Future changes

[nivshah]

I wrote about timing of Ottoneu changes in this thread about Shohei Ohtani:

Change to two-way players starting in the 2023 season

I’ll just chime in here with regards to timing, since that is the main concern I’m seeing. I understand why people want more notice on changes like this. There is never a perfect amount of lead time for changes, no matter how marginal, in a game like Ottoneu. However, expecting changes to be implemented 1.5 years in the future limits Ottoneu’s ability to innovate and adapt. A 1.5 year lead time would also create confusion for what the rules are at any given time, and I’m not confident there’s a…

Hopefully that speaks to why the timing is what it is for changes - they’ll never be mid-season but they will also never be a full year out. I think 8 months or thereabouts is the sweet spot unless something is absolutely game-breaking.