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[Brad Jansen]

And when does the prohibition take effect?  After  the  conclusion  of  the
rotation draft?   I apologize if it's already  in  the prior
email...starting to phase out on this...getting very sleepy...

On 3/29/07, JHWinick at aol.com <JHWinick at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 3/29/2007 1:47:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> RERobbins at iTinker.net writes:
>
> 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 on a major league roster but without a running
> contract is traded, 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
>
>  If we're going to incorporate the Barrett exception, I would propose that
> it be as follows:
>
> Before June 1, if you trade a player whose USML contract is not running,
> the player will be deemed to be in the first year of his contract without
> regard to whether the acquiring owner rosters the player.
>
> However, I would also like the league to vote on a blanket prohibition
> that would read:
>
> Before June 1, a team can't trade a player whose USML contract is not
> running.
>
>
>
>
>
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