I know I've encouraged people to not get ahead of themselves and talk about Madden 13, but since I do see people discussing it a lot I figured I'd give you guys a heads up: Ubernes and I have already started planning things out, and we're leaning very strongly towards changing the way teams are assigned next year.
We're anticipating two key issues of concern in handing out teams:
1) Overall demand. Obviously we have had far more than 32 people in this league at one point or another, and we anticipate demand will be very high when Madden 13 comes out. In a perfect world, we could accommodate everyone who wants to play in the main league, but realistically we probably won't be able to. Rest assured we do have a plan in progress as to how to deal with demand, so it won't just be a matter of "first come, first served." There will be certain people who are guaranteed a spot based on criteria we're developing.
2) Demand for specific teams. Obviously we've always given deference to veterans who want to hold onto their teams. But this is getting murkier since we have more and more people in the league who'd meet those qualifications and who want specific teams. We haven't decided precisely how to handle this yet, but the most likely is that we're going to have a team lottery. You'd still have some say in who you got, but in-demand teams won't necessarily go to the person who had them this year (1. Yes, that includes me, and 2) That is NOT an invitation to start claiming teams now, lol).
Anyway, both these things are obviously still a work in process, and we've got other changes in the works for next year, including a more transparent set of league rules and hopefully (finally) a salary cap. We're working on it though, and more importantly if anybody has any suggestions for Madden 13, please feel free to PM me with them.
[quote name='bvharris']Hasn't McCarthy been through enough?[/QUOTE]
