Suggestions to help this league run better

[PigsRule]

as with Dynasty or was it Backyard NHL and many Baseball leagues, allow owners to customize their MiL team name using logos with established profsl BBC (existing codes).

ex. my Florida Panthers could have a MiLR called

Red River Blue Jays  :TOR-MLB:

Key Biscayne Pirates  :TAM:

Nominingue Mighty Ducks  :MDA:

* just another way for an owner to personalize their FNHL experience.

[PigsRule]

i know this has been brought up before...

use Trade Blocks on the team page as a 2nd post

how to: since all team pgs are open for reply, a team's owner can just reply to the team pg post and create a Trade Block using this proposed template:

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Trade Block (as of July 17/12 @ 2:20pm)
C, Zack Smith, $3.5m (2014-2015)
D, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, $5.6m (2015-2016)
D, Alex Pietrangelo, $6.8m (2015-2016)

Looking for via trade:
Prospects
Centers

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Note: other benefits, owners can also use that space for team notes to themselves to help them track their team activities. also, the post is time stamped so you know if the trade block is current or not.

[PigsRule]

i have seen numerous rule changes in various leagues being imposed or take effect almost immediately which is a big turn-off.

i suggestion any new rule changes be implemented down the line, at least 30-day out or after key activity dates (draft, FA, start of reg. season, etc.). most should be for the following season.

it just helps with a league's stability when things aren't changing on the fly.

[PigsRule]

here's an old idea joeshmoe brought up Nov.4'10... Awards + Incentives
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=11641.0

rebel nhl uses awards (derived from final standings results) to offer discounts on FA signings.

perhaps the awards in FNHL should be for
most trades
most FA signings
most FNHL transactions
etc.

just starting the thinking, or picking up where joeshmoe / chris left off.

[PigsRule]

another old idea from Teddy369 back in Nov18'10...
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=12577.0

he suggested designating 2 Franchise Players per team and those players getting a "hometown" discount.

this should be a no-brainer for a league called Franchise NHL.
it's exactly the "twist" this league should have that makes it slightly different, more unique relative to the other leagues.

i strongly recommend this.

how to:
- assign 2 players
- Franchise Player gets 15% hometown discount to their team
- tag the Franchise Players on team roster page.
- value is only for current team
- if traded the Franchise players loses the designation and his contract goes back to actual value (no longer discounted)

let's implement this for the start of the regular season in Oct'12.

[Drew]

here's an old idea joeshmoe brought up Nov.4'10... Awards + Incentives
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=11641.0

rebel nhl uses awards (derived from final standings results) to offer discounts on FA signings.

perhaps the awards in FNHL should be for
most trades
most FA signings
most FNHL transactions
etc.

just starting the thinking, or picking up where joeshmoe / chris left off.

I would say stick to performance based awards instead of activity driven.

[Drew]

i know this has been brought up before...

use Trade Blocks on the team page as a 2nd post

how to: since all team pgs are open for reply, a team's owner can just reply to the team pg post and create a Trade Block using this proposed template:

****************************************************************
Trade Block (as of July 17/12 @ 2:20pm)
C, Zack Smith, $3.5m (2014-2015)
D, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, $5.6m (2015-2016)
D, Alex Pietrangelo, $6.8m (2015-2016)

Looking for via trade:
Prospects
Centers

****************************************************************


Note: other benefits, owners can also use that space for team notes to themselves to help them track their team activities. also, the post is time stamped so you know if the trade block is current or not.

I did this in Backyard and it seems to work alright. Trade blocks don't get changed alot so either way works.

[Drew]

as with Dynasty or was it Backyard NHL and many Baseball leagues, allow owners to customize their MiL team name using logos with established profsl BBC (existing codes).

ex. my Florida Panthers could have a MiLR called

Red River Blue Jays  :TOR-MLB:

Key Biscayne Pirates  :TAM:

Nominingue Mighty Ducks  :MDA:

* just another way for an owner to personalize their FNHL experience.

The only reason I am opposed to this is because I found this to be a unique addition I made to Backyard. Rather not have these small things stolen but if everyone else wishes to do so I guess I didn't trademark the idea haha.

[Drew]

given teams have 4 draft picks annually, the MiLR gets full fast (for a true MiLR, 20-25 spots would be a good #).

however, to gradually increase the #s, you could:
* increase by 2 for a total 15 MiLR spots as of the start of Draft 2012.

* then increase again by 5 for total of 20 MiLR spots by Dec 2012 so heading into the trade deadline.

leaves teams with plenty of time to move Draft Picks and Prospects around as needed to position themselves for playoff drive or the 2013 off-season.

I think teams should just have to choose. 15 is well enough as it covers your draft picks from almost 4 years back unless you hoard but if a player hasn't made it in 4 years in your minor league, it may be time to give up on him.

[Drew]

RFAs would be something cool to add.