[USML Announce] USML - Draft Day dilemma

[Andrew R. Klein]

Regarding FAAB bidding, Mark B. made a proposal last year something like this:  

We should count FAAB bids in 25 cent increments instead of dollar increments, and reduce our budget from $100 to $25.   The point of this was to avoid having people violate the spirit of anti-dumping rules by buying asterisk players and using them in trades.  The rule also had value by helping people avoid salary cap problems after making FAAB purchases.  Finally, Mark suggested that, after the season, the salaries would convert to "normal" (i.e., each 25 cents would count as a dollar).

I liked Mark's proposal then, and I still favor it now.  So, here's my "motion":

1.    Reduce the in-season FAAB budget to $25.  Bids should be made in 25 cent increments, with a minimum bid of $1.25 (which corresponds to our current $5 minimum).

2.    At the end of the season, the salary of anyone purchased with FAAB $$ should be multiplied by 4.

That is all.  For now.

-Andy


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Andrew R. Klein
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis
(317) 274-2099
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JHWinick at aol.com 
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  Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:49 PM
  Subject: Re: [USML Announce] USML - Draft Day dilemma


  A couple of issues:

  1.  The draft is now definitely the weekend of March 12-14.  Andy prefers Friday night or early Saturday morning and Mark B. wants to avoid a Sunday draft.  I don't think anyone else had a conflict or a preference.  Sounds to me like we either draft on Friday night the 12th or early Saturday morning, the 13th.  Is a Sidley conference room available?

  2.  I assume now that we have proceeded this far, that the league will be 10 teams and that we have decided not to add an 11th team.

  3.  We need to resolve rules issues.  As I recall, there are a couple matters pending from last year relating to free agent pricing and maybe further tweaking of the anti dumping rules.  We should identify what the rules proposals are and get that out of the way soon.

  47 days and counting until the draft!!!!!  Anyone else getting excited?

  Jeff Winick
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