I don't know what the problem is with people who play this game, and after just one losing season, quits the game, OR just quits a League and joins another League just to do it all over again. It's just not fair to others who Pay-to-Play the game as intended Do they not understand the concept of building a team? OR Each game-day, somebody has to Win, and somebody has to lose?
This league went from completely full to only 15 teams in one season! Most were losers, some were even .500 or better. They should never have joined this league. As of now, we have a League that is going straight down the toilet! If the rest of the League had known they would be abandoned by this many teams, no doubt, it would most likely be empty now. Now we have, what, over half of the teams with No Owners? This will not sustain.
There should be some type of consequences for actions such as this. Especially after only one season! Some of these people haven't even logged in since June. As soon as the Draft was completed. I wasted many hours doing research, waiting for my turn to build my team, pick-by-pick, as best as I could. Just like most of the other Owners of top teams do.
The Allocation Draft ,to me, Is MOST important to every team in order to be successful. If you put your trust in knowledge of the Players or how the Auto-Draft works, you have to learn to live with the results. You shouldn't be able to just walk out on the rest of the League. I don't think Paying customers would/could do this. That's for them to decide.
These MFN Leagues are not like Custom Leagues, Custom Leagues should only be played by players who pay-to-play the game, those who will make commitments to a League and to this Game in general. Those who are always actively looking to make their teams and leagues better each off-season.
Since MFN Leagues don't have customization, make them a first time or Free Only Leagues with No Drafts. As they must go thru this League, before they can join ANY custom leagues, be sure they understand, if they join a Custom League, they must pay-to-play, in order to Customize their teams' names and team colors and enrich the Leagues the way they want. Maybe we can call them the UFL or the "Ultimate Football League" or since we have players world-wide the "World Football League" comes to mind also.
I hope this is enough, to trigger some other peoples thoughts on this problem. If this game or Leagues like this one don't get fixed it will lose it's paying customers. WE are the ones who make the real commitments to the GAME and our Leagues, at least, I hope we are.
Take this suggestion with a grain of salt, it may not be the answer, but something has to be done.
There has to be a common sense way to handle these situations without destroying what teams have done before Leagues are abandoned by people who just don't care or know exactly what they are doing.
It just crazy to put so much time and effort into something that others can cost you so much because they are such bad sportsmen, and obviously have little or no knowledge of what they are doing.
Nuff said, for now!
Salary Cap Issues: No, I'm not a Cap expert. I don't really understand how it all works. Seems to me that teams who go into this game, with the idea of their teams rocketing to the top by trading Mediocre/Mid-talented Players from the Allocation Drafts to lesser teams for their Top 4 upcoming draft picks. This mostly causes the lesser teams (or sometimes BOTH teams) to have Cap problems later and does little in the long run, especially if they try to re-sign said players. You have to learn that the Cap does not allow this practice to work to ANYONE'S advantage, (that's why they have it!) except the teams that are getting Young Rookies, teams biding their time as the Rookies mature, then when they are 8-10 seasons into their careers getting a huge salary, are traded to weaker teams, teams that may or may not know, whether they can or can't pay them. It takes away $$ that could be used for Rookies to sign 5-6 year contracts (if only there were more Rookies WORTH 5-6 year commitments.
All I can say is: If you are only going to be here for a season or two: Go For It, Take those Great Players from the fools, Kick their asses!
For the Long Term Team: BEWARE!!! It CAN destroy your team!