Edit: OPTION 2 WINS

A month ago I posted these relegation rules.

After reviewing all the leagues I think a tweak is in order. We need to condense a bit more. D1 is in great shape, think there is one inactive team across both leagues, D2 a bit shakier and the trend continues to D3 and D4.

This is a free daily roto league, there is always going to be turnover. But I think we just need to find the sweetspot that would maintain a very high level of activity in the handful of upper division leagues, and move back to 3 divisions with more leagues in each so the overall leaderboard is more relevant and you are competing against more people (so the handful of inactives in your league doesn't ruin the fun and competition)

Setting up a system that we can transition to from this season is tough so please share any recommendations asap if you have them, can tweak either option a bit to make things fair.

So after much deliberation here are two proposals.

Option 1

D1 - 2 leagues - 16 teamers - (32)

• D1 Bill Russell - 1st-8th (8)
• D1 Michael Jordan - 1st-7th (7)
  
• D2 Magic, Wilt, Kareem 1st-3rd (9)
• D2 next 5 in the overall standings (5)
• D3 Bird, Oscar, Duncan, Kobe - Top 3 overall D3 standings (3)
• Next in line: 9th place Bill Russell and 8th place MJ, D2 division standings

D2 - 4 leagues - 14 teamers - (56)

• D1 Bill Russell - 9th-14th (6)
• D1 Michael Jordan - 8th-12th (5)
• D2 Magic, Wilt, Kareem - 4th-8th (10)
• D2 next 6 division standings (6)
• D3 Bird, Oscar, Duncan, Kobe remaining 1st-4th place teams (13)
• D3 next 6 division standings (6)
• D4 league winners, and next 4 in the division standings (10)
• Next in line: Pending

D3 - however many - 12 teamers

Option 2

D1 - 2 leagues - 14 teamers - (28)

• D1 Bill Russell - 1st-7th (7)
• D1 Michael Jordan - 1st-6th (6)
  
• D2 Magic, Wilt, Kareem 1st-3rd (9)
• D2 next 4 in the overall standings (4)
• D3 Bird, Oscar, Duncan, Kobe - Top 2 overall D3 standings (2)
• Next in line: 8th place Bill Russell and 7th place MJ, D2 division standings

D2 - 4 leagues - 14 teamers - (56)

• D1 Bill Russell - 8th-14th (7)
• D1 Michael Jordan - 7th-12th (6)
• D2 Magic, Wilt, Kareem - 4th-8th (11)
• D2 next 4 division standings (4)
• D3 Bird, Oscar, Duncan, Kobe remaining 1st-4th place teams (14)
• D3 next 4 division standings (4)
• D4 league winners, and next 4 in the division standings (10)
• Next in line: D2 remaining 9th-10th place teams, D3 remaining 5th-6th place teams, D4 leaderboard

D3 - however many - 14 teamers

Please share any general thoughts on improving rcj. I think either of the above setups would work pretty well and keep d1 and d2 active, while keeping things interesting in D2 and D3 if a certain league has inactive issues.

Replacement manager upper division eligibility - Pending, will add notes tonight

Including a league factor - calculate the strengeth of each league, have that slightly affect the overall leaderboard. not sold on the idea.

Edit: also, we really need someone to put together division/overall leaderboards. if you are capable and willing please contact me