I’m also a big believer in
developing rivalries amongst teams to encourage owner engagement. That’s why I like to use divisions, and not
just as an NFL replication. Having to
play a smaller subgroup of teams multiple times a year makes you focus more on
those teams, and some rivalries will naturally develop. I then make the division winners earn prize
money for that achievement, and so even a division full of bad teams has
something to fight over. I also like to
have team owners choose one non-division owner that they will play each year,
as it will allow owners who already have an out-of-game rivalry to expand it
into the league, or will kindle a new rivalry.
I also believe that the more
things a team owner is required to do, the more attention they give a league,
and thus more communication organically flows from that attention. So don’t be afraid of forcing more decisions
on an owner. If you’ve got good owners,
this will only help the league.
For the offseason, I do think
that all leagues need a break so owners can recharge and go off to spend time
on other interests. But the NFL
offseason of free agency and the rookie draft has become parts of the calendar
year of intense interest to NFL fans, and it makes sense to have corresponding
activities in your fantasy league, especially if you’re attempting to duplicate
the NFL GM experience. The trick is the
downtime after the early days of NFL free agency and the draft are over. If you have a deep league with your own free
agency, you can stretch that out a long time if designed properly.
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