[USML Announce] USML - Voting results and New Owner (He's baaack...)

[rickgam at comcast.net]

  Great news!  Oh well, it was great to get the one championship, even if it will be tainted as an asterisk/"Without Jansen" year.
   Rick
 
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From: "Blocker, Mark B." <mblocker at Sidley.com>
> League:
> 
>   The voting is complete, and it appears that the new owner will draft from 
> scratch.  The new owner has already been notified.
> 
>   The proposed new owner is actually not someone "new."  I am pleased to report 
> that, after a two year hiatus, Brad Jansen has expressed a desire to rejoin the 
> league for the 2006 season.  Almost all of us know Brad, but for those who do 
> not, some history.  Brad operated one of the most storied franchises in USML 
> history, known then (and will be again) as the Riptorns, in honor of actor Rip 
> Torn.  Brad (and his partner Mike Rogers) won our league an unprecedented four 
> years in a row, from 1997 to 2000.  Brad won again in 2002, and if memory 
> serves, he won that year after first deciding to dump his team, and then a short 
> period later, reversing course.  He's an excellent player and a good guy.
> 
>   If anyone objects to Brad re-entering the league, please let me know.  If not, 
> Brad will be there on April 1, with $260 to spend and zero retained players.  If 
> the league approves, there is obviously no need to adjust our rules, as we will 
> remain at 11 teams.
> 
>   -- Mark B.
> 
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