Howdy SMJHL community!

So, this has been a long time coming. Every season we run into the issue where we have numerous DFAs in the League who are excited and want to be involved, but can't do much, if anything. After getting feedback from some of our DFAs we reached out to MutedFaith & the SMJHL PT Department to create the following opportunity for DFAs. Tl;Dr: PTs specifically for DFAs that give money instead of TPE.

The way it works is that from the Trade Deadline to the posting of the first task completable for TPE, whether that be the Interested Prospects Threads, Early Bird PT, Mock Draft, etc., DFAs will be able to complete weekly DFA Bounties. These Bounties will function practically identically to PTs, but with money instead of TPE, and will be posted by the J PT Team. By writing 150 words 250 words or completing a graphic for a certain prompt, DFAs will earn $1 million $500k for their bank accounts. These topics will range from anything relating to the background of their new player, what brought them to the League, their thoughts on teams in the J, and so on, and will be capped at a maximum of 4 completed bounties.

This will be starting this upcoming TDL, and will close upon the posting of the first PT task available to a class.

F.A.Q.

Quote:Why?

One of the most frequent complaints we receive is that DFAs don't have much, if anything, to do. We needed to change that.

Quote:Why money over TPE?

If we allowed DFAs to complete tasks for TPE then that would risk overcorrecting the situation and creating serious imbalances in classes. While it's possible we could then correct the overcorrection by modifying Catch-up TPE, the simplest and fairest solution in our eyes was to focus on money and not TPE.

Quote:What made you choose $1million over $500k or more?

Money for equipment and training is already one of the hardest hurdles to overcome for any new user. This opportunity helps cover their training in a consistent manner with some left over, without completely invalidating the inevitable grind that comes with max earning. We are aware that Rookie Tasks are available to them as well, but those are more gated in terms of actual tasks due to reliance on streams, PTs, etc. This is outdated, it is now $500k per payout. So I guess the answer would be feedback or peer pressure, depending on your perspective.

Quote:Who can do these?

Only DFAs of that season's class.

Quote:Why call them Bounties?

An alternative name that came up in our discussions was MT, Money Tasks. However, it was possible this could lead to confusion between MT, PT, mPT, and truth be told we already have plenty of acronyms in the SHL, SMJHL, WJC, IIHF, PTs, mPTs, for TPE, and so on. Plus I've been trying to get something named Bounties created in the League forever.