*The Developmental Simulation Football League

[kckolbe]

I think you need the TPE max AND 4 season max to prevent a player from wanting to stay in the DSFL forever.  You don't want a 1000 TPE player down there beating up on new players because he refuses to sign for a NSFL team.  You also don't want a guy purposefully sabotaging his TPE to be the best DSFL player for 10 seasons before he retires, recreates, and repeats. 

But I did propose the NSFL draft eligibility being a given, with no player choice to declare. Said player could be picked up at any offseason. My concern would be that inactive players, who will likely make up the core of the DSFL for a few seasons, would be ineligible quickly.

My vision of the DSFL is a lot more like the D-League (G-League) in the NBA rather than the CFL or AFL.  If a player enters the draft and signs with a NSFL team, his contract is still paid by the NSFL team.  The DSFL is just a more attractive option than riding the bench.  The salary is still the same and still counts against the NSFL team's cap.  I doubt there would be many call ups/send downs in season.  It would really only happen if an in season trade forced a low TPE NSFL starter to become a backup.  Then the NSFL team could send him down to the DSFL so he can still play some games.  Again, this would have no effect on salary cap, he still belongs to the NSFL team.

I see what you mean, and that simplifies the cap issue. I still think there should be a limit, kind of like how teams can only designate one IR per year, maybe only one DSFL call up per year?

The dispersal draft will ensure parity in the league.  I think the dispersal draft will keep the DSFL fresh and stop players from building allegiances with teams/teammates and not moving on to the NSFL.  I also think the DSFL draft pool will be relatively small compared to the NSFL draft pool every year.  The stakes are also much lower since there is a redraft every season, in my mind it shouldn't be nearly as time consuming as the NSFL Rookie Draft is.  If it starts during the NSFL preseason, you could even do a week long slow draft on a Google Sheet or something.

I think this is a second issue that is fixed by simply allowing the NSFL teams to draft any DSFL player each offseason. Good teams will lose the most each year. I really urge you to reconsider this one, as it almost completely destroys a GM's ability to create a team identity and build around a concept. Adapting a scheme year to year is one thing...building one from scratch is both a lot more work and a lot less fun.