6) Expansion
Expansion in a simulation league such as ours would have a few important differences when contrasting it to an expansion in a league such as the NFL. Typically, there would be an expansion fee that would be paid by the incoming owner, to all the other teams. This fee would be categorized as “revenue” for the league, and would work to increase the salary cap. This transaction between the relevant parties could of course be simulated in this league, and an accompanying boost to the salary cap could be in order. Another key difference that could be easily remedied, would be how to go about an expansion draft. Recently the NHL, another major sports league, has undergone one expansion draft with the introduction of the Vegas Golden Knights. In this draft, teams had the opportunity to either protect a player with one of their 11 picks from their own team. Alternatively, teams could pay the incoming team with draft picks to not take certain players. The rest of the players were fair game and could be chosen by the new team. This was so effective that the incoming team made it to their sports equivalent of the super bowl. I would institute this draft for NSFL teams to give them a fair chance. However, for a DSFL team I think I would merely give them extra draft picks. Therefore If I were in charge of one of these teams, I would advocate accordingly for an expansion draft that gave me the odds to succeed, in a way that the Vegas Golden Knights were able to succeed. In addition, I would focus on developing young players and pay the ones who show great potential so that they could take that money to further improve themselves. The increase to the salary cap would allow me to do this, and the lack of bad contracts on the team would give me the flexibility I needed to sign my stars early on without being hampered by a contract to a player that isn’t performing how he is being paid.
8) Scouting Report
An up and coming Superstar, Quinn Hughes, who enjoys writing in the third person, will be entering the DSFL this coming draft. A natural born secondary player, he possess the intelligence needed to be in the right place, and the physical attributes to get him there. Quinn grew up playing Corner and Wide receiver in highschool, before being transition to safety by his college defensive coordinator Tom Lady. With the ability to sit back for the first few moments of each play and read the quarterback and his receivers, Quinn is able to deny an entire deep half of the field, forcing the quarterback to work down his progression list or dump off to a checkdown. Quinn’s ability to read the game stems from not only his football IQ, but his dedication to learning each of his opponents. By gameday each week, Quinn has developed an entire manual on each of the opposing teams offensive coordinators favorite plays and schemes. He shares that with the rest of his secondary, and works with them to ensure that each week, the opposing QB must go through hell. Quinn’s goal each game is to make the other team run the ball, not to establish any resemblance of an offence, but because running the ball is all they can do. When this happens, Quinn loves to sit in a cover 3 as the single high safety, with the box stacked against the run, daring the QB to throw deep towards him. In these situations, Quinn feasts and runs up his stats with knock downs and interceptions
Expansion in a simulation league such as ours would have a few important differences when contrasting it to an expansion in a league such as the NFL. Typically, there would be an expansion fee that would be paid by the incoming owner, to all the other teams. This fee would be categorized as “revenue” for the league, and would work to increase the salary cap. This transaction between the relevant parties could of course be simulated in this league, and an accompanying boost to the salary cap could be in order. Another key difference that could be easily remedied, would be how to go about an expansion draft. Recently the NHL, another major sports league, has undergone one expansion draft with the introduction of the Vegas Golden Knights. In this draft, teams had the opportunity to either protect a player with one of their 11 picks from their own team. Alternatively, teams could pay the incoming team with draft picks to not take certain players. The rest of the players were fair game and could be chosen by the new team. This was so effective that the incoming team made it to their sports equivalent of the super bowl. I would institute this draft for NSFL teams to give them a fair chance. However, for a DSFL team I think I would merely give them extra draft picks. Therefore If I were in charge of one of these teams, I would advocate accordingly for an expansion draft that gave me the odds to succeed, in a way that the Vegas Golden Knights were able to succeed. In addition, I would focus on developing young players and pay the ones who show great potential so that they could take that money to further improve themselves. The increase to the salary cap would allow me to do this, and the lack of bad contracts on the team would give me the flexibility I needed to sign my stars early on without being hampered by a contract to a player that isn’t performing how he is being paid.
8) Scouting Report
An up and coming Superstar, Quinn Hughes, who enjoys writing in the third person, will be entering the DSFL this coming draft. A natural born secondary player, he possess the intelligence needed to be in the right place, and the physical attributes to get him there. Quinn grew up playing Corner and Wide receiver in highschool, before being transition to safety by his college defensive coordinator Tom Lady. With the ability to sit back for the first few moments of each play and read the quarterback and his receivers, Quinn is able to deny an entire deep half of the field, forcing the quarterback to work down his progression list or dump off to a checkdown. Quinn’s ability to read the game stems from not only his football IQ, but his dedication to learning each of his opponents. By gameday each week, Quinn has developed an entire manual on each of the opposing teams offensive coordinators favorite plays and schemes. He shares that with the rest of his secondary, and works with them to ensure that each week, the opposing QB must go through hell. Quinn’s goal each game is to make the other team run the ball, not to establish any resemblance of an offence, but because running the ball is all they can do. When this happens, Quinn loves to sit in a cover 3 as the single high safety, with the box stacked against the run, daring the QB to throw deep towards him. In these situations, Quinn feasts and runs up his stats with knock downs and interceptions
