[USML Announce] USML - Comments on transactions and reporting

[springkerb at aol.com]

I can't seem to make any of the transaction functions work.  (I just 
tried to move some players between active and reserve.)  I assume I 
should just e-mail them to usmltrans, correct?

Mark

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From: JHWinick at aol.com
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Sent: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] USML - Comments on transactions and 
reporting

        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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