Post by The Commish on Aug 12, 2009 10:58:15 GMT -5
It's about midseason and I thought I'd just provide an update. The update is mostly for next season. It may seem a little early, but having some discussion about it to make sure everyone is in agreement will probably be beneficial.
League Structure
I'm still confident we can fill a 30 team league. I'll probably be looking around for ways to advertise the league and stuff. I've also joined in a partnership with a whole bunch of other leagues to advertise in other leagues.
League Administration
Looking at our league... we're pretty top heavy. It's nice to have everyone involved but it's also not really good to have a third of your members be sitting in the league staff position. So, like so many times in this recession (just this isn't for financial reason), I'll be making cuts to the league positions. Starting next year we'll have:
-Commish
-Co-commish
-3 TC Members
-1 Backup TC member
-1 Misc Member
For a total of 6 staff positions. Everyone who is on staff right now, you still have your job. At the end of our season, I will open every position (except commish, unless you don't want me as commish anymore) open to be applied for.
Website
We will continue forward with the lite version of the website. This has been sufficient to date and people seem to like it.
The portal is just about finished (how many times have you heard that?). The team logos and banners are being input now. That was really the last touch. We also have to get a league banner which our new GM, James (Philly GM), will help out with.
The junior league will continue as it always has.
Member Dollars
This is the feature I am most excited about. It will replace league finance and will be used for training camps and UFA slots. Basically the way it works is, for every post you get, or every time you submit lines, or for doing a league job, or for winning a league award (stanley cup, gm of the year, etc, etc. on our awards page) you will be given Member Dollars. I will be tracking these using an excel spreadsheet which will be available to download. Member dollars can be saved for as long as you want. They will be used to pay for training camps, i.e. if you would like to send a player to a training camp, you need a certain amount of training points. Realizing that some GMs don't really build through draft but rather a more experienced team, these member dollars will also be used to purchase extra UFA slots at the end of the season (beyond the three a team already gets). Member dollars are not a tradeable asset.
New Rules
Most of the rules are pretty good. The only one I'm going to update is the salary cap one. I'm going to be more strict next season about the salary cap. One day a week (I will announce which day later on), I will check to make sure that every team is below the salary cap. You will have one week to get before the salary cap before punishments start happening:
Offence 1. Best player suspended for 10 games.
Offence 2. All member dollars forfeited.
Offence 3. Best player put up for league wide auction to the highest bidder
Offence 4. GM Fired
End of Season Awards
I will be giving out a real life prize to the stanley cup champion. The prize may be like a $25 prize or a mini stanley cup or something.
What does everyone think of this? And tell your friends, or people in other leagues, or whatever, to come to our league! Not many people hand our real life prizes
League Structure
I'm still confident we can fill a 30 team league. I'll probably be looking around for ways to advertise the league and stuff. I've also joined in a partnership with a whole bunch of other leagues to advertise in other leagues.
League Administration
Looking at our league... we're pretty top heavy. It's nice to have everyone involved but it's also not really good to have a third of your members be sitting in the league staff position. So, like so many times in this recession (just this isn't for financial reason), I'll be making cuts to the league positions. Starting next year we'll have:
-Commish
-Co-commish
-3 TC Members
-1 Backup TC member
-1 Misc Member
For a total of 6 staff positions. Everyone who is on staff right now, you still have your job. At the end of our season, I will open every position (except commish, unless you don't want me as commish anymore) open to be applied for.
Website
We will continue forward with the lite version of the website. This has been sufficient to date and people seem to like it.
The portal is just about finished (how many times have you heard that?). The team logos and banners are being input now. That was really the last touch. We also have to get a league banner which our new GM, James (Philly GM), will help out with.
The junior league will continue as it always has.
Member Dollars
This is the feature I am most excited about. It will replace league finance and will be used for training camps and UFA slots. Basically the way it works is, for every post you get, or every time you submit lines, or for doing a league job, or for winning a league award (stanley cup, gm of the year, etc, etc. on our awards page) you will be given Member Dollars. I will be tracking these using an excel spreadsheet which will be available to download. Member dollars can be saved for as long as you want. They will be used to pay for training camps, i.e. if you would like to send a player to a training camp, you need a certain amount of training points. Realizing that some GMs don't really build through draft but rather a more experienced team, these member dollars will also be used to purchase extra UFA slots at the end of the season (beyond the three a team already gets). Member dollars are not a tradeable asset.
New Rules
Most of the rules are pretty good. The only one I'm going to update is the salary cap one. I'm going to be more strict next season about the salary cap. One day a week (I will announce which day later on), I will check to make sure that every team is below the salary cap. You will have one week to get before the salary cap before punishments start happening:
Offence 1. Best player suspended for 10 games.
Offence 2. All member dollars forfeited.
Offence 3. Best player put up for league wide auction to the highest bidder
Offence 4. GM Fired
End of Season Awards
I will be giving out a real life prize to the stanley cup champion. The prize may be like a $25 prize or a mini stanley cup or something.
What does everyone think of this? And tell your friends, or people in other leagues, or whatever, to come to our league! Not many people hand our real life prizes
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