Post by New York on Sept 26, 2016 20:09:40 GMT
This may have fallen through the cracks with the long off-season and the fact that it was announced alongside contraction. So I just wanted to post a reminder making sure everyone understands the GM expectations moving forward.
We didn't want to take anyone's team away during contraction without some type of heads up but this season don't expect to just coast by. If you can't at least have the (admittedly small) amount of participation then there are GMs that are willing to take up your team and if there aren't then we have already discussed the possibility of revisiting contraction again at the end of the season.
Activity Expectations Moving Forward
As mentioned during the contraction announcement, we were very close to contracting six teams at once for a few different reasons but ended up only contracting four. However the committee announced to the league that moving forward the expectation for a Ultimate ABCA GM's activity has increased. While we aren't looking for GMs to all of a sudden start writing articles and things of that nature (although it would obviously be welcomed), we do expect more from GMs then 12 "SAME's" in a season. Something as small as commenting on your sim in the designated thread would go a long way in boosting activity.
For General Managers that post around the board, attend live sims, post trade blocks or basically anything above just doing the bare minimum, this isn't for you. The majority of you do a great job and we don't want you to think this is directed at you. But if we can go to your recent post and the only thing we see are DC post then you are who this announcement is for.
We didn't want to take anyone's team away during contraction without some type of heads up but this season don't expect to just coast by. If you can't at least have the (admittedly small) amount of participation then there are GMs that are willing to take up your team and if there aren't then we have already discussed the possibility of revisiting contraction again at the end of the season.
There isn't any clear cut guidelines for this because I think many GMs in this league show their activity in different ways but if you want to be in the league, at least show some effort and prove to us that we couldn't get the same result by having your team on auto-pilot.
