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The Case for Fine Tuning

Got a call from a buddy of mine last night and the discussion rolled around to NCAA 07. He made an observation that I hadn't noticed. He's already into year 3 of his dynasty (that's some serious playing) and he said to look at the OVR player ratings. I still have my 5 year sim saved so I fired it up and I saw the same thing he did after year 3.

There are a lot of 96-99 rated players in the game after you play a few seasons. In fact, after the 5th season there were no less than 80 players rated at least a 96 (and 20 were 99). That's an awful lot of stand-out players, isn't it? (Many are Srs so maybe more should leave early?) If you start up a new dynasty and check the ratings there are around 20 players rated 96+ (give or take). That's a huge difference. I always was curious as to why every player improves, at least a little bit, every off season. Shouldn't some players nose dive in ratings? Every college player does not improve from his Sophomore to Senior year. Some do, in fact, tail off.

Not sure what you take away from this but I just found it interesting and it sort of goes back to the fact that now that the gameplay is back on track, a tightening of the screws needs to be done because I think this is a reason why after you play a few seasons that a lot of the teams start to look the same talent wise. If by year 3, if a guy is starting and he's rated in the low to mid 80's he is a certifiable weak link.