[USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal

[Jim Barrett]

I'm begining to feel like Henry Clay here.  In any event, since it's my rule, please don't overlook the other part of my proposal.  The trader should not have to activate the contract of the player in order to trade him earlier than the June 1 deadline.  Rather the player should just be eligible to be activated (that is called up from the minors to the AL team).  The recipient owner should then be the one required to activate the player.  Otherwise a) it could add a week long delay to a trade and b) the original owner runs the risk of activating a player, only not to be able to trade him.
   
  Jim
  
Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:
    Gang:
    I know a few owners have not weighed in, but I ask Andy to please withdraw his proposal with the understanding that we will proceed to vote on the Barrett Rule.  That sure would simplify things and reduce the rhetoric (as entertaining as it's getting, we're getting to a brink here that even an Ass Wipe has to pause before another crack, so to speak). 
    Andy, I ask: will you withdraw your proposal?
  Brad
 
  On 3/28/07, JHWinick at aol.com <JHWinick at aol.com> wrote:         In a message dated 3/28/2007 3:37:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, RERobbins at iTinker.net writes:
    Can we please not engage in a current rules debate about a controversial issue.  All we'll achieve is ill-will and poorly drafted rules.  If people care about this topic enough then they should be able to remember to raise it at an appropriate time.  Now is not that time. 

  
  This is the last thing I'm going to say before I address this issue directly.  I hope that isn't necessary.  I have very strong feelings about this issue and the way it is being characterized.  If we have to head down the path of discussing this now it is assured that the year is going to get off to a lousy start - at least for me. 
   
  As far as I can tell, we can all agree on one thing.  The timing of the trades last year was problematic.  That problem is easy to address without engaging one another in discussion of more troublesome concepts like whether it takes any level of skill to succeed using certain strategies rather than others or whether there is any skill associated with identifying young players before they reach the major leagues.  
   
  I strongly request, once again, that Andy's proposal be tabled until the off-season.  Lets see if we can reach consensus on setting a moratorium on early season dump trades.  I think we may just find that a modest move of that sort will solve most of the problem. 
   
  If Andy and others are insistent that we proceed with voting on his proposal first, then I have no choice but to explain why I think that the proposal is a very poor one.  And, notwithstanding my efforts to do otherwise, that is certain to engender ill will. 
   
  Jeff Winick 



    
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