Veteran Recreate Bonus

[RedCydranth]

pretty sure I covered my opinion on this already here

still think you can't please everyone whichever way you go on this, so the only logical solution is to find some acceptable compromise.

but hey what do I know?

Just read through a good lot of that. interesting discussion... if that's what you wanna call half of that.

I think my proposition is a compromise to that.

Here's the argument against the TPE bonus, as I saw on that thread.

Argument: New Players can't be as good as veteran recreates when they have the Veteran Bonus.
Answer: That's the point. It's a reward. I don't get hired at a new job and get mad when the guy who's been there for 20 years gets paid more than me and has healthcare. I can't justifiably demand to get what that guy does. If this upsets someone, tell them to graduate high school and live in the real world. Hard work nets rewards.

Alternatively, you can consider it like natural ability. Some players are just naturally BETTER at a position than others. No matter how much training Mohamed Sanu does, he'll never be Julio Jones. His body isn't as naturally gifted as Julio's. Mohamed Sanu is a decent player, and any user who signs up to the NSFL can make a Sanu or better with minimal effort. However, Julio Jones is the guy who's user has had a few solid recreates and started off with that 20 TPE bonus. And honestly, by my proposition, the absolute MOST he can be over is 50 TPE, and that's after a LONG tome playing in the NSFL (at minimum 5 years if we do 1 full career per calendar year).

The reality is, almost all of us do not do every PT, Prediction, and earn every TPE possible. So, even if you have 5 players who sign up as QBs in a single season, by the end of S3, you're gonna have 5 different TPE totals anyhow.

Plus, TPE isn't necessarily the end all be all for determining how good you are. Look at Mason Brown's stats this season vs Angus Winchester. 300 TPE vs 1200 TPE. They had very similar stat lines considering the 900 TPE difference. Season 5, a rookie, Terrell Brister, led the NSFL in Passes Deflected over vets like Oles, Delacour, Bayley and I and that's literally one of 2 stats we actually use to show how good we are at our position. that and interceptions, which he also tied for first in. So, this whole notion that being 10-50 TPE behind is a game breaking disadvantage is nonsensical.

Maybe in other leagues, and how they do TPE, it is a big deal. But here, it doesn't seem to be as much of an impact as those arguments against this idea would imply.