One System tries to clear the environment objectives.
Basketball Systems Lab
Run the league like a living system.
A commissioner-mode strategy lab where each System runs through years of schedule policy, labor trust, media value, fan attention, and competitive balance. Steer the model mid-season and watch the receipts ripple forward.
Year 1 Policy Window
Current leader Recovery System Recovery System ran Schedule Load. +6 score; health 83, trust 68, media $9.15B.
League Health 83 +7
Media Value $9.15B +7%
Competitive Balance 68 +8
Labor Trust 68 +4
Causal Map
Recovery System
Year 1 of 5
Kickoff brief
Solo ChallengeClear a challenge against the environment. Choose a System, make a steering call, then watch whether the targets survive.
Same schedule, same media demand, same labor scrutiny
Playback advances one year at a time; each season draws an event before the System responds.
Midseason window steering can change the remaining years.
Recovery System cleared the single-player challenge across score, owner room, and labor trust.
Single-player runs are judged by score, owner room, and labor trust targets.
Clear a challenge against the environment. Choose a System, make a steering call, then watch whether the targets survive.
Single challenge
Challenge clearedRecovery System cleared the single-player challenge across score, owner room, and labor trust.
Beat the pressure model Cleared
81.2 Target 76.0 valid score Recovery System must clear the environment after requirement gates, not just post a high raw score.
Keep owner room credible Cleared
53 Target 35 floor Below 35 breaks the business side of the model; a narrow clear still leaves negotiating pressure.
Protect labor trust Cleared
66 Target 65 floor Final labor trust was 74 after the steering path compounded.
Run playback Year 1 of 5
Broadcast pressure: health +0, trust +0, availability +0, media +$0.24B. +6 score; health 83, trust 68, media $9.15B.
Recovery System is at 75.4 in year 1.
TV window: Capture attention without overloading the calendar.
Minimum owner margin was 53. Below 60 costs flexibility; below 35 breaks credibility.
The native System keeps compounding without adding a new mid-season tradeoff. +0.0 projected swing; Political capital -7, Media attention +7; resource floor 37.
Political capital -7, Media attention +6; resource floor 65.
Playoff inventory shock set the pressure; Schedule Load moved +4.8; -9.0 final gate adjustment.
-6 this turn
-4 this turn
+3 this turn
-1 this turn
-4 this turn
Compounding trail +0.0 through year 1
Recovery System has accumulated 1 turn in this run.
Broadcast pressure: health +0, trust +0, availability +0, media +$0.24B. Recovery System ran Schedule Load; Political capital -7, Media attention +6; resource floor 65.
Live steering
Steer Recovery System from year 1Labor Trust is the next preview; first-season force 62%.
Decision ledger No logged turns
Each logged turn compounds forward until a later steer or hold changes the System.
Tune this turn Preview Midseason window
Compare moves Midseason window from year 1
Risk-adjusted score 81.2
Recovery System moved from 90.2 to 81.2 after 2 requirement gates.
Minimum owner margin was 53. Below 60 costs flexibility; below 35 breaks credibility.
The health, balance, and availability caps make the later-year projection directional.
Raw year 1 score drivers for Recovery System
Policy Schedule Load
Fatigue Lower
Star Availability Higher
Media Value $9.15B
Owner Pressure Stable
Player Trust Stable
Recovery System projects as the final leader after 5 years. Raw 90.2, gate adjustment -9.
Midseason window cumulative movement compared with the same System holding its original policy.
Partial-season steering; the decision ripples through the remaining schedule. Subsequent years use the new policy at full strength.
Requirement gate
Prototype watch 2 watch / 1 deferred / 4 passedThe run is playable, with requirement-watch penalties already reflected in final scores.
Owner room Watch
Owner room is tightMinimum owner margin across the run was 53. Below 60 needs governance pressure; below 35 is not credible.
Projection honesty Watch
Capped projectionThe run hit the health, balance, and availability caps, so later-year projections are directional rather than exact.
System balance Deferred
Versus not runSwitch to versus mode to evaluate balance between two Systems under the same horizon.
State bounds Pass
Bounded league stateAll score metrics stayed inside 0-100 and media value stayed inside the prototype range.
Tradeoff integrity Pass
1 visible tradeoffWinning upside is paired with board, schedule, availability, trust, or parity pressure.
Labor plausibility Pass
Labor path is plausibleLabor trust stayed between 66 and 74 across the run.
Resource solvency Pass
Resource floor preservedPolitical capital, budget flexibility, trust reserve, media attention, and owner patience never dropped below 37 across the run.
Compounding receipts
Year 1 Recovery System ran Schedule Load
+6 score; health 83, trust 68, media $9.15B.
Opening window 75.4
Year 2 Recovery System ran Schedule Load
+4 score; health 87, trust 70, media $9.76B.
Opening window 79.6
Year 3 Recovery System ran Schedule Load
+3 score; health 92, trust 66, media $10.50B.
Opening window 82.3
Year 4 Recovery System ran Schedule Load
+5 score; health 99, trust 70, media $11.63B.
Opening window 87.1
Year 5 Recovery System ran Schedule Load
+3 score; health 100, trust 74, media $12.67B.
Opening window 90.2
Board Report
Every move leaves a receipt.
The design direction keeps the interface quiet, legible, and inspectable. The game should explain how decisions compound, where the System was steered, why the winner changed, and which realism gates still need attention.
Recovery System survived 5 years with a 81.2 valid score.
Protect star availability first, then let media value follow healthier inventory. Raw score 90.2 became 81.2 after requirement gates inside National TV Labor Crunch: same schedule, same media demand, same labor scrutiny.
The algorithm judged every System against the same pressure model, event deck, and horizon.
Highest resilient league score after pressure is applied. Scores update each year from health, media value, competitive balance, labor trust, margin, resilience, and the active season event.
Playoff inventory shock mattered in year 4.
Playoff inventory shock: health +0, trust +0, availability -4, media +$0.32B. The compounding ledger keeps the System steerable without hiding event pressure, tradeoff cost, or gate cost.
Mode
System vs EnvironmentOne System ran against the environment as the opponent.
Horizon
5 yearsNational TV Labor Crunch: Same schedule, same media demand, same labor scrutiny. Event deck: Broadcast pressure, Star injury wave, Labor flare-up, and Playoff inventory shock.
Winning System
Recovery System81.2 valid score from 90.2 raw. Compounded +12.
Steering
Original systemNo mid-run steering applied; the System keeps its native operating policy.
Event deck
Playoff inventory shockPlayoff inventory shock: health +0, trust +0, availability -4, media +$0.32B. Every System receives the same deterministic event sequence for the selected environment.