[USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal

[Brad Jansen]

John:
 I understand your point, but note:
    (i)  Teams get ridiculed no matter where they finish in the standings.
   (ii)  There are already anti-dump rules in place and they are sufficient.
  (iii)  Each year is different and no one can predict if or how many teams
may dump and when they may do so.  The "marketplace" should decide what
teams do-- not more rules that react to a prior season's events.
 (iv)    The proposal just takes out another element of strategy that makes
the game so challenging.
 (v)  If Andy hadn't blown his budget last draft on the likes of Craig
Hansen we would not have this discussion.
 (vi) I told Andy not to keep Garko, but no....So one must question his
judgment on all things at this point.

BLJ


On 3/28/07, JOHN FRUIT, FAF ADVISORS <jfruit1 at bloomberg.net> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> ________________________________
>
> 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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