[USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal

[JOHN FRUIT, FAF ADVISORS]

As people digest this, I would point out last year's league experience as a 
prime example of what Andy is battling against. Three teams dumped in April/ 
early May...severly handicapping those of us who didn't realize we were 
required to make a decision whether to "play for this year" or "next year"  
before the season was even 3 weeks old, and then get ridiculed for finishing 4th
 or 5th when really just trying to compete in the spirit of the game. That is 
all.
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Shabelman  <announce at usml.net>
At:  3/28 10:17:47

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
To: USML Announcements
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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