Re: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups

JOHN FRUIT, FAF ADVISORS jfruit1 at bloomberg.net
Thu Apr 24 15:49:36 EDT 2008


Fine by me....it may be useful for the team owner to send out a clarification 
when there is some question over eligibility.

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Shabelman <announce at usml.net>
At:  4/24 15:40:54

Fine with me. 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: announce-bounces at usml.net <announce-bounces at usml.net> 
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net> 
Sent: Thu Apr 24 15:32:45 2008 
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups 
 
Kerbs, I agree with you. 
--BLJ 
 
 
 
 
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote: 
 
 
    Mark Blocker has asked me to raise an issue with the league. 
     
    I have discovered that the current website does not line up with our 
league's rule on position eligibility.  For 2007, the site requires the league 
to set a single value, so it cannot accomodate the normal rule which is based on
 either 20 games or the position at which the player appeared in the most games 
(if less than 20).  Currently, our default is set at 20, which means that a 
player that qualified at a position last year but did not play 20 games at that 
position cannot be activated at that position. 
     
    I currently have this issue with Alberto Callaspo, who I'd like to roster at
 3B based on 2007 games played.  It seems likely to me that several other 
players would potentially be affected as well. 
     
    As noted below, I have proposed that we fix this glitch simply be resetting 
our default value to 1, and requiring the league's owners to take responsibility
 for positioning players consistent with our rules.  (The rule would not change,
 just the settings on the site.)  In effect, this is what we did for years 
before all this was automated.  Mark notes that we will essentially be on the 
honor system, which is correct and which I don't have a problem with. 
     
    Mark's other concern is that any changes will be applied retroactively and 
might affect standings, etc.  Logically, that should not be a concern here, 
since it has been impossible to position any player based on less than 20 games 
of 2007 playing time.  Therefore, there should be no transactions capable of 
being affected retroactively.  Mark agrees with this from a logical perspective,
 but would like me to get league concurrence in case something screwy happens 
if/when he makes the change. 
     
    Does anybody have a problem with re-setting the 2007 eligibility default to 
1 game and having us all take responsibility for position eligibilty for our own
 teams?  (Winick, of course, will be keeping an eye on all of us.) 
     
    Thanks. 
     
    Mark 
     
     
    -----Original Message----- 
    From: springkerb at aol.com 
    To: announce at usml.net 
    Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 2:04 pm 
    Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups 
     
     
    Can we just re-set the 2007 number?  We could put it at 18, which would fix 
the situation with Callaspo, or we could put it at one and handle position 
eligibility on an honor system.  In either case, our rules say Callaspo is 
eligible at 3B, and that's where I want him. 
     
    Mark 
     
     
    -----Original Message----- 
    From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at Sidley.com> 
    To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>; MBBlocker at aol.com 
    Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:10 pm 
    Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups 
     
     
    Mark: 
      
      This cannot be fixed.  The system determines position eligibility by 
number of games played at position in 2007 and 2008 (and we select what the 
number is).  As to 2007, the number is set at 20 and for 2008 the number is 1.  
There is no setting for "most games played at a position." 
      
      -- Mark B. 
      
 
 
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        From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net 
<mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net?> ] On Behalf Of springkerb at aol.com 
        Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:20 AM 
        To: announce at usml.net; MBBlocker at aol.com 
        Subject: [USML Announce] Setting Lineups 
         
         
        I'd like to activate Alberto Callaspo at 3B (and reserve Marte).  3B is 
Callaspo's primary position from 2007.  However, our website does not recognize 
him as eligible at 3B.  Can that get fixed? 
         
        Mark  
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