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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jeff,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yes, that's right, we are.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Then it's just a matter of agreeing on the total number of keepers allowed. But in the spirit of John Fruit, let's all keep our fingers crossed and hope the season continues without interruption.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">- Frank</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, July 27, 2020, 3:50:39 PM CDT, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick@hwhlegal.com> wrote:
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793MsoNormal">I think we’re saying the same thing. You get to choose your keepers off of the full 2020 roster and no one on the 2020 roster’s contracts will have been advanced a year.</p>
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Frank Luby <zachfehsvater@yahoo.com> <br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 27, 2020 1:09 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <announce@usml.net>; Jeffrey Winick <jwinick@hwhlegal.com><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - FAAB bidding issue</p>
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except I'm going a step further: either the entire current roster is the keeper roster, or we at at least make a significantly larger allowance for keepers.</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Monday, July 27, 2020, 1:02:40 PM CDT, Jeffrey Winick <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793ydp4a15d837yiv9053945623msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Frank,</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793ydp4a15d837yiv9053945623msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">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.</span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - FAAB bidding issue</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa94c5d2dyiv8485491793ydp4a15d837yiv9053945623msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Monday, July 27, 2020, 12:49:51 PM CDT, Jeffrey Winick <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a>>
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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
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