Youth Recruit Summary

[Eepan]

To suggest poor youth pulls causes players to leave FTP is NUTS

No one has suggested this?? I'm talking about the table crowie sometimes release on youth pull stats, then muff a couple of years ago would show stats each season with players joining and leaving, was always interesting to see

As for running comps, to get more players to pull players from your country > should be banned > seeking to gain an unfair advantage.

Wild take. Imagine spending money on memberships to help keep the game going, offering training advice when asked and encouraging managers to make their teams succeed to have better academy's.

If you banned them, then why not get rid of nats and nationalities, so everyone can just solo play and not help anyone.

I know at least 2 managers who specifically bought membership to play in competitions, so I'm baffled how less paying members would be a good thing

[boscorp]

Don't let it confuse you Eepan, I think roy was more upset over the closure of the game " stumped" and was letting off steam. I know i'd prefer an option of competitions and forum discussions as we currently do. The enthusiasm can be contagious.

[Robin]

Try to get my name right , and certainly not letting off steam about Stumped , never played it !

[boscorp]

haha sorry Robin. you had me confused.

[berksowl]

For every nation not called Australia, every single youth pull is precious, so I too am dismayed when I receive a friendly comp invitation that asks that I pull a youth from X nation. Neither as a format for a competition nor as a boost for that nation's player pool is this particularly creative. Maybe try something like each team in the comp needs to change their FTP club badge to that if specified nation; must get tattoo of specified nation; or must make donation to animal welfare society within specified nation. I'd certainly consider entry into any such comp. But with these requiring that I pull a player other than West Indies, I must say I enjoy declining those invitations.

I will not be organizing any friendly comps in the foreseeable future, but allow me to provide this link for those wishing to donate for West Indian animal welfare... https://jspca.net/

[boscorp]

For every nation not called Australia, every single youth pull is precious, so I too am dismayed when I receive a friendly comp invitation that asks that I pull a youth from X nation. Neither as a format for a competition nor as a boost for that nation's player pool is this particularly creative. Maybe try something like each team in the comp needs to change their FTP club badge to that if specified nation; must get tattoo of specified nation; or must make donation to animal welfare society within specified nation. I'd certainly consider entry into any such comp. But with these requiring that I pull a player other than West Indies, I must say I enjoy declining those invitations.

I will not be organizing any friendly comps in the foreseeable future, but allow me to provide this link for those wishing to donate for West Indian animal welfare... https://jspca.net/

You raise a good point and you as an U20 assistant are in just the right place to make it better. The big purpose of these competitions is to increase community interest in the game, including national teams and their players. Perhaps too many times some sort of national pride gets into the competition organizer's mindset and they include conditions like recruiting for a particular nation or country rather than leaving the choice open. They are just doing what they think is needed. Its up to you as a part of your role to find a way to engage your community.
There are many alternatives available to base a competition around that can be open to anyone and i think more managers are taking on that approach already.
Rather than doing nothing and not trying anything different why don't you make use of your position and create something to interest a few managers.
Top run scorer in a tour, top wicket taker, fielder, biggest innings total... theres plenty. Or you could do a friendly match competition for the residents of WI. You don't have to include barriers such as recruiting for a certain nation or getting a tattoo. You seem to be a loyal WI supporter and i'm sure you aren't alone. Put your mind to it and you will see there are a few different ways to gather up support other than forcing recruits.

[boscorp]

I am working on creating a table on the yr page in a hope to encourage those who can to recruit from the lower supplied countries

I've spotted the table. How are the numbers going lately?

[GM-crowfan65]

the number is this seasons so i guess that is lately

[boscorp]

the number is this seasons so i guess that is lately

I'll have to wait til next week to have another look. It's disappointing its only available in the middle of recruiting a player. Does it provide the same sort of info you have included before like the quality of ratings and wage distributions?

[Basto111]

Kenya are currently on a big push to try and flip a few people to pull for them and make us more competitive in the long run. I must have communicated with 20 manager and I have flipped 2 to pull for us, which hopefully is 2-4 extra pulls per week. To me that is a success

[GM-crowfan65]

the number is this seasons so i guess that is lately

I'll have to wait til next week to have another look. It's disappointing its only available in the middle of recruiting a player. Does it provide the same sort of info you have included before like the quality of ratings and wage distributions?

At this stage it just shows this season's recruits over 800 wage
We will look at expanding it and adding link to see it outside recruiting a player
For now use this https://www.fromthepavilion.org/youthrecruit.htm