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If it is free to place a player on the minors and can remain their indeinitely they shpuld not be allowed to be used for scoring. That would cause huge issues.
The only players who can be used for scoring purposes are players on your 40 man roster. The 5 MiLB players, like the EDRs we currently have on our Fantrax rosters, will be inactive for fantasy scoring purposes. There is no loophole.. I don't want to engage in a "Posting War" over things that simply don't exist. How we utilize the five MiLB roster spots is clearly explained and I'm not sure how much more I can say to ease your fears. I will reiterate, there are specific guidelines that must be followed in order to use the 5 MiLB roster spots. Our Fantrax minor league rosters will be expanded to 25, 20 spots for our EDRs and 5 spots for our MiLBs--assuming we all have 20 EDRs and 5 MiLBs. Just like they do now, if GMs activate MiLBs or EDRs, they will have to drop a player from their 40 man MLB roster (if they have 40) to make room for the newly activated player and that salary will be added to their cap. GMs cannot simply move players up and down at their leisure without posting something on the Transaction Board.
Fantrax does allow me to use any player for scoring. There is no way to distinguish between the two is there? I remember this issue from fNHL. So in FNHL prospect rosters were left as free agents and that was super sloppy. I could put a player like Javier Baez on my minor league roster indefinitely, for no cost, and plug him into my starting lineup every day. That's the loophole that doesn't exist existing. Your incorrect Ernie.And since this can be done, this rule would demand huge resources to monitor everyday that teams aren't starting a player in the minor league roster. The operations would be enormous.
The rule as proposed by Ernie currently has the votes to pass. Out of courtesy, we are allowing time for all of the RC members to weigh in. Chris has suggested time constraints for future rulings. Unfortunately this came after the the Expanded EDR. Feel free to continue discussion.I am involved in 5 baseball teams here. Each has it's own set of rules, each a little bit different. That is what I like about this site. As far as I know FGM's ENTRY DRAFT ROSTER is unique to the ProFSL community. It sets it apart from every other league. For that reason alone I am against doing away with the EDR. It has also been a hot topic a number of times and change has been resisted. Personally I would love to see a MiLB set up separate from the EDR and incorporate an "Options" system to more closely emulate Major League Baseball but record keeping restraints make that unlikely anytime soon. First and foremost, FGM's mission has been to be as close to operating a MLB franchise as possible. Admittedly, this league isn't for everyone. Witness the high turnover in the past few months. I don't think it's because of any of the rules. To quote the recently resigned Astro GM-. "I have no problem taking over a lesser team, but the way this league has progressed, I find it would take multiple seasons of futility to have a remote chance at respectability." Yeah, chance are you won't come in here and win immediately. Just as in the MLB you must have a lot of patients, a high baseball IQ and good business mind, in that order. And, just as in MLB it takes years to bring a team to respectability but we have avenues (FYPD and FA) to help accommodate that.
1) Yes - I only vote Yes, contingent on the third ruling not being passed2) Yes - but only if the international free agent is not a free agent in real life when signed in FGM and is on an MLB team3) No - The intent of the EDR rule is to promote self-farming and franchise-building, so that people can build talent through the draft over a number of years the natural way without trading left and right
I have to agree with Ernie on this. I don't think a GM in this league would blatantly cheat like that. Nobody wants to get the stain of being a cheater. For what, a few extra points in a week? I think we will be ok.I would, however, like to put out there that if we have a 5 man MiLB roster then why don't we bring the MLB roster to 35 and have the 5 man MilB roster along with the EDR? This way it saves the 150 players from coming out of the pool and We have more than enough bench spots with a 35 man roster. Just a thought.