Assuming yes, there are a few things we should work on from last season. The auction budget was 120K with a roster size of 8 starters and 3 minimum subs. Manager purchases were 10k. This year, we can introduce retains into the mix, at a price of last season price + 3K. More importantly, I think we should discuss the manager pricing. Last year people were worried about managers self purchasing for way below auction price (reminder that we literally had emforbes + Spurrific manager core) at 10K. This year, I'd like for the manager prices to be 15K flat or last season price + 3K, whichever is more expensive. This means drafting yourself as a manager is effectively 1/8th of your budget, and 1/4th for you and your comanager.
The other elephant in the room is the format selection. VGC 15 infamously got outcry for not being in VGCPL I... only to turn around and be the most eyeroller of a format in winter league by almost everyone's judgment. My proposal with old formats is as follows: leave them out of VGCPL II entirely or consolidate them into 1 rotational old format slot. There were a sizeable amount of people in past leagues who signed up solely to play old formats, but there's no denying that working these players into a draft plan actively hurts new players wanting to manage and leaves some teams to just throw fodder into the slots. A rotational slot would allow players to mostly focus on current meta, but allow people to play one or two formats they really liked at some point in the season. With the return to a real circuit though, the main focus should really be on VGC 22, so at minimum that will occupy n-1 of the slots allowed.
I say n-1 because we need to talk about team size. 6 slots? 8 slots? VGCPL and VGCWL were 8 and 6 respectively and within ~15 signups of each other, but the former still felt more competitive because the field was way more stacked. Should we start at 6 and bump to 8?
Lastly, I'd like to touch on the total number of teams. 8 teams would probably be ideal, but maybe like the shorter season that comes with 6 teams? There's pros and cons to both, so would really like to hear what people have to say.
EDIT: Proposed Timetable
Manager Signups: Monday, April 11 - Wednesday, April 20
Player Signups: Thursday, April 21 - Thursday, May 12
Draft: Weekend of May 13
Week 1: May 16-22
Week 2: May 23-29
Week 3: May 30-June 5
Week 4: June 6-12
Week 5: June 13-19
Week 6: NAIC EXTENDED WEEK June 20-July 3
Week 7: July 4-10
Playoffs Week 1: July 11-17
Finals: July 18-24
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