[USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal

Brad Jansen bljansen at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 17:37:59 EDT 2007


Rich:  Is the term "Ass Wipe" consistent with any terminology in the
constitution?

BLJ

On 3/28/07, Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>
>  Please propose specific edits to the text of the constitution that will
> implement what you propose.
>
> The current text of the constitution can be located at www.usml.net
>
> When drafting your proposal, please use terminology consistent with the
> rest of the document.
>
> -- Rich
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Jim Barrett
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:07 PM
> *To:* USML Announcements
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] Serious Rule Change Proposal
>
>
>  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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> >
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