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The gap between large and small countries, if we are going to base from the number of users playing the game, is wide. Perhaps it'd be helpful if we give random nationalities to Utopian players so that the training their managers spent to their players will not go to waste. It will also give small countries to compete and have some of its players being trained by an experienced manager.

I think weighting the randomness (is that still random) towards the smallest nations would be an even better idea.

I'm with Perpete on naturalisation. Not really a fan. Though I do concede that 450 games is a lot.

Or, take the rookies double nationality - Utopian and country main club.

And, to change the nationality, pay a tax.

Are 2 ways to tax:
- by potentia - fixed taxl
- by salary - 200x the salary player [200 times and not percentage]

So, rookies with 6k salary have a tax to change country of 1,2 Mi.

Other rule is you only change the country on your season rookie.

After this, or block or multiplie tax to 2x, 4x and 8x [to 18yo players on draft]

The naturalization can work like in FIBA. Each team can only have one naturalized player and cannot have played for his National Team.
Then it would not be much of a deal, but can make a difference in tiny countries.

Okay then. I agree with the veto.

Yes naturalisation would be very simple: 18yo needs to be trained continuously for for at least for 41 weeks as 21yo season starts (must be bought in draft week and kept); 19yo 28 weeks (i.e. must be bought right after the draft).

The home nation has calling priority over the training nation. Eligible players can be called by either until a selection is made. The home nation can override the training nation in the first week. After that whoever calls up the player first will get the right to use him until the following season.

Still doesn't solve the problem of countries with no managers.

Yes the 'veto' as you call it would be enforceable in the first week essentially. You can't have the home nation taking someone the training nation has already selected after that, it wouldn't be fair

Look at it this way: if a player is truly exceptional the home nation will get him, if he's second or third tier the home nation will still have the chance of selecting him, however they will need to do it in the first week or just before the training nation does after that (if neither have called him up).

The starters get called up right away. The backups and situational players get called during the season because the Coach likes the flexibility to pick from a larger pool.

I think the requirements may be as stringent as you like. 3 seasons uninterrupted for U21 (i.e. fully trained by the training team) and, I don't know 6 seasons for NT? I can't imagine many players will satisfy these criteria except the ones trained for most of their career by the same team.

My Chinese C might have been a solid backup NT player for a medium nation, but he was never selected for China (understandably)

Last edited by Lemonshine at 5/11/2018 3:08:03 PM

What if the manager who drafts the players could choose a second nationality of his utopian draftees?

Then you could apply a rule which says that countries with a lot of active users are only allowed to have 1 of those players in their NT squad, smaller one's can have 2 or even 3.

It would be up to the manager: if he wants his player to be in any NT, he chooses a 'small' country. If he just wants f.e. an American player, he can choose the USA as the secondary nationality, but the chances of his player getting to the NT are very small.

Just an idea that came to my mind...

Last edited by MoneyGreen23 at 5/11/2018 7:16:40 PM