Sorry about the delay. There's an issue with the promotion and relegation between the A2-League and the State Premier Leagues to do with the regional boundaries and number of teams in each division. The game crashes at the end of the first season when it tries to handle the promotion and relegation. This is only what I believe the issue to be and I may be incorrect here. prot651 is certain there is no solution to this issue and I almost certainly agree with him.
Therefore it is likely that a different league structure must be implemented.
It either has to be entirely state-based, or entirely Nationally based, unlike the proposed system which was a mix of both.
The Nationally based system would simply be straight down single league divisions, i.e. A-League, A2-League, Division 1, Division 2, etc, with direct promotion and relegation between the two.
A state based system would be one where each state has its own single league division system with direct promotion and relegation, with a play-off series (weather it be league or knock-out) between the top teams from each state, pretty much the same as the current U18 system works. I think this would go well with a setup similar to a database that prot651 is working on where each state becomes their own nation, and personally for me would be fun to play. This can be done including the A-league teams or could go back to the old days of football with no A-League teams.
In my opinion, although the A-League teams would dominate in the early years, the state based system would be more enjoyable to play, especially if I make each state their own nation or merge it with prot651's database (if he or she is willing to share
). I will go ahead with this starting in the next few days unless others have a better idea or a greater majority prefer and alternative option.
Thoughts, opinions, feedback, positive and negative always welcomed!