[USML Announce] You Asked For It -- Damn Typos (Ignore My Prior Very Similar Message)

[Richard E. Robbins]

OK -- now that we have six people who oppose Andy's proposal and a general
consensus that we should adopt Jim's proposal we need to figure out exactly
how to implement what Jim wants.

Jim was clear that he doesn't want the rule to require someone to activate a
player in order to trade him, only that the player be on a major league
roster with the understanding that the acquiring owner activate him.

Our rules don't require that a player be on a major league roster in order
for his USML owner to activate him.  Of course, if you do so, the player's
contract starts running.

There are a number of ways we might approach this.

I suspect that what Jim had in mind was something like 1 or 2 below.  The
last two alternatives may be more permissive than what Jim intended since
either of those would permit the trade of a prospect, albeit at the price of
a running contract.

1.  Before June 1, you can't trade a player whose USML contract is not
running unless that player is, at the effective time of the trade, on a
major league roster.  If a player on a major league roster but without a
running contract is traded before June 1, the acquiring team must roster
that player on his active roster.

2.  Before June 1, you can't trade a player whose USML contract is not
running unless that player is, at the effective time of the trade, on a
major league roster.  If a player on a major league roster but without a
running contract is traded before June 1, that player will be deemed to be
in the first year of his contract without regard to where the acquiring
owner roster's the player.

3.  Before June 1, you can't trade a player whose USML contract is not
running.  If a player without a running contract is traded before June 1,
the acquiring team must roster that player on his active roster.

4.  Before June 1, you can't trade a player whose USML contract is not
running.  If a player without a running contract is traded before June 1,
that player will be deemed to be in the first year of his contract without
regard to where the acquiring owner roster's the player.

I'm sorry to drag the league through this but I see no way out.  These are
the kinds of questions that we must address when revising our rules.  Once
we understand which of the four variations we intend, we can turn to
language that will actually work.  This is why I oppose making last minute
rule changes.

-- Rich
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