amateur and semi-pro transfers

[Ilici Man]

distance between current team (or previous team) and approaching team should be the most important factor that influences if amateur or semi-pro players accept a transfer offer. I can't imagine many people that would move from Manchester to Luton just to play for another amateur team, not to mention moving country. At this level 99% of players should consider only teams from the same town or nearby. 

[Enzu225]

That would sound realistic, however you should also consider other factors such as they could find a job in the city and play as an amateur for a local club. Even in the Estonian lower leagues there are many foreigners who move from abroad and play amateur football while working at another job in the nation, either for a single season or for multiple seasons. The other factors that should be included are the city size and nation affluence, not just distance.

[Enzu225]

Football manager should introduce the city of residence concept to the game. Meaning amateur players and non-players who do not have a contract with a club will move between cities in the same nation or even to a foreign nation for job purposes to find a non-football job. That way you can sign amateur players for clubs in the same city or region.

Edited April 24 by Enzu225

[Ilici Man]

5 hours ago, Enzu225 said:

That would sound realistic, however you should also consider other factors such as they could find a job in the city and play as an amateur for a local club. Even in the Estonian lower leagues there are many foreigners who move from abroad and play amateur football while working at another job in the nation, either for a single season or for multiple seasons. The other factors that should be included are the city size and nation affluence, not just distance.

i thought about that. and it would be interesting having players leave your club because they got a job farther away or players randomly showing up to your amateur club asking for a trial but that would add more complexity which, thought it would be welcomed, might better be treated as a separate idea to consider and maybe implement
 

5 hours ago, Enzu225 said:

Football manager should introduce the city of residence concept to the game. Meaning amateur players and non-players who do not have a contract with a club will move between cities in the same nation or even to a foreign nation for job purposes to find a non-football job. That way you can sign amateur players for clubs in the same city or region.

 

i don't think you need to add a different field. clubs already have cities attached to them and those cities have coordinates. you can just use the player's current or previous club's location and only accept offers from clubs based within a specific geographic distance to that.

[Enzu225]

2 hours ago, Ilici Man said:

i don't think you need to add a different field. clubs already have cities attached to them and those cities have coordinates. you can just use the player's current or previous club's location and only accept offers from clubs based within a specific geographic distance to that.

In that case, your original trial idea sounds good. If you adopt the original coordinate idea, you may run out of players in some areas or have to sign grayed-out players.

[Ilici Man]

i think that would be fine. and realistic. 

plus, if that removes your players moving across the country to another amateur club, i think it would be a welcomed trade-off

 

[civilEN]

Em 24/04/2024 em 03:50, Ilici Man disse:

a distância entre a equipe atual (ou equipe anterior) e a equipe que se aproxima deve ser o fator mais importante que influencia se jogadores amadores ou semi-profissionais aceitam uma oferta de transferência. Não consigo imaginar muitas pessoas que se mudariam de Manchester para Luton apenas para jogar em outro time amador, sem falar na mudança de país. Neste nível 99% dos jogadores devem considerar apenas equipas da mesma cidade ou próximas. 

Yes, please solve this

[scythian12]

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