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Season 23 Clubs are now final

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Cheers, lads!

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Received, both of you! Thanks!

I also have Zelle but mainly only send with it.

I believe you can locate my account with my email that’s listed above but if you need my #, PM me & I can send it.

Thanks again!

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james wrote:

There’s only 14 of us. 12 + 4 = 16 .

That’s what I get for responding early in the morning.

Don’t mind me, just fantasizing about 16 GMs & even smaller roster sizes.

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evilo wrote:

About the supermajority, regardless of this discussion, as I said I feel it is not fair (obviously no question about well intentioned).
You can’t have 4 GMs blocking 12 GMs.

Anyway thing Is settled.

As a correction, a 12-4 vote would be approved, not blocked. And 12-4 is far from the vote split here.

While I appreciate your perspective on majority vs supermajority, it is not really the main obstacle to U21 roster expansion as currently, the vote is 4 in favor and 7 against. Xavi is busy on Spring Break but the last time he voted, his vote was also against, which would give no the majority unless he’s changed his mind. So, IMO unless GMs changed their minds in favor, the topic of U21 roster expansion would die on the vine with less than 50% support.

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BLAUGRANA wrote:

In all seriousness, what I find troubling about this post is that Xavi has your phone number.

He’s not the only one that does but he used it last night to call me and we talked about some of you clowns extensively. 😉

Zooka7 wrote:

On a separate note, Z are we looking for 2 additional owners to expand?

We’re not “looking” but it is something we can take up if we had them ready, willing and committed. I know some GMs know of interested parties on the off-chance that someone wraps their time here, but there’s a difference between having that and having someone that is 100%. So, if we had two 100%s ready to go, yeah, I’d consider it, for sure. But believe me, this would lead to an expansion draft in which all of you would not be able to protect your full roster, as well as a decrease in U21 roster size, and potentially Sr. team roster sizes, too.

BLAUGRANA wrote:

Zooka7 wrote:

On a separate note, Z are we looking for 2 additional owners to expand?

LOL. Just imagine the rules we’d need for an expansion draft. Besides mate, I think you have enough trade partners already. 😉

Ok I laughed.

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The rules I inherited. Those of the rules that I or we changed over time became part of the Liga’s constitution. Thus, we require a supermajority to significantly change it. I don’t know if it’s American or Western, Xavi teaches history, we can ask him. But it’s what I deemed fair and continue to believe that it’s fair and well-intentioned.

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As a reminder, a 3/4ths majority is needed for polled rule changes. That means no more than 4 against. We are now at 4 against.

What I’ll say is this.

We’ve talked about it and debated the pros and cons before.

We are currently maybe 10 days from the opening of free agency. And I know that all of us have a list of players we are after, as we do virtually every free agent window. For every roster spot you add beyond 32 and think may add something of value down the road, just add 13 more because for every 1 for you there’s 13 for everyone else. Go ahead and slash potentially 14 guys from your list right now. And re-think the free agency window in potentially 10 days. If we add 2 U21 players, then do the same with 28 players.

I think there’s a misconception that more bids and more spots means fewer targets missed. I know that some of you have been scarred by missing out on players you really wanted. I’m also saying that about myself, haha. I swear the last two things Luigi did here was outbid me for Fabio Miretti and Giorgio Scalvini. But I don’t think just having the spots available means that you’d miss fewer targets. I think the more spots available to fill and the higher the roster number, period, will mean you’ll miss more targets, not less. That’s my opinion but that’s how I see it, always looking at the bigger picture here.

And don’t get me wrong, I often pine to Xavi over text about how I wished that I had 1 or 2 more spots on my U21 team. I do because I scout that much and watch that much footy and read about it and study it and obsess about it like the majority of you. But it would come at a high cost, frankly. And some of us that have been doing it a while are notably (see above) against expanding for that reason and others.

I appreciate the fervor everyone has for collecting players and assembling teams. I think the lack of additional spaces makes the decisions harder, which is a positive of the league’s. And I think it creates a healthy free agent market at Senior and Youth levels, which create exciting transfer windows, which is another positive for the league.

And I ultimately don’t think waiting on or potentially missing on a 16 year old is worth jeopardizing that by expanding any more. In fact, if we found 2 additional owners to expand to 16 teams, I would strongly recommend downsizing rosters at U21 at least back to 30, if not smaller. And the same with Senior teams. Wouldn’t that be a bitch.

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There you go

https://strawpoll.com/poy9W5bVAgJ

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IMO, you’re better off using Strawpoll or an anonymous poll maker or something like that bc I’m not sure everyone will comment to share their opinion, knowing how passionately some 😉😉 of us are about the subject.

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Announcement/Rule Change:

I am always trying to find the perfect balance for every aspect of the league. I firmly believe in evolution and adapting when necessary. Club selection for Premiership & Championship teams has increasingly felt like a creased shirt, or a wrinkle needing ironing. But it’s been exacerbated in recent seasons by the supplementation of new UEFA competitions and tournaments, giving much greater flux to how quickly teams are able to move up or down the rankings within the span of a few months or a year. I’d always described our parameters for selecting teams for these leagues as being a “nearly perfect” formula, but I couldn’t put my finger on how to get it right.

I’ve talked to some of you about this either in recent days or from memory. And I feel strongly that I’ve come to the right specifications, something I should have thought of from the beginning, or at the very least before I posted the thread yesterday, but I was traveling, and it hadn’t really come to me until last night. But I think new parameters will allow more flexibility in UEFA team selection without being overly rigid, in adapting to UEFA’s evolving standards. This change is something we are pivoting to now, starting next season. You still do not have to make any changes, if you don’t want to. But these changes may open up some different ideas for your clubs, so I am opening it back up for everyone & allowing another day to pick, meaning your picks aren’t due until Friday am.

All that said, moving forward, you may select from any of the Top 100 in the current UEFA Club Coefficient for your Dynasty Liga Premiership club. No club outside of the Top 100 may be eligible at the start of that season.

Eligibility for Championship teams will not be affected by this modification. You still must select a UEFA club from any of the top three flights, ranked outside the Top 75. To state the obvious, this leaves a portion of clubs ranked 76-100 that may be eligible for either league. That flexibility has been built in to this adjustment, and I feel confident that it will give GMs potentially better options with fewer restrictions.

If you’ve already made a post, feel free to make a new one with any requested changes. Please do not modify posts from above or I might miss it.

TL;DR

New Premiership & Championship selection parameters.

Premiership
Club from Top 100 UEFA Club Coefficient

Championship
Club from top three flights outside Top 75 UEFA Club Coefficient

Stating the obvious: Teams ranked 76-100 in the UEFA Club Coefficient can play in either league. If you have both of your clubs within this margin, you are not required to use the higher ranked club in the Premiership. GM’s Choice.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Zizou.

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Zooka7 wrote:

Haha Z I can change if you wanna take them! I had a couple others I was happy to move to as well

Nahhh.

As a result, STAYING AT INTER

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Zizou.

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Xavi4life wrote:

JUVENTUS (and I’m not happy about it)

Zooka7 wrote:

AZ > Celtic FC

For different reasons, haha.

I was actually going to move from Inter to Celtic since Celtic was the first Prem team I chose. Will always love the Hoops. Great choice, Z!

Not happy, X.

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Updated with additional Cup QF payouts to Evilo & ProPAIN. Team Accounts will be updated to reflect new total.

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