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<div dir="auto">1</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jim Barrett <chicagojab@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 8/3/20 12:37 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: USML Announcements <announce@usml.net> </div><div>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] USML - simple proposal </div><div><br></div></div>Option 1<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 3, 2020, at 12:25 PM, Bill Strotman via Announce <announce@usml.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Let’s put 2 options to a vote <div><br></div><div>1- The season is a go if games played Aug 16 . If not we return to rosters and contracts walking out of draft </div><div><br></div><div>2- If MLB does not crown a champ we don’t. If MLB doesn’t crown we revert back to Draft Rosters. Even if they kill the season Sep 15</div><div><br></div><div>I’ll begin with voting Option 2. </div><div>Reasoning. I can make trades in the next 2 weeks knowing the value of players I am trading especially FA contracts. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 3, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Doug Shabelman <Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Despite this Pence-type rationale, I remain against crowning a champion.</span></p>
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<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - simple proposal</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the reasoning is what others suggested - we need a point of clarity, particularly for trading purposes. ... The 1994 parallel is a good one. MLB never crowned a champion, but we did - asterisk or not! Of course, it would be odd
to be champion of a 40-game season. But all of 2020 is odd. And to paraphrase David Ross, if they're handing out the Damon, I want it coming my way ...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:44 PM Doug Shabelman <<a href="mailto:Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com">Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Blocker, Mark B. via Announce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 3, 2020 11:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Blocker, Mark B. <<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com">mblocker@sidley.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - simple proposal</p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Agreed. Good clarification.</span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Klein<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 03, 2020 11:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - simple proposal</p>
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Looks good to me. Just to be clear, though ... if the season gets cancelled before August 16, we revert as Buddha suggests, wiping out all trades/FAAB and starting 2021 with the teams we drafted/retained for 2020.</p>
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-Andy</p>
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On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:</p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">League: Here is a simple proposal to deal with 2020 and reduce complications: if there are MLB games played on or after August 16, we will treat this year as a season and proceed with all of our usual rules (champion crowned,
contracts are running, usual rules in 2021 on keepers and otherwise, except for position eligibility), even if MLB later suspends operations and plays no further games (including no playoffs).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rationale: Aug. 16 is the first day to begin bean trading. Once that begins, trading teams have to know the rules that apply.
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