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Here is the idea. Teams get paired up (teams would be from different divisions to minimize the games played against each other) and the goal is then to be the pair with the most combined wins. To do that, you can trade players back and forth as much and as often as you want, alter your lineups and pitchers to help the other team out, throw games against each other if you think that will help you get the most wins in the end, basically you can do whatever it takes to help your pair of teams end up the season with the most wins.
A few more thoughts for discussion
I am thinking that pairs can also trade with other pairs if they wanted to.
I think that a slow live draft would be interesting as it would allow the pair to conspire together on draft picks that would help both teams. This would require lots of patience by all the managers involved as it might take a week to do this.
I am thinking that giving an ~ 5 mil buffer to each of the teams after the draft would give some flexibility for trading. You could not use that buffer to add more expensive players from free agency or to trade with another pair, it would only be to facilitate trades within the pairs.
Should the pairs be random or should people sign up as pairs? That is, do we get 12 managers and then pair them up after signups are complete, or do 2 managers sign up together as a pair? I can see advantages to both.
Does this sound like a good idea or is it the craziest, most unworkable thing to come along here?
A few more thoughts for discussion
I am thinking that pairs can also trade with other pairs if they wanted to.
I think that a slow live draft would be interesting as it would allow the pair to conspire together on draft picks that would help both teams. This would require lots of patience by all the managers involved as it might take a week to do this.
I am thinking that giving an ~ 5 mil buffer to each of the teams after the draft would give some flexibility for trading. You could not use that buffer to add more expensive players from free agency or to trade with another pair, it would only be to facilitate trades within the pairs.
Should the pairs be random or should people sign up as pairs? That is, do we get 12 managers and then pair them up after signups are complete, or do 2 managers sign up together as a pair? I can see advantages to both.
Does this sound like a good idea or is it the craziest, most unworkable thing to come along here?