I think we need to narrow down the problem.Zyme wrote:That wouldn’t change the underlying issue, just make the players ratings grade drop. The existing current issue of a lot of B, B- to C+ players that can be starters or 6th men. The only long term solution i see is having weaker back end of draft classes to pull the ratings of the role players down or to cull the FA pool. Perhaps “retire” a number of older players at the end of seaons.dd10snoop28 wrote:I mean, this might be too much work, but what if we dropped every players' rating in the league by 5 points and see what that does? By rating, I mean strength/inside/passing etc... things like that. Not the letter rating.
Potential issues:
1. any player already at the minimum rating will benefit since they can't be reduced. Solution: I think this is extremely rare
2. how much would 5 rating points change the inflation? I don't actually know, but the league ratings by 5% seems like it would help a lot
What other issues would there be ?? I can't think of any besides just the time that it would take to reduce every rating for every player by 5. thoughts?
Here is where I think the problem(s) lies when it comes to inflation / how the league is setup:
1- Generally, ratings across the league have risen too high for every type of player - including stars, starters, role players, and bench.
2- However, and more specifically, there seems to be a surplus of "fringe starters" in the league.
If those are the two main problems, here is another idea, which is a slight modification of my previous idea:
1. Each team sets aside 4 players (stars/all-stars) who will see a reduction of only -3 for each attribute. 3% deflation
2. The remainder of players of each team + in FA will see -5 reduction for each attribute. 5% deflation
This reduces inflation overall - and also focuses on reducing the amount of "starters/6th men" type players in the league,
I see a lot of holes in this proposal but it's an idea.