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<P CLASS="8bbd4df3-c718-49a8-9b0a-1f75622aec63"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have a slightly different take, Brad. In my view, the player becomes property of the other team at noon Sunday. For administrative reasons, we run the FAAB auction over night so that players can be moved Sunday morning by the acquiring owner, rather than the commissioner, but I don’t think we have ever allowed those players to be traded in the intervening 12 hours. We used to do this via email (e.g. “if I acquire X, move him to active, reserve Dunn”), but I do not recall league sentiment to change the concept of a player joining a team effective as of the new reporting period when we stopped doing this manually. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>While we could certainly revisit this, I think what I say above is consistent with past practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> announce-bounces@usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brad Jansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 03, 2011 12:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Rule Question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>This has to involve Colby Rasmus, but nevertheless here's my take: the player acquired via faab becomes a team's property at 12:01 a.m. Sunday--so why can't he be traded in a deal that takes effect the following Sunday? I say this without having read the constitution, so if that states otherwise I abide its word.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Ok Brad, assume it is your team and my team and the player involved is one that you covet. <br><br>Sent from my iPad.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><br>On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Depends on (i) who the player is and (ii) what teams are tryng to do a deal.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Please provide the information and I will furnish a legal opinion.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net" target="_blank">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Can a player acquired in FAAB bidding this weekend also be traded this reporting period?<br><br>Since this is the last trading period before the contiguous trading requirement kicks in I'd like to make sure we have a consistent understanding of this issue. I don't recall how we have addressed this one in the past.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>-- Rich<br><br>Sent from my iPad.<br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></P>
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