I&#039;d like to touch on the 10 team comment from earlier Ladna. I find it unfair to claim that nothing gets done when you aren&#039;t around, even though sometimes nothing can get done [b]because[/b] the league services are setup in such a way that we unfortunately rely on you now. <br /><br />Even though you had limited availability to be around in the pre-season, we discussed moving to 10 teams [i]a great deal[/i] with board members and, at the time, we ultimately chose not to for two specific reasons:<br /><br />[b]1)[/b] Our situation with captains was weak enough as it was. Finding two more that would&#039;ve stood any chance in the IDL at the time would&#039;ve been like finding a needle in the ocean (granted if you&#039;re in New Jersey this isn&#039;t that hard).<br /><br />[b]2)[/b] Sign up and player pool predictions ended up being much lower than what we actually ended up with. Remember that we were barely sure we could field 8 teams this season and this is partially because of veteran players acting like retarded divas and not confirming until the final second of sign ups (this really needs to stop for the record). This is the more prominent reason of the two as to why we did not move to 10 teams this season.<br /><br />[b]With that said[/b], I look forward to being able to expand teams once again in the near future, hopefully this winter. I want to see players like Killemall, Roscoe, Mistopher, and Acolyte on teams. These guys have paid their dues and deserve roster spots along with new comers like Mandolore, WraithVerge, and others.<br /><br />Veteran players HAVE TO step up and take the reigns at some point or the IDL will die. People don&#039;t want to play for rookie captains but are not willing to put up. <br /><br />-------------------------------------------------<br /><br />While I&#039;m chiming in, I also want to touch on some other comments regarding the community and the potential abolishment of the IDL draft and captaining positions.<br /><br />I feel that the IDL&#039;s defining feature has always been its draft system, which structures the league in such a way that it distributes talent BETTER than allowing players to join up on their own teams. There is a reason that as children, the best athletes are picked as &quot;captains&quot; in school yard sports games. It&#039;s so that all of the best players aren&#039;t on the same team which makes it extremely crap for every other team that has to play against OR with them.<br /><br />Without the draft system, the IDL would end up going from being like a fun intramural basketball/baseball/whatever team to all of the best players from those teams deciding that they&#039;re going to team up and dominate everybody else. This isn&#039;t fun.<br /><br />Would watching Lebron, Wade, and Bosh in an 8-team 3v3 basketball league be fun when their opponents are not nearly as stacked or dispersed? That is what would happen without the IDL draft.