As a brand new user in the league, I appreciate that there are many ways in which users and players can be recognized—in their performance on the field through index stats, through draft position (DSFL and, later, ISFL), through the awarding of team game balls, through league awards, and by holding team (“franchise”) or league records. Many of these, particularly the idea of tracking records, are also traditions in the NFL. One tradition that we see in the NFL that I have not seen (yet) in the DSFL is the tracking of rookie franchise records—not just looking at the career contributions of a player, but also recognizing the breakout stars who demonstrate their draft value from their very first season with the team. Particularly in the DSFL, where players have a relatively even playing field in terms of TPE while starting out, it would be cool to have records that celebrate standout rookies and this would be another way to help retain new users in the league because even playing with teammates who have hit the DSFL cap but have yet to be called up, there would be potential to set a franchise record. It might also give veteran recreates (hoping to quickly move back to the ISFL) more to play for in the DSFL even if they are staying there only one season.
One of the difficulties in actually implementing this idea is that, while the DSFL allows marking of players as “rookies” this feature is notoriously unreliable in the historic records. This would require a significant amount of manual labor to track back through rosters, and even if that process could be automated one would have to account for position switches and name changes.
The ISFL could implement something similar, but there would be a lot more variability in the TPE that players have in their rookie seasons depending on call ups. I guess that’s not that different from the NFL rookie records, since players come into the league with vastly different ability levels and college training/experience.
So, in short, I think it would be really cool to see teams track rookie franchise records if someone would be willing to do the work to trace back through the rosters.
One of the difficulties in actually implementing this idea is that, while the DSFL allows marking of players as “rookies” this feature is notoriously unreliable in the historic records. This would require a significant amount of manual labor to track back through rosters, and even if that process could be automated one would have to account for position switches and name changes.
The ISFL could implement something similar, but there would be a lot more variability in the TPE that players have in their rookie seasons depending on call ups. I guess that’s not that different from the NFL rookie records, since players come into the league with vastly different ability levels and college training/experience.
So, in short, I think it would be really cool to see teams track rookie franchise records if someone would be willing to do the work to trace back through the rosters.
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