With the WBL being full and stronger than ever, the league is entertaining the idea of expansion. We have always been open to accepting Utopians into the league who have just "5 minutes a day." We have received renewed interested from veteran owners who had to take a hiatus from OOTP for various life reasons. We have always welcomed former owners back to the league, even if they didn't leave on the best of terms.
To accommodate the interested veteran owners, the league office submits the following proposal for league expansion.
Logistics
Special Conditions for Expansion Teams
In lieu of an expansion draft in which expansion teams would select players from current WBL rosters AND affiliate rosters, the following conditions are proposed:
To accommodate the interested veteran owners, the league office submits the following proposal for league expansion.
Logistics
- One team will be added to each league, expanding the WBL to 18 teams
- Associated minor league teams will be added for each team
- The playoffs will expand to 8 teams, 4 teams from each league, eliminating first round byes
- Expansion will begin the offseason preceding the 2047 season
Special Conditions for Expansion Teams
In lieu of an expansion draft in which expansion teams would select players from current WBL rosters AND affiliate rosters, the following conditions are proposed:
- Expansion teams will be slotted into picks #3 and #4 in the first and second rounds of the 2047 amateur draft
- Order between the two expansion teams will be chosen at random
- From rounds 3 through 15 expansion teams will select in the #9 and 10 slots in each round
- Expansion teams will be given additional compensatory draft picks at the end of rounds one and two
- The order of these picks will be flipped from the order chosen in Condition 1
- Expansion teams will be given a one week (one sim) exclusive window to negotiate with free agents and international free agents in order to aid in filling rosters of the four teams within their organization