[USML Announce] (no subject)

Fri Aug 13 16:38:06 EDT 2010

Mark, I pointed to 3.1, which says an active roster ?shall? consist of the following players, and then lists what it must have.  What do you say about that provision?

If your answer is we have deviated in the past, that may be true (I don?t recall), but section 3.4 hardly makes your point ?clear.?

It seems like what you are really saying is that we have deviated from 3.1 in the past.

Others can weigh in.

From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of springkerb at aol.com
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I think section 3.4 is pretty clear.  No over-representation at a position and no extras on the reserve roster.  Notice it does not say that you can't be under-represented at a position.  

In fact, I did this once before, a few years ago, and we had the same discussion then.  We decided it's allowed.  (If I recall correctly, we then amended the constitution expressly not to allow it, and later changed the language back to what it previously said, at the same time we instituted the salary floor and ceiling.)

Mark

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From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at Sidley.com>
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Mark:

  I have no idea what the answer is, but I don?t see where the constitution permits open slots (I did not scour it thoroughly, so maybe you have something specific you are looking at).  Anyway, I read section 3.1 to suggest you cannot have open slots.  But regardless of what the right answer is, I think we have to live with the website as is.  You can certainly put a DL guy in as an active player, but we can?t change the salary.

  -- Mark B.

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Open slot on active roster.  The constitution forbids being overrepresented at a position or having too many on your reserve roster, but permits open slots on either.  I waived Sheets to make room on my reserve roster, so I could go w/ 8 pitchers instead of 9, but the transaction won't process.  If the site won't accommodate a short roster, can you change the salary of one of my DL'd pitchers to zero, so that I can make it work?

Mark

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Not sure what you mean: open slots on active or reserve?

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Question for the Commissioners:  Although the constitution allows us to run with open slots, the website won't let me do that.  Is there a way to fix that?

Mark

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