<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Speaking of trade deadlines, did anyone else think that this year had one of the most underwhelming set of MLB trades in a long time? Especially for the AL.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 3, 2011, at 2:25 PM, "Blocker, Mark B." <<a href="mailto:mblocker@Sidley.com">mblocker@Sidley.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<p class="115af13f-96ff-4be4-8152-0d6775b7383a"></p><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mark, your point is the reason why I said this could be revisited. However, we had these rules before we had onroto, and it was only when we went to onroto that the FAAB auction was run automatically with results available on Sunday at 12:01. In the pre-onroto days, I do not recall that an owner could submit a FAAB bid that said: $50 on X, and if acquired, trade him to Team A. We just compared bids, announced the winners, and then executed whatever contingency instructions were given. <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""> <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> announce@usml.net<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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">That's the way I would think it would work. If you can activate him, why can't you also trade him? Also, I always thought the whole point behind the timing of the trade deadline (first period after the MLB deadline) was to allow trading in the wake of the MLB activity). If you can't trade someone you're purchased, that doesn't work very well. But, as you all know, I always interpret the rules to allow more transactions rather than fewer.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com">bljansen@gmail.com</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 12:40 pm<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rule Question<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_609b499b-10e2-4134-a963-3399dd8aa586"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">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></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net"><a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">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></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com">bljansen@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Depends on (i) who the player is and (ii) what teams are tryng to do a deal.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please provide the information and I will furnish a legal opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net"><a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">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"><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a></a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a></a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a></a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_3_609b499b-10e2-4134-a963-3399dd8aa586"><pre style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">announce mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre></div></div></div><p></p>
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