Austin's Rule Proposals

[AdamS]

I have been arguing for the need of an award committee since pretty much the very first award show stream that I watched. The way that GM's vote, and don't vote at all sometimes, was one of the main factors in me actually completely muting the general NSFL discord. There were obviously other factors as well, but it lead to me giving up on the social/community aspect of the league as a whole. I figured that if the GM's didn't even put effort into something as important as the end of season awards, why should I put the extra effort in to get to know these people or participate in the community when it literally doesn't matter at all. It also turns rookies away early on when they see deserving players, friends and teammates, not even get a single vote for awards just because some GM's sort by TD's and vote without any real thought, or there's a well established vet player in the league that they always vote for. I really hope that this is actually seriously considered this time. There's no reason for a committee not to be established, except for the GM's that don't want to lose their ability to vote for their own players.

A lot of that has to do with the super compacted amount of tasks that are going on concurrently. Free agency, re-signings, draft prep, losing people to the Yeti, regression, and whatever other tasks may be in play. We can't stretch out the amount of tasks. HO is busy with their own things as well, especially as several of them also function as department heads. Let alone anything to do with our own players.

But I mean..really...there's so much more to the community than just awards. Like making sure you keep any tackles for loss you may have gotten.