[USML Announce] USML - FAAB bidding/important

[Doug Shabelman]

Please waive Casey Kotchman ($9) and Stephen Marek, minor leaguer. Have
fun and make sure you wear bright colors- doesn't everyone up there
hunt?

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On
Behalf Of Blocker, Mark B.
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:07 AM
To: announce at usml.net
Subject: [USML Announce] USML - FAAB bidding/important



League: 

  As fun as it is to debate the Favre thing with Doug (who is wrong on
all fronts, just as an aside), there is some serious USML business to
deal with.  I want to clarify three items for this weekend's FAAB
bidding.

1.  FAAB budgets:  If you have players that you want to waive and have
their salary added to your FAAB budget, you must let me know asap, and
certainly by Friday morning.  Jeff/Andy/Jim, I think I have corrected
all of your budgets, but let me know if I am mistaken.

2.  Bidding:  I do not know for certain if the system will allow you to
make bids that exceed your FAAB budget, even if done contingently.  I
think Andy may have played with this earlier in the year, and so I am
happy to get additional guidance.

3.  Trades:  My understanding is that players acquired via FAAB this
week cannot be traded this week.  We decide who gets the player on
Saturday so that people can adjust accordingly, but I do not believe we
permit those players to be traded before they are first rostered on
Sunday.  Before I get poison pen e-mails, though, I want to make clear
this is simply MY understanding, and if others have a different
understanding, please let me know.

  Finally, I wanted to let the league know that I will be out of town on
vacation from 8/2 to 8/9 (in Northern Wisconsin -- Packer country), but
should have access to the web.

  -- Mark B. 

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