[USML Announce] Contiguous trades

[Andy Klein]

I agree with Rich.  And I think that's what we've done in previous years --
contiguous when the trade is announced via listserv.

-Andy


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>wrote:

> It's a bit of a mess at present.  I think that for now, at least, we
> should expect that the owners be contiguous when they announce the trade
> and use the honor system since we don't have a way to record standings.
>  Requiring that they be continguous when processed by the system puts the
> owners at risk due to the passage of time, processing matters which they
> don't control and something as small as a player getting an RBI etc.  We
> will need to address this off season, but for now, I suggest we proceed as
> described above -- unless someone has a cleaner recommendation.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:07 AM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Based on the existing wording of the rule, as applied to daily standings
>> reporting, I would understand the rule to apply as of the day a trade is
>> made--which for official purposes is the day it is submitted into the
>> system.  I suppose it could also the day the trade is publicly reported.
>>  If those two were the same day, and the teams were contiguous on that day,
>> then I think you'd be good.
>>
>>  Since we've always tried to interpret the rules to be consistent with
>> whatever site we were using, I don't think it would make sense to engage in
>> the fiction that we are still using weekly reporting.  If we were to go
>> that way, I think it would require a language change.
>>
>>  Mark
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com>
>> To: USML <announce at usml.net>
>> Sent: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 7:56 am
>> Subject: [USML Announce] Contiguous trades
>>
>>  I know we just had this discussion, and decided we needed to clarify
>> the rules for next year, but what did we decide is the rule under which we
>> are currently operating?  For example, Jim and I were contiguous yesterday.
>>  Is that sufficient?  This question is time sensitive.
>>
>>    -- Mark
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