Our dynasty IDP league has been around for 15 years. We have evolved and have a great base for the league. It's competitive and has mostly good owners (all friends). I like my team and am a contender but I also wouldn't mind the experience of starting over and building from scratch. It's been 15 years after all.
I don't want a set "restart" date because then you end up with a year or two of lame duck seasons where there are no moves and it's more like a redraft. I would like it to be a random reset and have come up with the idea of rolling a 20 sided die and if #4 comes up we reset and start over. That is a 5% of a restart for any given year. The roll would happen at the start of the new league season (June 1st) so you would have a couple months to prepare before the draft starts.
My problem is that many of the owners don't seem to get the concept of a restart. They want to carry over any future draft picks acquired. To me that defeats the purpose of a reset where everyone starts from the same starting point. They fear they will get "screwed" having to lose their future picks. I tried to give the example, that what about the guy that trades a future first for Saquon expecting to be able to use him for the next 3-5 years.....doesn't that guy miss out on the value he acquired in getting Saquon? Why does he get punished by losing a first round pick in a "reset" while you get the advantage of an extra 1st round pick? How is that fair? I tried to explain there is only a 5% chance of any given year causing a restart (and if there is a restart we wouldn't roll again for 5 years) but that doesn't seem to matter. I understand being against a restart because you want to just run with what you got but these guys are all for a reset if they can keep their future picks. That is just wrong to me.
Has anybody tried a reset similar and were there any pitfalls or problems when trying to do so? Any other thoughts or discussions on the subject of a random restart? Pros/Cons?
I don't want a set "restart" date because then you end up with a year or two of lame duck seasons where there are no moves and it's more like a redraft. I would like it to be a random reset and have come up with the idea of rolling a 20 sided die and if #4 comes up we reset and start over. That is a 5% of a restart for any given year. The roll would happen at the start of the new league season (June 1st) so you would have a couple months to prepare before the draft starts.
My problem is that many of the owners don't seem to get the concept of a restart. They want to carry over any future draft picks acquired. To me that defeats the purpose of a reset where everyone starts from the same starting point. They fear they will get "screwed" having to lose their future picks. I tried to give the example, that what about the guy that trades a future first for Saquon expecting to be able to use him for the next 3-5 years.....doesn't that guy miss out on the value he acquired in getting Saquon? Why does he get punished by losing a first round pick in a "reset" while you get the advantage of an extra 1st round pick? How is that fair? I tried to explain there is only a 5% chance of any given year causing a restart (and if there is a restart we wouldn't roll again for 5 years) but that doesn't seem to matter. I understand being against a restart because you want to just run with what you got but these guys are all for a reset if they can keep their future picks. That is just wrong to me.
Has anybody tried a reset similar and were there any pitfalls or problems when trying to do so? Any other thoughts or discussions on the subject of a random restart? Pros/Cons?