There's potential to add another couple of leagues to the game at the moment. However there is also room for the engine to be passed onto someone else so that they can set up a new group of leagues and we can run half the game each, thereby doubling the size of the game. Thats the potential for future growth.

In terms of leagues, the old game had the Scottish Premiership and was generally very unpopular with only a handful of managers playing there. Because of that, I'm not sure theres a demand for that league and as such its below the likes of a South American league, and Dutch league and so on which would all be more competitive and likely to be more popular.

Richard.

Obviously if there was a sudden rush of Scottish fans all joined the game and were all active, then it would go up the pecking order as there would be a demand for it. At the moment I'd guess there are probably 2 or 3 managers left from the old Scottish league, plus yourself, who would be interested. 4 people for a 12 team league doesn't really work.

I wouldn't introduce a US league because I doubt anyone would be interested except for in LA Galaxy of course. A South American league would include teams like Santos, Boca Juniors, Sao Paulo, River Plate... Think of the Copa Libertadores but in a league format.

Richard.

-- Edited by Football Academy at 14:36, 2007-08-15

french and scottish leagues i love to see personally

German,Scottish,Dutch the list goes on,they would all make great leagues aslong as we had the members to fill them and at the moment we still havnt filled up the leagues we have,a mite hav a couple of new friends coming on this in the next few weeks but if Football Academy expands am sure Richard will pick the best leagues.

FA won't expand unless I think theres demand for new places on the game. There's no point having leagues with no one in obviously. But hopefully with word of mouth FA will continue to expand. 2 years ago it was just a third of the size it is now which is why I need leagues in mind should expansion be needed.

Simon to answer your question simply, yes it would need an extra administrator really. You could run the game without seeing the mechanics of the engine but they would be a click away and I don't think people would feel happy if the other admin was still playing when he/she had access to all the workings. This is one of the two issues; the admin would have to drop their team, and I would have to feel confident they were totally reliable in that updates would be regular and the engine was not simply 'pinched'. Obviously the first issue is more pressing for people thinking about helping out.

Richard.

What about an Iceland league (no folks I'm not joking!!) I would be more than willing to join AI, and I am sure that my current job would be snapped up quickly.

I just suppose it will be down to who else will join me.

Simon
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