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Willis1984
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We have geriatric teams but they always get walloped by their opposition. So how about a Geriatric League for 400+day old players or whenever it is they enter decline.

C'mon, you know you want one. Some players were never meant to be retired.
 
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Ehh.. I see your point... but at the same time, the last thing GLB needs right now is additional leagues..

Add in the fact that "forced" retirement often provides the flex to fill the next generations of teams... its like a form of life support on a dying patient..
 
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join regional pro 8 or whatever - you will probably win the league
 
Willis1984
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Originally posted by reddogrw
join regional pro 8 or whatever - you will probably win the league


I already am!!
 
Willis1984
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I even use to own a team in that league but I sold it pre season when I realized how bad they suck

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=172
 
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would there be enough players interested to fill even a single league with old players? That would be, minimum 30 teams * 40 players per team=1200 old players at least.

Doing a search for all players 481 days or older, level 1-100, of agents who have logged in within the last 3 days, shows just under 61 full pages of results (25 players per page) for just under 1525 total players.

If you went to a more realistic 603 days old or so (3 seasons in decline) would drop significantly as many of the current 480's players haven't even had their first decline yet and are still playing on regular teams.

There simply isn't enough playerbase to support this. Even if it was implemented (which it won't, they have stated many times they don't intend to add any more types of leagues) most people retire their players for flex to make new players. I suppose you could say the base would slowly grow over time as new people age but i don't see enough people being interested in joining something like this.

 
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unfortunately Catch and Bort have said that they will not be making special leagues etc, so this is NGTH
 
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Willis1984
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Originally posted by alindyl
would there be enough players interested to fill even a single league with old players? That would be, minimum 30 teams * 40 players per team=1200 old players at least.

Doing a search for all players 481 days or older, level 1-100, of agents who have logged in within the last 3 days, shows just under 61 full pages of results (25 players per page) for just under 1525 total players.

If you went to a more realistic 603 days old or so (3 seasons in decline) would drop significantly as many of the current 480's players haven't even had their first decline yet and are still playing on regular teams.

There simply isn't enough playerbase to support this. Even if it was implemented (which it won't, they have stated many times they don't intend to add any more types of leagues) most people retire their players for flex to make new players. I suppose you could say the base would slowly grow over time as new people age but i don't see enough people being interested in joining something like this.



That;s 1525 players before this league is implemented. Presumably that number will grow after the league is introduced.
 
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Originally posted by Chysil
unfortunately Catch and Bort have said that they will not be making special leagues etc, so this is NGTH


 
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forgot to lock it, doh
 


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