I am also in favor of shorter intervals between leagues, but understand if this is not achievable.

Can't wait to get this year started, thanks to GB for running the show.

I'm good with Geoff's proposed point plan. I'll put my vote in for one event being a 24 team $60M. I could go either way with themed events. I'm not in favor of a super reliever penalty - super relievers are available to anyone.

There should be a 24-team league. A big no to "super-reliever" penalty. if so, then why not a "excessive-hitter" penalty too. Everyone has the same payroll to spend and use as they wish.