I am still new to this game, but was wondering if it would be a good idea for them to make a new league type called turbo. This game seems to move at a slow pace, and it could be nice to have a league type with shorter seasons. Less FA days, more draft rounds in a single day, and no mid weeks between games.

I like a 5 day FA period at the end of the season, but I can deal without the midweek spins, the 3 day late free agency period, and the four day draft.

I've often thought of this.

I'd like to see something like this.
Round 1: 12 Hours, 12 Hour Break (1 24 Hour Day, to allow for Trades and Adjustments after the Top Players are gone).
Round 2: 12 Hours, 12 Hour Break (same as 1).
Round 3-7: 24 Hours.

3 Days and your Draft is completed, you have time to wheel and deal and change boards after Rounds 1 and 2 where most of the Legit Talent will be taken. Rounds 3-7 will be more rapid fire, most deals I find are done in the 3rd with less and less Trades coming after that because there can still be good value or people trying to kick a pick forward a Season into a higher round (3rd now for a 2nd later).

I'd like FA Period to be 3 Days and Late FA to be 2 Days, so 3 Phases and 2 Phases each running for 24 Hours and done. Most of the Top Talent is gone by Period 2 of FA, with some guys in big contract battles hanging around until Period 3. Then it's really nothing left that doesn't kick a ball... until some After Draft Cuts, which again really only takes 1 Day to clean out.

I do understand and get reset times and down time to adjust Rosters, and some guys (myself included) like to make big Draft Plans and FA Plans before going into the period (which never happen, but hey... it was fun coming up with the Plan!) and some go deeper and break out a spread sheet and an abacus. And all of that is fine, like I said I do a bit of that myself, and if I were smarter I'd do more (Maff r hardz, mm'kay).

But the amount of down time and waiting can be a let down (and is exactly why I have 2 Teams, but even then I don't always have something to do as one is in FA Period and the other is in Late FA Period, my Draft Board is set in the first and all the FAs are gone (or my bid is in) in both.

I absolutely get why guys have 3+ Teams... the down time. They can't hack it, so they get another team to try to cover the gaps.

Plus, you'd go in KNOWING it's a Turbo League... so if you require FA to be 5 Days, then cool. Simply wouldn't be the League for that person.

I'd be all about a League like this.

I like the current format, except for Late FA. One day would be fine with me.

I normally tune out from the league after the 4th round of the draft and come back in at TC.

I definitely agree on changing the free agent periods to 3 weeks and 2 weeks. If you are taking over a team that is rebuilding, the off season seems to take forever. Don't get me wrong, I love the site and game, just would like a quicker off season.

I don't mind the 5 day early FA most times.

Those years when there are actually a few quality players available, those extra days can come in handy when you need to fill a hole after NOT getting the guy you were going after.

The other years, such as the first early FA for a new league, are just like late FA (a bunch of scrubs that weren't worth picking up during the season). Then those 5 days seem like forever.

And sometimes you need those days just to fill out your coaches.

I think it really depends on the league also .. say in 10 and 75 where your FA options will be limited anyways, 5 FA sims may be a bit much.

Obviously, I understand that you can't change everyone's for a couple but it just goes to show that as long as leagues stay competitive, there may be options to eliminate sims.

I would like JDB's thoughts on a league that simmed every night. I know if there was one, I'd cut 90% of my teams to play in it. I'd like to be able to get through a regular season in 2.5 weeks as opposed to 5.5.

The only issue I have with the turbo league idea is how are you going to sign FAs during the season? You would never be able to sign a player that would play in the next game (because you couldn't activate him), and you'd have to cut someone "just in case" you did get that player so you wouldn't be over the limit and have the Ai cut for you.

Some of you need to get a job ;)