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Originally posted by JDM998
+1, although OOP penaltys should be reduced.

You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but this is the response to OOP:

Originally posted by haole

Q: What about the Out Of Position penalty (commonly referred to as OOP)?

There would be no change to the OOP for an Iron Man player. A WR will probably have to play CB on your Iron Man team, for example, and he won't play defense as well as he plays offense.

We consider this part of the strategy for Iron Man football. Is it better to build a WR and play him also as a CB, or build a CB and play him also as a WR? That is the part for you to decide and figure out, and part of the increased challenge that has a big appeal in the 1000+ posts that have already been made about this idea.

One question - would the league/conference structures for an Iron Man league mirror the current system? As long as we're going old school, I would like to suggest that each conference be limited to roughly eight teams instead of the current sixteen. Back in the heyday of "iron man" leagues, there were relatively few teams and many travel restrictions meaning the same squads played each other several times during the course of the season (whether they be exhibition or regular season). This would be interesting for several reasons. 1) Rivalries could more easily materialize 2) Upsets seem to occur more often during the second (or possibly third) meeting between two teams since teams are able to game plan towards the opponent's strengths/weaknesses more effectively.

I know this has been suggested before for the current leagues but I feel it necessitates repeating since this would essentially be a completely new branch of GLB.

Originally posted by Blink 182
One question - would the league/conference structures for an Iron Man league mirror the current system? As long as we're going old school, I would like to suggest that each conference be limited to roughly eight teams instead of the current sixteen. Back in the heyday of "iron man" leagues, there were relatively few teams and many travel restrictions meaning the same squads played each other several times during the course of the season (whether they be exhibition or regular season). This would be interesting for several reasons. 1) Rivalries could more easily materialize 2) Upsets seem to occur more often during the second (or possibly third) meeting between two teams since teams are able to game plan towards the opponent's strengths/weaknesses more effectively.

I know this has been suggested before for the current leagues but I feel it necessitates repeating since this would essentially be a completely new branch of GLB.

It's an interesting concept, and one that might prove fruitful to being able to manage what might be a relatively small community of Iron Man players and teams. But then again, if there is overwhelming interest in Iron Man, it might simply be too big to be able to manage effectively with a whole bunch of small leagues.

I think rivalries aren't going to be a problem in this league. Its difference in philosophy and player build strategies will foster a sense of community within the league itself, and it will probably have its own band of followers and strong voices. Plus we would all start on equal footing for Season 1, so those teams that are in the league from its inception will have a natural rivalry that should sustain the game until the first batch of created players near retirement.

I totally agree that the first batch of teams will have a rivalry that could span for many seasons. I'm more worried about once the league because established and the regular rules of promotion and demotion are applied. I think it's relatively difficult to keep rivalries going in the current GLB system (depending on which teams boost, which don't, how well they perform on a season to season basis, etc). An eight team system would at least encourage in-season rivalries more so than a sixteen team system. But like you said, this suggestion is probably a mute point since I have the feeling the demand is going to force sixteen team conferences.

+1

Very much for...

pretty sure this is already on the NGTH list isn't it, shocked this hasn't been locked yet.

Originally posted by brady2moss2endzone
im for it, how is this not epic yet? Over 1000 Posts!



It was epic at one point not sure what happened.

This is not going to happen because the game is moving towards single owner teams as it is and this would make it too easy for one person to maintain a team.

I kind of like the idea but it would definitely lead to more single owner teams.

Originally posted by czman
This is not going to happen because the game is moving towards single owner teams as it is and this would make it too easy for one person to maintain a team.

I kind of like the idea but it would definitely lead to more single owner teams.

Actually, Bort seemed to like the idea okay when he saw it, there was just a mix-up with the roster sizes, so it probably will happen.

Originally posted by czman
This is not going to happen because the game is moving towards single owner teams as it is and this would make it too easy for one person to maintain a team.

I kind of like the idea but it would definitely lead to more single owner teams.

Right now this is all speculation, but my thought is that it would actually alleviate single-owner teams in the main game because Iron Man would be a much more attractive setup. Single-owner Iron Man teams would be a good thing, imo, but I don't think those are the only types of teams that we'll see.

I'm hoping we will hear something in the next few days after the regular season starts and things calm down a bit.

Originally posted by Jack Riley
pretty sure this is already on the NGTH list isn't it, shocked this hasn't been locked yet.

It's under "Might happen at some point in the future" and this thread has become the discussion thread for the idea.

It has definitely not been given NGTH status.

I love this idea! Anything I can do to help I can.

I sort of like the idea of 8 team leagues, but I think that might = more work than needed.
But a league with 2 tiers of 8 team conferences that would play for a Title would be fun.