I am making this post, not to get some type of resolution, but to relieve some of the frustration that I cannot address thru WIS admin. Three times in the past 15 seasons I have received the same 3 putrid rookies (Lopez, Acavedo, Barreto). Besides being under achievers they only yield 1800 total minutes. Typically, an owner can expect 2100 to 2400 minutes and, therefore, I base my team building drafts with this range in mind. I contacted WIS 2 years ago on this matter and asked them to better normalize the rookie sets .... especially these 3 guys. WIS told me that they took league action in both normalizing and the distribution of the rookie sets. And now I get the same 3 guys again.

During one of my conversations with WIS, they told me that the average set was about 1900 minutes. I told them that was absolutely not true because I have kept records to disprove that statement.

Besides the minute problem (which leads to WW and ultimate team weakening), there is the team value problem. The typical value of the rookie sets ranges from $3,000,000 to about $4,000,000. When an owner gets a set valued at $2.6M, he can be at a $1.5M disadvantage in a $42M league. That is a big nut to overcome.

I have seen posts over the years of owners complaining that WIS does not support this site as it used to. I guess you can add me to the list of owners who feel the same way.

The whole rookie system is terrible. I have been saying for years, along with MANY other owners, that they should just completely scrap them & raise the cap of OLs.  There is zero reason to include them in the "what if" concept.

Posted by ashamael on 7/9/2015 10:57:00 PM (view original):
The whole rookie system is terrible. I have been saying for years, along with MANY other owners, that they should just completely scrap them & raise the cap of OLs.  There is zero reason to include them in the "what if" concept.

AMEN!!! AMEN!!! AMEN!!!

(Stopped playing any league with random rookies a long time ago.)

Posted by ashamael on 7/9/2015 10:57:00 PM (view original):
The whole rookie system is terrible. I have been saying for years, along with MANY other owners, that they should just completely scrap them & raise the cap of OLs.  There is zero reason to include them in the "what if" concept.

Word, brother.  The rookies are the main reason I stopped playing open leagues several years ago and have no interest in returning.  They don't belong in the sim, or at least in open leagues which is the standard WIS experience.  The fact that their impact was adjusted upward so that they actually can have a positive influence on a team's fate is absurd.

Thanks, WIS, for giving me 11mpg 60% efg% 100% c-pf 99% sf rookie:

(909 min Matt Bonner)

Perimeter	Midrange	Paint		PG	SG	SF	PF	C
52%	24%	24%	37	70%	88%	99%	100%	100%

	GP	Min	Pts	OReb	Reb	FG	FG3	FT	AST	TO	STL	BLK	FL
Per Game	68	13.4	4.2	0.4	1.9	48.7%	44.2%	73.3%	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.3
Per 48 Min	68	-	15.2	1.3	6.8	48.7%	44.2%	73.3%	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.0	4.5
Totals	68	909	288	25	129	112/230	53/120	11/15	36	16	17	19	86

	Usage%	FG%+	eFG%	OReb%	DReb%	Ast%	Stl%	Blk%
Advanced	12.9	108	60.2	3.2	11.7	4.9	0.8	1.2

The rookie concept is putrid. I've only played 2-4 OLs (not exactly sure). Once I was given a set of rookies that only played 23 mins/game combined. I drafted expecting more mins based on reading the forums & my previous season. I'd love to play in the OLs again, but I will not until they do away with rookies. If WIS were smart, they'd do away with them & rake in the $ as owners like us would return to the OLs.