Vanguard wrote:As I said, the DZ rules were based on seasons of 16-20 matches with 10k per match.
I'm just being picky here, and I don't care or think your choice is wrong or bad. But, you reference the book as implying 16-20 games.
"a division should have no fewer than four teams and no more than eight" DZ1 p. 18
"each team must play two competition games against each other team in their division" DZ1 p. 19
That is only 6-14 games, plus 2 games for the four that make it to the playoffs. So, 8-16.
Friendlies have no limits, but you assume a 16 game minimum. That means that in every 4 man division every coach is intended to play 6 competition games, 2 playoff games, and at least 8 friendlies. While friendlies appear to have unlimited upper boundary, the lower boundary is still zero.
I think it's misleading to suggest the intent is 16 game minimum and then bump the redraft values to 20 game assumption.
I would argue that if everyone plays 10 matches you are exactly in the intended range and wouldn't need to increase anything. I'm not saying your choice is wrong, I like playing higher TV. I'm just saying that you are justifying increasing the league TV based on the DZ league, when that isn't really accurate. As it relates to other parts of this thread increasing the redraft TV also makes it harder for rookie teams that join.