If I had to change one thing about the way this league operates, I would change the way that switching positions works. I think the concept of being able to freely move most TPE around when you change position is great in theory, but it does not read as true to life. If the league required people to keep their previously assigned TPE where it was originally assigned (perhaps with an exception for TPE which puts a player over their maximum in a given trait), it would probably make players consider their starting position more carefully, and would certainly make them think hard before jumping to a wildly different position. Basically, we'd see more reasonable position changes (wide receiver to tight end, defensive end to linebacker, wide receiver to corner, to name a few), and less wildly unjustified jumps (quarterback to defensive tackle, tight end to running back, corner back to defensive end, for examples on this end). This would also make the handful of unusual jumps that we would see (they would be few and far between, but I imagine we would still see them) have interesting consequences, and would make for some interesting careers to follow. Imagine, for instance, watching a player who originally created a defensive tackle try to make the switch to wide receiver, knowing all too well that upgrading his hands trait is a major uphill battle, and silently cursing the amount of TPE he poured into strength.
This idea becomes more plausible if we still have a means of encouraging the occasional weird jump; perhaps, for instance, a bonus for media articles tracking the player?
This idea becomes more plausible if we still have a means of encouraging the occasional weird jump; perhaps, for instance, a bonus for media articles tracking the player?
