12: Expansion is upon us once again in the International Simulation Football League, and it is back to the drawing board for many teams that worked so hard to get to where they are today. With only 3 years since the last necessary expansion (and I do believe this one may be just as necessary). The Honolulu Hahalua and Sarasota Sailfish have worked hard to get to where they are today, and I fear that with the addition of the New York Silverbacks and Berlin Fire Salamanders it might push them back down to how good they were the first season or worse. There simply were not enough protection spots for expansion teams, and now the ISFL is back into a player shakeup due to another expansion. As a player who could not be protected, I will feel cheated out of a future Ultimus being so close this season making the playoffs and all on an expansion team. It was a great season going 12-4 but I do not see that happening again with the upcoming purge of players that is bound to happen for some teams.
Expansion can be a fickle thing but overall with the league growing so much and us getting a larger fanbase and so many new players it a must for us to expand, to give everyone enough playing time to want to continue their careers in the ISFL. I believe that not enough playtime, and overloaded teams are one thing that needs to be addressed to keep a player base, and this is one of the positives of expanding the league. Thinking about the future playoffs, I do not think that it should change from its current 3 Team per division. With 7 teams on each division, it does not make sense that more than half would make the playoffs. We need to keep that the same for sure, drafts will continue to be worst to best (outliers include expansion teams/trades, etc.) No doubt that the expansion draft will be the best bet to gain an edge for the expansion teams, being able to select from great current players without worrying about the draft upsides and downsides will be great as long as the unprotected players cooperate with their new teams. Right now I have no idea who will come out on top the next season after expansion but it will be an exciting watch no matter what ends up happening. I wish New York and Berlin all the luck in the world. Welcome to the ISFL!
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Expansion can be a fickle thing but overall with the league growing so much and us getting a larger fanbase and so many new players it a must for us to expand, to give everyone enough playing time to want to continue their careers in the ISFL. I believe that not enough playtime, and overloaded teams are one thing that needs to be addressed to keep a player base, and this is one of the positives of expanding the league. Thinking about the future playoffs, I do not think that it should change from its current 3 Team per division. With 7 teams on each division, it does not make sense that more than half would make the playoffs. We need to keep that the same for sure, drafts will continue to be worst to best (outliers include expansion teams/trades, etc.) No doubt that the expansion draft will be the best bet to gain an edge for the expansion teams, being able to select from great current players without worrying about the draft upsides and downsides will be great as long as the unprotected players cooperate with their new teams. Right now I have no idea who will come out on top the next season after expansion but it will be an exciting watch no matter what ends up happening. I wish New York and Berlin all the luck in the world. Welcome to the ISFL!
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