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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s exactly what I was suggesting. We start with this year’s rosters, we don’t roll contracts, and we choose our keeper rosters from there.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Announce <announce-bounces@usml.net> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 27, 2020 1:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Frank Luby <zachfehsvater@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - FAAB bidding issue<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">My initial idea would be that we carry everything over as if 2020 never happened. This year's free agents, Y2, Y1 players etc. will have the same status at the same salary on the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Jul 27, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp63fdcaf2yiv2781255355msonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"New serif",serif;color:#26282A">1. Some but not all teams submitted FAAB bids yesterday, apparently because some forgot that there was no FAAB bidding this past week (see
my email with the schedule of dates). I am going to work with Onroto to reverse all of those transactions, but let me know what corrective actions the affected teams want to take that involved the same players that were waived or reserved.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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