14. Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.
The league absolutely should not expand. I've been saying it for seasons, but the league is actually on a downwards trend in active users and has been for a long while. In fact I think we should look at the opposite end of the spectrum and consider contraction for our league. When the ISFL last decided to expand, the league was averaging between 320 and 330 active users who were regularly doing at minimum an activity check every single week. For 14 teams that was almost 24 players per team in the ISFL. granted there is always around 80 players in the DSFL in a given season which brings it down to around 17 players per team on the low end. Removing offensive line from the equation and that was enough to fill the starting spot on every ISFL team with an active player. This past season we only averaged 232 which is almost a 100 player loss from our expansion point. If you remove the 80 or so players who are down in the DSFL, that is less than 11 players per team at the moment. That means you can really only field an active player for about half of the team and the rest is filled with inactives. What this really leads to is most of our active players really flocking to four or five top teams. The reality is at the moment, you have six playoff teams. We have enough players to truly fully roster eight. Why would you ever want to play for a team with an uncompetitive roster when there will be always be a spot open on one of the top six? There is no overflow, there is no encouragement to play on a dead team. Which is what we're looking at now. There are multiple teams in the league with only 6-10 actives on their roster. Those teams will never be able to really compete and so we're seeing a lapse in parity. You remove a couple teams and those actives can move to other low populated teams and then maybe you see parity really start to shake things up again.
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15. If you could create a team using any active players in the league, what would that team look like? Would you build a group of all-stars to contend in the next Ultimus, or a team full of jokesters for the fun of it? Describe the roster and why you chose the players you did. (Written or Graphic Task)
Oh this is an absolutely easy road to go down. If I were to put together a team of my choice it absolutely would have to include some players who both the best at their position and users who are my favorites in the league. The locker room dream team if you will. At quarterback I'd absolutely want Live Laughlove. Swanky is an incredible dude with a sense of humor that kills! Helps that Laughlove is the top TPE player in the league as well! At RB I'd want Michaelangelo McTurtle or slothfacekilla. Sloth was one of my first friends in this league and I adore him, so easy pick. I admittedly am not too versed on the top WRs in the league and haven't had too much interaction with them, but I've definitely heard fantastic things about Muford and Vincent Sharpei would make a great WR1. At WR2 I'd have to go with Sconnie McSix as I know g2019 is a real standup dude. For WR3 I'd have to shout out ephy who I love to death and who has become one of my closest friends. At TE I'd have to stick with Mister Hogmally aka iSteg. Steg is delightful and as I've got to know him over the last couple months, I've really learned to appreciate having him around! At OL there is the incredible Evok who I've bonded with over D&D and UberBJ who I learned to appreciate during our short time in Manhattan together in SHL. Running down to DE and I believe micool would have to be a pick there because we would need him to win the cup and schwarznarr is a given as she is the light of my life. We all know DT is the most selfless position in the league though and that is why I'd have to pick DeadlyPlayer. Dude is one of my original friends in this league and would do anything for his fiends. LB is fairly easy as you have Skindog aka Ioe Torrent who I loved scouting in Colorado as a rookie, TomHanks who was my first ever GM and a fantastic all around guy, and JayWhy who was my GM for a while in Manhattan. All three of these guys are incredible impacts on a LR when they're around. At CB there is woelkers, my best friend in sim leagues. Fantastic dude. Then there is Teyon, probably the funniest and most sinful person I know. He's lucky he's hot because it makes up for his bad food takes. Finally there is the legendary Lim, a great all around dude who really brought a ton of wisdom to Colorado in his time there. Your safeties bring in Tesla who may be the best human of all time and who I love dearly. Also she is my wife, so gotta include her! Finally would be Russ. Russ and I have never really communicated much, but he's always been great when we have and I've constantly heard good things about him from people I trust and adore. Finally having Bunny in Colorado has been an absolute joy and she'd really seal up the team at kicker. Not only would this be the highest TPE team in the league with elite talent at every position, but I believe this group could make a locker room that would be legendary!
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The league absolutely should not expand. I've been saying it for seasons, but the league is actually on a downwards trend in active users and has been for a long while. In fact I think we should look at the opposite end of the spectrum and consider contraction for our league. When the ISFL last decided to expand, the league was averaging between 320 and 330 active users who were regularly doing at minimum an activity check every single week. For 14 teams that was almost 24 players per team in the ISFL. granted there is always around 80 players in the DSFL in a given season which brings it down to around 17 players per team on the low end. Removing offensive line from the equation and that was enough to fill the starting spot on every ISFL team with an active player. This past season we only averaged 232 which is almost a 100 player loss from our expansion point. If you remove the 80 or so players who are down in the DSFL, that is less than 11 players per team at the moment. That means you can really only field an active player for about half of the team and the rest is filled with inactives. What this really leads to is most of our active players really flocking to four or five top teams. The reality is at the moment, you have six playoff teams. We have enough players to truly fully roster eight. Why would you ever want to play for a team with an uncompetitive roster when there will be always be a spot open on one of the top six? There is no overflow, there is no encouragement to play on a dead team. Which is what we're looking at now. There are multiple teams in the league with only 6-10 actives on their roster. Those teams will never be able to really compete and so we're seeing a lapse in parity. You remove a couple teams and those actives can move to other low populated teams and then maybe you see parity really start to shake things up again.
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15. If you could create a team using any active players in the league, what would that team look like? Would you build a group of all-stars to contend in the next Ultimus, or a team full of jokesters for the fun of it? Describe the roster and why you chose the players you did. (Written or Graphic Task)
Oh this is an absolutely easy road to go down. If I were to put together a team of my choice it absolutely would have to include some players who both the best at their position and users who are my favorites in the league. The locker room dream team if you will. At quarterback I'd absolutely want Live Laughlove. Swanky is an incredible dude with a sense of humor that kills! Helps that Laughlove is the top TPE player in the league as well! At RB I'd want Michaelangelo McTurtle or slothfacekilla. Sloth was one of my first friends in this league and I adore him, so easy pick. I admittedly am not too versed on the top WRs in the league and haven't had too much interaction with them, but I've definitely heard fantastic things about Muford and Vincent Sharpei would make a great WR1. At WR2 I'd have to go with Sconnie McSix as I know g2019 is a real standup dude. For WR3 I'd have to shout out ephy who I love to death and who has become one of my closest friends. At TE I'd have to stick with Mister Hogmally aka iSteg. Steg is delightful and as I've got to know him over the last couple months, I've really learned to appreciate having him around! At OL there is the incredible Evok who I've bonded with over D&D and UberBJ who I learned to appreciate during our short time in Manhattan together in SHL. Running down to DE and I believe micool would have to be a pick there because we would need him to win the cup and schwarznarr is a given as she is the light of my life. We all know DT is the most selfless position in the league though and that is why I'd have to pick DeadlyPlayer. Dude is one of my original friends in this league and would do anything for his fiends. LB is fairly easy as you have Skindog aka Ioe Torrent who I loved scouting in Colorado as a rookie, TomHanks who was my first ever GM and a fantastic all around guy, and JayWhy who was my GM for a while in Manhattan. All three of these guys are incredible impacts on a LR when they're around. At CB there is woelkers, my best friend in sim leagues. Fantastic dude. Then there is Teyon, probably the funniest and most sinful person I know. He's lucky he's hot because it makes up for his bad food takes. Finally there is the legendary Lim, a great all around dude who really brought a ton of wisdom to Colorado in his time there. Your safeties bring in Tesla who may be the best human of all time and who I love dearly. Also she is my wife, so gotta include her! Finally would be Russ. Russ and I have never really communicated much, but he's always been great when we have and I've constantly heard good things about him from people I trust and adore. Finally having Bunny in Colorado has been an absolute joy and she'd really seal up the team at kicker. Not only would this be the highest TPE team in the league with elite talent at every position, but I believe this group could make a locker room that would be legendary!
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