I think the whole franchise thing kind of started the downfall.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying I don&#039;t like it.&nbsp; I&#039;d play on mantis&#039; team any day of the week.&nbsp; The thing is, people don&#039;t want to get stuck with someone for an entire two seasons if the team doesn&#039;t end up too well.&nbsp; Which is kind of long.&nbsp; IMO, a franchise player might be someone who can&#039;t get traded to another team for that season only.&nbsp; As for team balance, have people apply for a &quot;franchise status&quot;.&nbsp; The board will then assign players to be franchise players and have them be first picks no matter what.&nbsp; This ought to be based on how active the player is, and how well they play.&nbsp; And not only on skill alone.&nbsp; So there&#039;s no clowning around and picking someone because you like them, because that doesn&#039;t seem to work.&nbsp; I know this kind of goes along the lines of IDL being too formal.&nbsp; But you have to have a balance of fun and formal for this to work.&nbsp; And I think this might be a way to do it.<br /><br />I&#039;m sure people would rather play good games than hop in a server to troll someone...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh and server variety plz kthnx. 