Why wouldn't you want to play at 4.0???

DRE mentioned that you can just add weight to the player base...and use figs from your current team.

That seems to make sense...

I am curious about this...

REG if you read this - what are your thoughts on the effectiveness of this approach as compared to a heavier figure on a non-weighted base?

[Reginald Rutledge]

rely on 20 plus years of studying engineering and science in the field of weight and weight distribution and Mantaraydre is right (in my opinion).

It makes no difference how you get to 4.0 grams, it's still 4.0 grams! To me, the base plus the player is an athlete and whether the base weighs 3.2 grams and the player weighs 0.8 grams, he would in effect, perform the same task if he weighed 2.0 grams and the base weighed 2.0 grams.

I have not done a great deal of scientific experiments on this type of material but I have done similar testing when I worked as an aerospace engineer in the field of ballistics and fatigue/stress. I applied those principles from my craft to miniature football and there are great similarities in the theories.

But I do think Andre is right on. We simply add weight to the bottom of the base to bring it up to 4.0 grams and it has no negative effect on the performance. More often than not, the results are positive.

Reg

[detroitchild]

I like Dre's idea. I might add that does every player have to weight 4.0? My guess is that's the maximum limit. If you have players that you think perform better at a lesser weight (i.e. RB or WR) then leave him be! Just raise the weight of the players (my guess is the O and D lines, LB's) that you think would make you more competitive.

In fact, I like the idea someone had of different weight for different positions. I don't think most are quite ready for that yet.