[USML Announce] Rules issues

[Jeff Winick]

Actually Mark K, the play in game stats are regarded as regular season  
by no less an authority than major league baseball. This can be  
confirmed by checking the Baseball Register. That being said, I don't  
care how we treat the stats, but they are regular season stats.

  We have contingent bidding, so we ought to check the "yes" box. But  
I would like to understand how they priortize the bidding to make sure  
they're truly contingent bids with some identified priority so we  
don't have any more Teixeira like situations.

Jeff

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On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:52 AM, springkerb at aol.com wrote:

> 1.  No.  That's a play-off game, not a regular season game.  Also,  
> including such a game would reward league teams that just happen to  
> have players on the MLB teams involved (and penalize those that  
> don't).  I'm not sure I see a need to "codify" this rule, since our  
> existing rules (in keeping with the standard rule), base league  
> results on "cumulative statistics during the regular  
> season."  (Emphasis added.)  To me at least, it is obvious that "the  
> regular season" does not include a play-in game or one-game playoff  
> or whatever you want to call it.  One can easily determine that by  
> checking the regular-season schedules for 2010.  No such games are  
> on the schedule.
>
> 2.  Yes, although I'm not sure I see a need to "codify" this one  
> either, as it seem to be implicit in our existing rule governing  
> contingent bidding.  However, I agree that the existing rule could  
> be clarified if that is deemed appropriate and do not oppose doing so.
>
> I don't think we completed the vote on handling rotation draft  
> choices that have left the AL.  Obviously, my proposal wasn't  
> getting much support, but did we get enough votes to constitute a  
> majority for either of the proposals on that issue?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Blocker <mbblocker at aol.com>
> To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 8:01 am
> Subject: [USML Announce] Rules issues
>
> League:
>
>   This email concerns minor details of our rules, so if you are  
> uninterested in this topic, you can stop reading.  If you are, read  
> on.
>
>   Onroto has made a number of enhancements to its system this year.   
> Most of these enhancements are extremely helpful in running our  
> league.  Here are two examples: (1) Onroto now has functionality for  
> leagues that use a salary cap and floor; in the past we had to look  
> manually to see if teams were over/under, and then I sent an email  
> chiding the owner; now you will not be permitted to make moves that  
> put you out of compliance; and (2) Onroto now implements the rules  
> regarding minimum ABs and IPs; the end-of-year standings will  
> automatically be adjusted in accordance with our rules if a team  
> does not hit the mandated floors.
>
>   However, Onroto has now added some functionality that requires  
> discussion on how to implement.  Here are the issues:
>
> 1.        OnRoto asks if we want the stats of any play-in game (an  
> MLB game to decide who gets into the playoffs) counted as part of  
> our league stats.  This is not addressed in our rules (see Articles  
> X and XI) and I cannot recall how we have handled this in the past;  
> maybe others can.  But plainly the time is now to make sure we are  
> all on the same page on this one.  I also favor codifying whatever  
> we decide in the rules, but that is another issue.
>
> 2.       OnRoto now also asks if FAAB bids can exceed your total  
> budget.  Here is the text of the question posed by Onroto in the  
> league setup pages:  ?In a very small number of leagues, the sum of  
> an owner's pending bids can not exceed his remaining balance. For in 
> stance, if you have $50 left, you may not bid $20 on each of 3 playe 
> rs. You may bid $20 on one player and place contingent bids of $20 o 
> n each of two other players as your 2nd and 3rd choices should you n 
> ot get the first player -- you just can't try to pick up all 3 playe 
> rs at once. Do you use this rule (most leagues will want to say "no" 
>  to this).?  My view is that we are among the ?very small number  
> of leagues? that use this rule and should answer this question YES;  
> i.e., we do NOT allow non-contingent bids that exceed available a te 
> am?s remaining FAAB budget.  Do you agree?  I also favor codifying t 
> his rule in our league rules.
>
>   Let me know.
>
>   Mark B.
>
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