Blew.2 wrote:
Nelfoos wrote:
Feverish wrote:
what are people's thoughts on the 12 game rule?
Not a fan personally - I'm coaching women's Div 1 and our season ends 5 games after our first team's (Cap Prem) season ends. If I'm dropping down 3 players maximum why does there need to be a 12 game limit on it? Just means I have to be short on players for the last few games (love Uni holidays) cos all the 1st team players are tied. It makes player eligibility inconsistent between the start and end of the season which makes no real sense to me.
I can see how it would be abused but I think limiting it to 3 mitigates the unfairness of it enough that the 12 game rule has no real effect but to trip people up and lose points. Happy to be proven wrong though.
If as in the past it was 3 per week with 5 games to go you have your full top team playing playing div 1 for 2 games in Div 1 - creating angst if deprives a promotion or creates a relegation.
I wouldn't be dropping 3 more progressively each week though, just 3 max each week - would never have more than 3 first team players in my matchday squad. I think that would be fine but neither the 3 player rule or the 66% rule allow that to happen.
My ideal rule would be more along the lines of if a players has played 33% of a teams games to date then they are tied to that team and you can drop a max of 3 tied players per week. So if it was week 2 I could drop down 3 players that played 1st team in week 1, if its week 10 I could drop down 3 players that have played at least 3 games for the 1st team, plus any that haven't played 3 games.
I feel that would hit the balance Cap Football is looking for better than the new or old rules.