[USML Announce] Rules issues
Bbuddhas
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Sat Mar 27 18:35:03 EDT 2010
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On Mar 27, 2010, at 1:14 PM, springkerb at aol.com wrote:
> Must be something Bud Selig decided--which would obviously make it
> wrong.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 12:25 pm
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rules issues
>
> Actually Mark K, the play in game stats are regarded as regular
> season by no less an authority than major league baseball. This can
> be confirmed by checking the Baseball Register. That being said, I
> don't care how we treat the stats, but they are regular season stats.
>
> We have contingent bidding, so we ought to check the "yes" box. But
> I would like to understand how they priortize the bidding to make
> sure they're truly contingent bids with some identified priority so
> we don't have any more Teixeira like situations.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:52 AM, springkerb at aol.com wrote:
>
>> 1. No. That's a play-off game, not a regular season game. Also,
>> including such a game would reward league teams that just happen to
>> have players on the MLB teams involved (and penalize those that
>> don't). I'm not sure I see a need to "codify" this rule, since our
>> existing rules (in keeping with the standard rule), base league
>> results on "cumulative statistics during the regular
>> season." (Emphasis added.) To me at least, it is obvious that
>> "the regular season" does not include a play-in game or one-game
>> playoff or whatever you want to call it. One can easily determine
>> that by checking the regular-season schedules for 2010. No such
>> games are on the schedule.
>>
>> 2. Yes, although I'm not sure I see a need to "codify" this one
>> either, as it seem to be implicit in our existing rule governing
>> contingent bidding. However, I agree that the existing rule could
>> be clarified if that is deemed appropriate and do not oppose doing
>> so.
>>
>> I don't think we completed the vote on handling rotation draft
>> choices that have left the AL. Obviously, my proposal wasn't
>> getting much support, but did we get enough votes to constitute a
>> majority for either of the proposals on that issue?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Blocker <mbblocker at aol.com>
>> To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
>> Sent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 8:01 am
>> Subject: [USML Announce] Rules issues
>>
>> League:
>>
>> This email concerns minor details of our rules, so if you are
>> uninterested in this topic, you can stop reading. If you are, read
>> on.
>>
>> Onroto has made a number of enhancements to its system this
>> year. Most of these enhancements are extremely helpful in running
>> our league. Here are two examples: (1) Onroto now has
>> functionality for leagues that use a salary cap and floor; in the
>> past we had to look manually to see if teams were over/under, and
>> then I sent an email chiding the owner; now you will not be
>> permitted to make moves that put you out of compliance; and (2)
>> Onroto now implements the rules regarding minimum ABs and IPs; the
>> end-of-year standings will automatically be adjusted in accordance
>> with our rules if a team does not hit the mandated floors.
>>
>> However, Onroto has now added some functionality that requires
>> discussion on how to implement. Here are the issues:
>>
>> 1. OnRoto asks if we want the stats of any play-in game (an
>> MLB game to decide who gets into the playoffs) counted as part of
>> our league stats. This is not addressed in our rules (see Articles
>> X and XI) and I cannot recall how we have handled this in the past;
>> maybe others can. But plainly the time is now to make sure we are
>> all on the same page on this one. I also favor codifying whatever
>> we decide in the rules, but that is another issue.
>>
>> 2. OnRoto now also asks if FAAB bids can exceed your total
>> budget. Here is the text of the question posed by Onroto in the
>> league setup pages: ?In a very small number of leagues, the sum o
>> f an owner's pending bids can not exceed his remaining balance. Fo
>> r instance, if you have $50 left, you may not bid $20 on each of 3
>> players. You may bid $20 on one player and place contingent bids
>> of $20 on each of two other players as your 2nd and 3rd choices sh
>> ould you not get the first player -- you just can't try to pick up
>> all 3 players at once. Do you use this rule (most leagues will wa
>> nt to say "no" to this).? My view is that we are among the
>> ?very small number of leagues? that use this rule and should
>> answer this question YES; i.e., we do NOT allow non-contingent bid
>> s that exceed available a team?s remaining FAAB budget. Do you ag
>> ree? I also favor codifying this rule in our league rules.
>>
>> Let me know.
>>
>> Mark B.
>>
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