[USML Announce] USML - Commissioner Rules question

[Richard E. Robbins]

You must be getting slow in your advanced years Mr. Kerber.
 
I must not be terribly bright.  If I have player x, I can retain him.  If I
hang on to player x I can trade him to another team in the off-season and
the team I trade him to can retain him.  If I waive player x before
September 1, he can be claimed and retained.  If I waive player x after
September 1 he should not be able to be retained because ____________?  If I
want to flout the rules against future consideration, why not just keep
player x and cook up some almost-plausible off-season trade to get to the
same point.  If I'm trying to deliver a player via waiver claims, I should
just waive him before September 1 and the last place team is assured of
being able to claim him.  What is the evil we are concerned about?  The more
I think about this one, the more curious I get.  Why is the fact that MLB
rosters expand on September 1 at all relevant?  Perhaps the answer is that
since we prohibit trades after September 1 we should also prohibit waiver
claims that result in retainable players.  I'm not sure why that is a good
thing.  On the other hand, I'm not sure why it would be bad either.
 
Oh well, I need to focus my energy on getting the Red-Hots to finish ahead
of the Klein Nine and the AYM.
 
Blocker promises me that he will NOT finish in fifth place.  I'm not so
sure.  Mr. Winick -- your thoughts on this one?
 
By the way, I bumped into Brad Jansen on Sunday afternoon.  I told him that
Jeff was picked on him in absentia.  He was not at all surprised.  We didn't
have time to chat, I'm sorry about that.  I for one miss those sneaky
bastages.
 
-- Rich
 

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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] USML - Commissioner Rules question



In a message dated 9/5/2005 10:43:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
jhwinick at aol.com writes:


Past experience with the Riptorns in other leagues taught me that it allows
an avenue for monkey business.  It allows a front running team to
essentially trade a player to the last place time long after the trading
deadline.  The Riptorns used this to get very favorable deals with the last
place team by including this future consideration.  The Riptorns then held
onto the valuable player until just before the end of the season at which
point in time they waived the player with the understanding that he would be
picked up by the last place team.
 
I confess that it isn't a strategy that I ever would have thought up, but
you all know that those Riptorns were sneaky bastages.  Let's close the
loophole.

I can't believe I never thought of that.
 
Mark

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