Ideas for Rule changes to make the game fairer / more balanced for non-big teams

[Rob 396]

Hi guys,

Not to sound too much like Gary Neville here .. but how can we make the game fairer? (but in our case via the FM Editor Advanced Rules, not the Government)

I want to think of ways to level the playing field a bit more in-game as I'm tired of seeing the same kind of teams win things (unless you holiday to the year 2152)
 

Been thinking of things like - ..

1. A Scandinavian style footballing revolution - make all clubs Member Owned with Elections, a limited number of term times, and Stop Outside Takeovers - with either NO promises, or ALL promises across the board (so not the odd club with Promise More Money, a la Real Madrid)
2. Remove all and any current Foreground/Background/Underwriter benefactors as well (just in case they stay when election time comes, not tested if they go or not when the current Chairman leaves)

3. Amend the Rules for individual nations to - 

- Introduce Max Wages for Domestic and Foreign players? (but can the in-game AI cope with this kind of change when it comes to building squads?)

- Implement more rules to have homegrown players in a squad (but again, can the AI cope with this?)

- Reverse the prize money in leagues, so the bottom most teams get the most money, the team who finishes 1st gets the least (Bayern and City and PSG don't exactly need that £30m kitty every year right)

- Remove parachute payments and replace them with a one-time prize for finishing bottom (to stop as much yo-yoing)

- Provide lower leagues with prize money for positions (for example, the Championship doesn't have this) to make them more competitive and ready for the fight
- As well as a nice pay packet for winning the Playoff Final (to give them a better foundation for Prem season #1)
- Give better financial incentives to do well in the earlier rounds of cup competitions, not just the tail end (when the big boys turn up)

- Either remove or overhaul TV Money, and introduce it to lower levels as well where possible

4. Maybe a controversial one .. but remove any current Debts so teams aren't starting this new phase with an arm tied behind their back
5. Remove stadium rent for clubs who don't own their stadium, or make all stadiums owned (not sure if this can be mass edited mind?)

Any thoughts on anything that can be reasonably done in-game?
 

[J-Hood]

did you ever do anything around this idea?