It's going to be difficult to make this description brief but I'll try.
This is 10U rec league. For years the league has been trying to address the competitive balance issue brought on by manager's and coach's kids. A Manager automatically gets his kid on his team and his Coach's kid on his team and his other Coach's kid, how does that impact the draft, competitive balance, etc.?
So this is the process they decided:
My thought was the team losing the player should get a supplemental draft pick in whatever draft round the kid ranked in (first round in this case). This was not accepted under the theory a higher draft pick would be available due to not having to lose a slot due to locking the kid in question.
There are a lot more details but hopefully, comment can be generated from the above brief as possible description.
This is 10U rec league. For years the league has been trying to address the competitive balance issue brought on by manager's and coach's kids. A Manager automatically gets his kid on his team and his Coach's kid on his team and his other Coach's kid, how does that impact the draft, competitive balance, etc.?
So this is the process they decided:
- All Managers and one named Coach per team participate in player evaluations (5 teams, 10 evaluators)
- All players, including Manager and Coach kids, must participate in evaluations and give best effort
- Everyone (theoretically) objectively rates each kid in 5 skill areas on a scale of 1-5
- If a Manager or Coach kid does not participate in the assessment, he is scored a 25
- All scores are totaled, combined and averaged then a player rank list is released
- The list is divided into (draft) rounds with 5 players in each draft round based on their average score
- If a Manager's kid ranks in the first round, the team is required to pick him with their first round pick
- Coach's kid same thing etc., two first rounder kids, lose second round pick as well, etc.
- Draft order is otherwise determined by lot
- Effectively, Manager kid and Coach kids had to be "Locked" or "Frozen" by the team.
- Problem: some Managers and Coaches had no kids in the league
- Compromise: each team could lock up to four players if the non-Manager/Coach player played for the Manager in the past two seasons
- Coach and Manager kids counted in these four locks
- Problem: one kid, who is locked by a team but not a Manager or named Coach kid, wants to switch from this team to play with a friend. Player who wants to switch is one of the best players in the league.
- Acquiring team has a Manager and named Coach already
- Acquiring team proposes to make switching kid's Dad the "new" named Coach instead
- Acquiring team's previous named Coach's kid would be locked based on two season rule
- Acquiring team is not required to give up a player of equal or comparable value
- Team losing the player theoretically gets a high(ish) draft pick because they do not lose a slot with the good player no longer locked
My thought was the team losing the player should get a supplemental draft pick in whatever draft round the kid ranked in (first round in this case). This was not accepted under the theory a higher draft pick would be available due to not having to lose a slot due to locking the kid in question.
There are a lot more details but hopefully, comment can be generated from the above brief as possible description.