27. Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why? (Written Task)
My first build for a player was an offensive lineman, mostly because I wanted to choose what I thought was a position of need in a league like this. (Though I may be wrong, it was just my perception as a first time player). If I were to do it again, I would make a pass rusher linebacker. A sack is one of the most devastating plays for an offense to overcome. It also helps that the simulator pauses slightly after a sack to highlight the play. That would make watching the stream even more of a highlight for a good pash rusher. With a simulation league, I assume that numerical data is important to drive the importance of players and schemes. Having a clearer cut metric, like sacks, for my player (unlike offensive lineman), would probably be a fun thing to track and point to. It seems like I have talked myself into my next build!
32. Your player has decided to start a podcast since it's what all the cool celebrities are doing these days. What would the name of your player's podcast be and what would they talk about/do on the podcast? (Written Task)
My player is Carter Goad so the name of his podcast would be "Goad, Not Great". Obviously, this is a play on the phrase good, not great and the podcast would highlight professional athletes that are now ineligible to be in their sports Hall of Fame. Each episode would be centered around a specific team (i.e. the Chicago Bears) and would look to generate interest from their fanbase to highlight fan favorite players that were good (fan favorites) but not great (hall of famers). Submissions from current fans would be considered for which players to cover. Time would be spent highlighting the nominated players from the team's history and discussions would center around why the player in question is beloved by fans and how fans at large are missing the best qualities of the player and how more recognition is deserved. Special guests would include teammates of the players in question to give insight into how important they were to the team.
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.
While it all depends on getting maximum participation in the league, I would think that expanding two more teams in the ISFL would be a great idea. This would put the ISFL at double the DSFL and you could make an affiliate minor league system between the two leagues. You could have teams "send down" players to a specific DSFL team. 16 teams would balance out the league and make our league be able to emulate one of the conferences of the NFL. We could make 4 divisions of 4 teams each. Something like the following:
North Division:
Chicago Butchers
Colorado Yeti
New York Silverbacks
Yellowknife Wraith
South Division:
Austin Copperheads
Baltimore Hawks
New Orleans Second Line
Sarasota Sailfish
West Division:
Arizona Outlaws
Honolulu Hahalua
Orange County Otters
San Jose Sabercats
World Division:
Berlin Fire Salamanders
Cape Town Crash
Expansion Team #1 --> Maybe somewhere like Oslo
Expansion Team #2 --> Maybe somewhere like Mumbai
Scheduling could work out quite well as well. Each team would play all teams in their division twice (six games) and then play two of the three divisions in totality on a rotating seasonal basis (8 more games) along with 2 teams in the remaining division based on the previous seasons finish. Something like the first and second place teams play the other first and second place teams while the third and fourth place teams play the other third and fourth place teams.
The playoffs could also play like the NFL. Each division winner automatically gets in the playoffs. Then there would be either two or three wildcard teams with the top team or teams receiving a first round bye.
With this expansion, you could also assign two DSFL teams to be the minor league team of each division. This could be a place of call ups / call downs throughout the season. Assuming the divisions from above, I would propose the following alignment:
North Division Teams:
Kansas City Coyotes
Minnesota Grey Ducks
South Division Teams:
Dallas Birddogs
Norfolk Seawolves
West Division Teams:
Portland Pythons
Tijuana Luchadores
World Division Teams:
London Royals
Bondi Beach Buccaneers
My first build for a player was an offensive lineman, mostly because I wanted to choose what I thought was a position of need in a league like this. (Though I may be wrong, it was just my perception as a first time player). If I were to do it again, I would make a pass rusher linebacker. A sack is one of the most devastating plays for an offense to overcome. It also helps that the simulator pauses slightly after a sack to highlight the play. That would make watching the stream even more of a highlight for a good pash rusher. With a simulation league, I assume that numerical data is important to drive the importance of players and schemes. Having a clearer cut metric, like sacks, for my player (unlike offensive lineman), would probably be a fun thing to track and point to. It seems like I have talked myself into my next build!
32. Your player has decided to start a podcast since it's what all the cool celebrities are doing these days. What would the name of your player's podcast be and what would they talk about/do on the podcast? (Written Task)
My player is Carter Goad so the name of his podcast would be "Goad, Not Great". Obviously, this is a play on the phrase good, not great and the podcast would highlight professional athletes that are now ineligible to be in their sports Hall of Fame. Each episode would be centered around a specific team (i.e. the Chicago Bears) and would look to generate interest from their fanbase to highlight fan favorite players that were good (fan favorites) but not great (hall of famers). Submissions from current fans would be considered for which players to cover. Time would be spent highlighting the nominated players from the team's history and discussions would center around why the player in question is beloved by fans and how fans at large are missing the best qualities of the player and how more recognition is deserved. Special guests would include teammates of the players in question to give insight into how important they were to the team.
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.
While it all depends on getting maximum participation in the league, I would think that expanding two more teams in the ISFL would be a great idea. This would put the ISFL at double the DSFL and you could make an affiliate minor league system between the two leagues. You could have teams "send down" players to a specific DSFL team. 16 teams would balance out the league and make our league be able to emulate one of the conferences of the NFL. We could make 4 divisions of 4 teams each. Something like the following:
North Division:
Chicago Butchers
Colorado Yeti
New York Silverbacks
Yellowknife Wraith
South Division:
Austin Copperheads
Baltimore Hawks
New Orleans Second Line
Sarasota Sailfish
West Division:
Arizona Outlaws
Honolulu Hahalua
Orange County Otters
San Jose Sabercats
World Division:
Berlin Fire Salamanders
Cape Town Crash
Expansion Team #1 --> Maybe somewhere like Oslo
Expansion Team #2 --> Maybe somewhere like Mumbai
Scheduling could work out quite well as well. Each team would play all teams in their division twice (six games) and then play two of the three divisions in totality on a rotating seasonal basis (8 more games) along with 2 teams in the remaining division based on the previous seasons finish. Something like the first and second place teams play the other first and second place teams while the third and fourth place teams play the other third and fourth place teams.
The playoffs could also play like the NFL. Each division winner automatically gets in the playoffs. Then there would be either two or three wildcard teams with the top team or teams receiving a first round bye.
With this expansion, you could also assign two DSFL teams to be the minor league team of each division. This could be a place of call ups / call downs throughout the season. Assuming the divisions from above, I would propose the following alignment:
North Division Teams:
Kansas City Coyotes
Minnesota Grey Ducks
South Division Teams:
Dallas Birddogs
Norfolk Seawolves
West Division Teams:
Portland Pythons
Tijuana Luchadores
World Division Teams:
London Royals
Bondi Beach Buccaneers
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