Well....is anyone else interested in a league of fictional teams? I could try to work with others to make it happen. I think it would be great for the hobby...and it should give some business to the folks who market the figures, bases and decals. Designing custom logos and helmet decals are probably going to be the hardest thing to handle, but I know we have some great artists in the hobby. You don't have to work too hard to field a team. Heck...an original pro or college team could be used (even Miggle pre-paints), just change the helmet and get rid of logos and you would be done!
We could create a contact list using e-mails for all the coaches in the league and you could play games against folks in other areas whenever you travel. We could try to organize some regional tournaments and such as well. There would be a poll periodically. Each owner gets one vote and we rank the teams accordingly. As an owner, you could not vote for your own team. We would set up the polls so that you need to have played a minimum number of games in each period to be eligible for receiving votes.
I would like to have the whole thing run for free. Your only expenses are what it costs to field your team and get it to games.
Another thing that would be great to see would be training days for players. Experienced coaches, take the stage and teach the inexperienced and learning coaches. Teach them everything you can....from tweaking to running plays. I know there are folks who don't want to share secrets....and you don't have to share it all....but we all benefit when knowledge is shared. New players become more enthusiastic when they learn and get competitive. Lots better than getting frustrated and quitting. Experience players get more new opponents who actually can challenge them and give them good games. I imagine this hobby has lost a lot of players from frustration....what a shame.
I am sorry to make this so long.....just a lot of thoughts. I really love the game and want to see it grow.
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