Interesting, I was going to do some similar stats but I figured 8 vs 12 team seasons and franchises would make it rather meaningless since there were so few directly comparable seasons.&nbsp; However, there does seem to be a few things that stand out to my eyes in these.&nbsp; One is, which everyone probably knows, is that captain skill plays a huge part in how good teams do.&nbsp; If you look at Historical Teams from 12-Team Seasons (PCT) you notice the best PCT teams are all captained by top players.&nbsp; You could say the two exceptions were Stereoface and GhostlyDeath but on both those teams I&#039;m not sure you could give them credit as captains.&nbsp; TSF was all but taken over by Chaindude and I was a shadow captain for PEN in the later half of the season giving them their 4 game winning streak to finish with 6-3-1 overall.<br /><br />It also seemed higher picks overall did better but I&#039;d say franchising and returning captains getting lower picks probably changed these stats a lot to even them out.&nbsp; If you look at just rookie seasons there is a clear trend of weaker captains resulting in uncompetitive IDL teams.&nbsp; The 12 team rookie stats are quite brutal especially showing weaker captains and late picks being a death sentence.<br /><br />Maybe for the good of the league players should be forced to captain if chosen to by the IDL board.&nbsp; Consider it your IDL civic duty for league wellness.&nbsp; Good captains are clearly the single most important part it seems.