[USML Announce] USML - Comments on transactions and reporting

[Brad Jansen]

Jeffrey:
  As to your 1st two points, it's nice to hear you apologize (for once), but
remember we expect performance, not empty promises.
  As to the FAAB action, whatever works is cool so long as we all know by
the weekend "what the system will accomodate."    Will you teach us O,
Master?
Regards,
BLJ


On 4/11/07, JHWinick at aol.com <JHWinick at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 4/11/2007 8:56:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> mblocker at Sidley.com writes:
>
> Gang:
>
>   Some comments on the various e-mails about transactions.
>
> 1.  Week One transactions:  Unless I misunderstood the transaction
> reporting for the first week, I do not think we properly entered the
> post-draft transactions.  On the website, all of the players that were the
> subject of post-draft transactions appear to have been activated as if they
> started the season on the active roster, and my understanding was that those
> players would be activated effective 4/8.  Here is an example.  I drafted
> Juan Rivera, who is on the DL, and after the draft replaced him with Mike
> Sweeney, who I obtained in the rotation draft.  Again, my understanding was
> that for players I obtained at auction, I got their first week stats no
> matter what (in this case, a zero since he is on the DL), and then Sweeney
> was activated as of Sunday, April 8.  However, on the system, all 20 ABs
> that Sweeney has since opening day (4/1) show up on my team totals.  In
> addition, if you click on transactions, there are zero transactions listed
> with an effective date of April 8, even though there should have been
> numerous such transactions.  Am I wrong about this or just missing
> something?  IF I am right, I will compile a list of post-draft transactions
> and go back and fix all of this retroactively.
>
> 2.  GOP transaction:  A transaction was entered yesterday for GOP, but it
> shows an effective date of 4/9 (Monday).  That can't be right under any
> scenario, is it?
>
> 3.  Future FAAB transactions:  I had not considered the issue of how to
> handle our e-bay style FAAB bidding.  I do not believe that we can handle it
> by simply adjusting down the contract of the obtained player, because I
> think the system will deduct the full amount of the actual bid from a team's
> FAAB budget.  I will do some looking around the site, but it seems to me
> that the likely fix will be to (1) continue to have teams submit sealed bids
> to usmltrans and (2) sometime on Sunday evening, I will review at them, and
> then "un-do" any affected transactions and re-enter them as if the
> appropriate e-bay price had been paid.  This will still reduce the burden on
> the commissioner, because the only transactions that will need to be
> re-entered are ones where there are competing bids.
>
>   I am interested in people's thoughts on the above items.
>
>   -- Mark B.
>
>  Mark,
>
> 1.  You are correct on the transactions being back-dated too far.  That
> was my fault and is a function of entering things in the middle of the
> night.  Thanks for pointing that out.  I'll be happy to correct those so
> that they reflect activation on the 8th, rather than the 1st.
>
> 2.  The GOP transaction should be effective on the 8th.  Another mistake
> on my part, but one that's easy to correct.
>
> 3.  I think you and I are on the same page with respect to FAAB.  But here
> is my take.  We will use the automated system, with the understanding that
> the system will automatically award the player to the successful bidder at
> the full bid price.  Teams will have to shadow their bids with submissions
> to USMLTrans and either you or I will then correct both the salary of the
> player as well as add dollars back to the successful team's FAAB budget.  As
> for all other transactions issues, including contingent bidding, I think we
> agree that we will allow what the system will accommodate and otherwise our
> rules will change to match the functionality of All Star Stats.
>
> Jeff
>
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