[USML Announce] Rule change for 2006 to think about

[Richard E. Robbins]

Amen brother.

We have voted on this proposal numerous times in the past.

It is always a very close vote.

I think that FAAB acquisition of players traded into the league works reasonably well and wouldn't be inclined to fuss with that aspect of our rules.

-- Rich

On March 23, 2005, bbuddhas at aol.com wrote:

> I would like to spin the wheels on a proposed rule change to begin in the
> 2006 season.  We put this one in place in my NL Roto league and it seemed
> fairer and has worked well.  When a player is traded to the "Other League"
> (NL in our case) his stats continue to accrue for your USML team.  Then, if
> at the next roster freeze date he is still on an NL roster he would not be
> eligible to be retained. 
>  
> In addition we do not allow anyone who comes over from the "Other League"
> to be claimed during the season but we don't use FAAB when picking up free
> agents so i don't believe we need to implement that.
>  
> I feel that injuries are part of the game and should you get a guy that 
> breaks down, that is your tough luck but to have a player just plucked from
> your roster in mid-season seems to put too much of an element of luck into
> the equation.  Maybe there is history within the league that would keep
> folks from supporting this rule and again i obviously shouldn't be
> implemented to 2006 since certain players "trade probabilities" effected
> their auction price but I would be interested in hearing people's comments.