Particleman
10-07-2001, 06:44 PM
For those that are in the private leagues, you know that trading slows down significantly after the first season (Which I personally don't have a problem with, but other do). Anyways here are a few ideas that might increase trading.
1) Have certain underpaid players and just certain players out of the blue become disgruntled. I think it would be interesting to read in the headlines that so and so player has insulted the city and demanded a trade. Not trading the player could result in hurting the fan base of the city. This happens in real life and I think it would be a cool thing to have happen occasionally. Just as a catalyst for trades. This would also make players think twice about bargain hunting too much during free agency. Salary arbitration might also be cool, but I don't think it's necessary as small markets are already hindered enough in this game.
2) The future of young players is currently too predictable. C and D players are pretty much mediocre for life, so packing them into a trade (when dealing with humans) is pointless, since both players know that these players will never amount to much. Rookies need to be more of an enigma, the occasional star prospect with really good ratings needs to flop, and the occassional rookie with C and D ratings needs to blossom into a superstar. I'm not saying it should happen all the time, but just enough so that when you are offered 4 C prospects, you have a half decent chance that one of them will amount to something. And the occasional flop will make players actually consider trading a young prospect with good ratings. As it is now, a young player is worth more than even an established star since, the young player will play longer and everyone knows that the young player will eventually start producing.
1) Have certain underpaid players and just certain players out of the blue become disgruntled. I think it would be interesting to read in the headlines that so and so player has insulted the city and demanded a trade. Not trading the player could result in hurting the fan base of the city. This happens in real life and I think it would be a cool thing to have happen occasionally. Just as a catalyst for trades. This would also make players think twice about bargain hunting too much during free agency. Salary arbitration might also be cool, but I don't think it's necessary as small markets are already hindered enough in this game.
2) The future of young players is currently too predictable. C and D players are pretty much mediocre for life, so packing them into a trade (when dealing with humans) is pointless, since both players know that these players will never amount to much. Rookies need to be more of an enigma, the occasional star prospect with really good ratings needs to flop, and the occassional rookie with C and D ratings needs to blossom into a superstar. I'm not saying it should happen all the time, but just enough so that when you are offered 4 C prospects, you have a half decent chance that one of them will amount to something. And the occasional flop will make players actually consider trading a young prospect with good ratings. As it is now, a young player is worth more than even an established star since, the young player will play longer and everyone knows that the young player will eventually start producing.