[USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal

[Doug Shabelman]

Brad,

Do you need more time to think about it?

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On
Behalf Of Brad Jansen
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal


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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