*We Need To Start Recruiting More

caltroit_red_flames · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2018, 11:57 AM by caltroit_red_flames.)

[div align=\\\"center\\\"]The NSFL is dying. But we can fix it.[/div]
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Table of Contents

Why Should You Care?........................................................I

”Proof” That The League Is In Danger………………….....II

How Can We Fix This?.......................................................III

Other Articles On This Topic…………………………….....IV (Coming soon)

S10 Retirements Spreadsheet….…………....…….…….....V
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caltroit_red_flames · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2018, 11:30 AM by caltroit_red_flames.)

Why should you care?
1. You get TPE for recruiting
2. The competition of the league right now is just not very good. Of the 147 non bot NSFLers this season, currently 68 of them are below 300 TPE. Even if you think we don’t need more members, we definitely need more active members. It’ll increase parity meaning we won’t have teams like Philadelphia and Arizona who are firmly last in their divisions. Being on a team that you know from the start is going to be last kills player interest.
3. The quality of the league is going to fall hard because of sheer numbers. There are 147 players in the league right now this offseason with regression (3) and self retiring (21) we’re losing 24 players. Next offseason with just regression alone we’re losing 15 players! If the number of self retiring players holds, not even increases, we’ll lose 36 players in one offseason! That means we lose 16% of the league in the first offseason and assuming we replace every one of the those players we lose 25% of the league the following offseason.
4. MOST IMPORTANT: This isn’t something that only affects one team. In total this offseason we’re losing 24 players. Next based on regression we’re already losing 15 players, and you can This offseason we’re looking at teams losing the following numbers of players.

[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Baltimore Hawks: 3 + 1 = 4
This offseason
Darnell Turner - Season 2 - 369 TPE - Self Retired
Antoine Delacour - Season 1 - 512 TPE - Self Retired
Vikian Marmeladoc - Season 1 - 390 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
Bubba Nuck - Season 1 - 193 TPE - Regression Retired

Colorado Yeti: 2 + 1 = 3
This offseason
Terrell Brister - Season 5 - 338 TPE - Self Retired
Johnathan Saint - Season 1 - 467 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
Ryan Flock - Season 1 - 208 TPE - Regression Retired

Philadelphia Liberty: 0 + 6 = 6
This offseason
None
Next offseason
Ragnar Kronen - Season 2 - 160 TPE - Regression Retired
Dental Damn - Season 1 - 157 TPE - Regression Retired
Stormblessed - Season 1 - 152 TPE - Regression Retired
Dominic Verns - Season 1 - 178 TPE - Regression Retired
Logan Noble - Season 1 - 174 TPE - Regression Retired
Alex Hayden Season 1 - 210 TPE - Regression Retired

Yellowknife Wraiths: 4 + 0 = 4
This offseason
Gustav Rodriguez - Season 6 - 150 TPE - Self Retired
Wallace Stone - Season 3 - 466 TPE - Self Retired
Eric Kennedy - Season 2 - 769 TPE - Self Retired
Boss Tweed - Season 1 - 882 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
None

Arizona Outlaws: 3 + 3 = 6
This offseason
C.A. Chess - Season 2 - 269 TPE - Self Retired
Mark Ramiro - Season 1 - 134 TPE - Self Retired
Jogn Floggity - Season 1 - 144 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
AC Hackett - Season 1 - 178 TPE - Regression Retired
Harrif Ernston - Season 1 -167 TPE - Regression Retired
Luke Tiernan - Season - 163 TPE - Regression Retired

New Orleans Second Line: 6 + 0 = 6
This offseason
Juan Andres - Season 3 - 145 TPE - Self Retired
Godfrey King - Season 3 - 368 TPE - Self Retired
Iyah Blewitt - Season 3 - 581 TPE - Self Retired
Ardie Savea - Season 2 - 483 TPE - Self Retired
Jayce Tuck - Season 1 - 548 TPE - Self Retired
Mayran Jackson - Season 1 - 479 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
None

Orange County Otters: 2 + 1 = 3
This offseason
Marc Spector - Season 2 - 629 TPE - Self Retired
Brady Westfield - Season 1 - 612 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
Bradley T Madlad - Season 2 - 156 TPE - Regression Retired

San Jose Sabercats: 4 + 3 = 7
This offseason
Elijah Lagerfield - Season 9 - 185 TPE - Self Retired
Mat Akselsen - Season 1 - 701 TPE - Self Retired
Stephen Harrison - Season 1 - 162 TPE - Self Retired
John Canton - Season 1 - 231 TPE - Self Retired
Next offseason
Luke Washington - Season 2 - 163 TPE - Regression Retired
Torque Lewith - Season 2 - 172 TPE - Regression Retired
Alex Hansen - Season 1 - 183 TPE - Regression Retired[/div]

caltroit_red_flames · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2018, 11:30 AM by caltroit_red_flames.)

Common False Beliefs

- This doesn’t matter because all of the retiring players are inactives and therefore don’t add very much to the league. FALSE
I would say that based on the TPE levels of the NSFL, 400 TPE is enough to be a difference makers at a couple of different positions, so if we look at the number of players retiring that made it past the 400 TPE mark we end up with 18 of the 24 retiring players this offseason being at least good utility players in the NSFL. Beyond that, 9 of those players are still above 500 TPE. We’re losing players that maybe aren’t all stars, but are quality players with a couple more seasons left in them. These are actives that may recreate, but some will not and we still have to fill their spots in the lineup until they’re back in the NSFL.

- I’m not convinced this is really a problem, we’ll find a way to get by and we do actually have enough rookies right now. OKAY MAYBE BUT...
One of our goals should be to expand. We got actually got a really nice boost from PT affiliation, but those players are committed to other leagues so they won’t be takings on big roles here like GM, HO, media grader, or updater. We’ve got few people doing a ton of work around here and we need new blood to step in and take on roles on the site since it seems a lot of people just aren’t interested in doing that. There’s no reason to not help with this, getting new members will benefit all of us.

- This doesn’t matter because we’re growing at a high enough rate to replace all of the retiring players. FALSE
If a player hasn’t made it past the 150 TPE mark after their first season it’s likely that they’ll go inactive. If they haven’t hit the 250 TPE mark after their second season they’ve likely already gone inactive and will never make the NSFL. Looking at the DSFL teams right now we are likely looking at the following numbers of players hitting the 400 TPE mark at some point in their careers and becoming at least utility players. If none of these players go inactive we’ll see 34 new players join the NSFL some time in the next 2 season when we’re on track to lose at least 50 players win the next 2 offseasons. On top of that, we’re only gaining 34 players because of the boost from PT affiliation, meaning we’re going to see a big drop in season 12. Right now there are only 7 season 12 players. We can’t rely on a single draft class every 10 seasons to keep this site running, that’s just unsustainable.

[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Players Likely to Hit 400 TPE
Kansas City Coyotes: 8
Jerrod Canton - Season 11 - 148 TPE - RB
Will Foster - Season 11 - 108 TPE - DT
Yulic Nagasawa - Season 11 - 151 TPE - WR
Footballer Sackerman - Season 11 - TPE 124 - DT
Andrew Reese - Season 11 - 167 TPE - QB
Lennox Garnett - Season 11 - 193 TPE - S
Alex Selich - Season 11 - 197 TPE - LB
Jordan Von Matt - Season 10 - 239 TPE

Portland Pythons: 10
Johnson Cox III - Season 11 - 96 TPE - QB
Slim Shady - Season 11 - 109 TPE - RB
Josh Parker - Season 11 - 136 TPE - WR
Dan Schneider - Season 11 - 161 TPE - S
K.J. Becker - Season 11 - 162 TPE - LB
Marc Spector - Season 11 - 183 TPE - CB
Antonio Summer - Season 11 - 203 TPE - RB
Sunnycursed - Season 11 - 164 TPE - WR
Kwame Abayomi Mbanefo - Season 11 - 203 TPE - DE
Joliet L. Christ - Season 10 - 354 TPE - QB

San Antonio Marhalls: 4
Jonathan Rice - Season 11 - 113 TPE - CB
Ryan Cobalts - Season 11 - 165 TPE - SS
Ty Justice - Season 11 - 120 TPE - WR
Harvey Kindle - Season 11 - 143 TPE - WR

Tjuana Luchadores: 12
Jaylin Hobbs - Season 11 - 70 TPE - WR (Recent create)
Roger Batoff - Season 11 - 104 TPE - WR (Likely to reach 150)
Kulture Fulture - Season 11 - 127 TPE - K/P
Bobson Dugnutt - Season 11 - 164 TPE - CB
Steven Moore - Season 11 - 111 TPE - TE (Likely to reach 150)
Tana Keita - Season 11 - 181 TPE - LB
Thjalfi Halvorsen - Season 11 - 139 TPE - WR
A.J. Robertson - Season 10 - 189 TPE - LB
Xandra Troyski - Season 10 - 265 TPE - CB
Steven Oats - Season 10 - 189 TPE - S
Achilles Hondo - Season 10 - 327 TPE - RB
Adriana Falconi - Season 10 - 388 TPE - QB[/div]

caltroit_red_flames · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2018, 11:35 AM by caltroit_red_flames.)

How Can We Fix It?
First off, you should know that you get TPE for recruiting, the amounts can be found here.

Make Recruitment Posts on Various Websites
We have compiled a list of websites which you can post on to recruit from. Before you post please make sure you aren’t breaking any of the site’s rules and that you aren’t posting right after someone else did. If it hasn’t been week since someone else posted on the site reply to their post with an encouraging comment and make a post on another website.

DO NOT POST HERE
> Reddit - We recruit from reddit as a league, together, every couple of seasons when we get approval. Don't recruit from reddit otherwise we could get banned from recruiting on the football subreddits

POST HERE
> Any football forums you're a part of - the recruitment we do as a forum is a big part of keeping the forum alive, but we want the forum to thrive. Get your friends in here, mention the league in a fantasy group you're a part of, wherever you see football fans
> We'll be adding more soon, but look out for other posts, from either myself or HO in the future

caltroit_red_flames · 09-27-2018, 11:29 AM

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caltroit_red_flames · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2018, 11:39 AM by caltroit_red_flames.)

S10 RETIREMENTS SPREADSHEET

caltroit_red_flames · 09-27-2018, 11:55 AM

I hope this helps people see the problem that the league is going to be running into starting this offseason. We really need to start recruiting otherwise we're going to be a spot where we just don't have enough players. It's not hard for each of us to get one player, and if we do that the league could double in size.

I'm going to be suggesting some changes to the create a player page to HO in order to help retention, but a lot of this also falls on the DSFL GMs to get the players involved in their team as soon as they get claimed off of waivers or are eligible for the draft by contacting them and showing interest. There's a lot more that can and needs to be done. Otherwise we're going to have to contract the league in the near future.

Bzerkap · 09-27-2018, 11:56 AM

This is so long lol

Seems like a lot of effort. I better read it all

Beaver · 09-27-2018, 11:58 AM

8 TEAM ENTER

6 TEAM LEAVE

caltroit_red_flames · 09-27-2018, 11:59 AM

(09-27-2018, 04:56 PM)Bzerkap Wrote:This is so long lol

Seems like a lot of effort. I better read it all

I was hoping having a table of contents would help with that. Allows you to only read what you're concerned with. If you already know it's an issue, go to the "How can we fix this?" section. If you need to be convinced to care you go to the "Why should I care?" section. If you care but don't see the issue yet, got to the "proof" section.