[USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal

Brad Jansen bljansen at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 10:15:34 EDT 2007


I vote no.

Respectfully,
BLJ


On 3/28/07, Andrew R. Klein <anrklein at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> League-
>
> Here is a serious rules proposal.  My usual caveat applies -- I have
> been part of the league for 18 years and hope that we're still playing
> 18 years from now.  The proposal is not end-of-the-world stuff; it just
> reflects some issues that have impacted my enjoyment of the game.
> Here's the proposal:
>
> Article XII
>
> 13.  No player may be traded until his USML contract is running.  This
> rule shall not apply to players retained by team owners before April 1,
> 2007.
>
>
> My reasons for making the proposal follow.
>
> 1.  As you know, I do not share the enthusiasm that many league members
> have for prospecting.  I'm fine with prospects supplementing a league
> based on major league players.  But in recent years I feel as if our
> league has worked the other way around.  My proposal  would allow
> prospecting in the rotation draft to continue unabated.  An owner could
> watch prospects develop and then retain them (or trade them) after a
> call-up.  But the proposal would eliminate the movement of top-flight
> major leaguers for players who are years away from contributing to our
> actual standings.  To me, this would be a good thing.  No longer would
> the biggest leg-up on competitiveness be the ability to engage in dump
> deals for minor league prospects.
>
> 2.  Our current rules encourage people to dump very early if they want
> to position themselves to win a future title.  I know that a number of
> league members dislike this aspect of the league and would rather have
> rules that encourage teams to play for a while before looking to next
> season.  The proposal would make early dumping harder to accomplish and
> a riskier proposition.
>
> 3.  The proposal contains a grandfathering clause so teams that have
> gathered prospects under our current rules (like the Riptorns) are not
> disadvantaged.  Administering this would be easy.  We could simply list
> the names of the 30 or so exempted players on usml.net and cross them
> off as they become active or are waived.
>
> That is all for now.  I ask our esteemed commissioners to tally votes.
>
> -Andy
>
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