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In my case I started with FIFA Manager 08 until 11 (IIRC), then Football Manager (SI) until 2019. Pro Cycling Manager (2016/17/18/19) , NBA2K19, WWE 2K19, Madden 19/20/21 and if you consider Blood Bowl as a sim game many years of it. Recently I discovered DDS Pro Football and then DDS Pro Basketball. Cheers.

The best player I ever saw live was Charles Barkley, he was something else. And I saw Magic Johnson, Robinson, Pippen, etc. Barkley was the most dominant player I ever saw live. And my second favorite. My favorite player would have to be Hakeem Olajuwon. When you cross soccer foot skills (heel pivot) with a monster wingspan you get the best center of the modern era. He was humble yet dominant. Only lacked FT accuracy. Everything else in his game was superb!

I am in agreement with this. I think everyone who has responded so far is showing @zinnyzxx support and agrees with the issue by providing multiple solutions. It's a topic that has been discussed for the past 3 years that I continue to discuss because I think it would greatly improve the game. Luckily, in a recent chat with Anders, it seems like roster limits, as well as a few other things mentioned here, are on his "to-do" list. So that's good. But to dive in a bit - say the roster limit is set at 30. That is not going to solve the issue, specifically with the Hawks. Their roster is 31players, so they can just drop the 79 overall and move on. All the rest are still in the affiliate. Which is why I agree with @rainsilent that salary demands also need to come up in order to fully solve this. The higher salary players ask for, the less players teams can sign (or they can still choose to sign many players, but their top talent won't be as good, and I'm fine with that strategy aspect). Also, players turning 21 won't sign for as cheap or if they are 85+ overall maybe they shouldn't accept 2-way deals. The reset started off great in this regard, but something was changed around S4 (S8 in buzzer), which made it too easy to sign players. Right now, the salary demands of 21 year olds are just ridiculously low. Even 88 overalls are signing SHL level deals, which is crazy. So again, I think my solutions to the following issue are: 1. Roster limit. 30 seems reasonable to me. 2. Salary demands should be higher. I don't know what the fix is here or if it can even be fixed at this point, but it would help to solve the "hoarding" issue. 3. Players getting frustrated or unhappy easier - and having a greater impact on performance, if they don't already.

Don't disagree with skater limit and salary increases. But I think we are starting to veer off course. The intent of @zinnyzxx's original post was to highlight some examples of why teams promoting to GHL are currently f*cked when it comes to squad strength. Yes, the salaries are part of this, but there are two equally culpable elements: 1) Smart relegating managers trading away one-way assets ahead of time, preventing them from going to FA, and 2) Hoarding players. The former can't be fixed unless we do something with transfer windows. The latter - can. In the case of Fury above, the players aren't exactly GHL quality, and I have no problem with having a full AAHL-LEVEL team in the minors. Where I do completely support @zinnyzxx, is in the case of the other teams he mentioned, who have players in their minors who would walk into the top 6 of any recently promoted team. Yet, they are out of GHL rotation entirely, and the hoarding teams experience zero penalty, team confidence or otherwise, for keeping these players in AAHL - a league way below their level. It would be less egregious if the managers in questions actually DID something with those players, but more likely than not, they just stay in the minors for a significant portion of their careers, and maybe a few eventually make their way out. This is damaging to the in-game economy. It's one of many elements that contribute to this damage, to be sure - not the only one - but it is the simplest to fix, in my opinion. So let's give @zinnyzxx some support and have Anders set a roster limit.

Rudy Fernandez