[quote name='KasterDB']That's rough man, I really hope whatever the issues are they work out fairly quickly, you were great for the league and an all-around good guy.
I vote that we keep Tennessee as a secondary for Dark Rider in case he is able to come back.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, we can definitely keep them "open". My only concern would be having so many teams unavailable that if somebody joined and wanted one of those teams, we'd have to say "No, that team is being held." Honestly though, at this point in the game's life cycle, I don't know if getting any more new members is likely anyway.
I do hope that Dark Rider is able to come back though. I had some mighty battles with him. I just hope that since he mentions a possibility of not coming back at all, that's not an indication that when his free time does open up again, he may be done with Madden anyway. If that's the case, I don't know that holding the team is a good idea.
I will say, at this point, I definitely plan on getting Madden 13, and would like to continue this league next year. I would like to offer long-time members their teams back...but at the same time, I don't exactly love the logjam that the other league has where all the good teams are taken before the game even comes out.
Personally, I would be open to doing another team selection lottery, but wouldn't blame people at all if they wanted to keep their teams, and would support going that route as well. Obviously, I'm getting way ahead of myself here, as we still have plenty of time with this game left. I just wanted to throw that out there in case people were curious and for the members that have left us recently who may want to come back next year.
Stay tuned...free agents group 1 being posted shortly!