Proposed Rule Change - Service Time - Feedback Required

[Youkasox]

Making the league more realistic with this rule change is an excellent idea.
Good work!

[JMRbostoncollege]

I am in favor of this rule change, but it is not a huge deal to me.  If it takes a significant amount of time to calculate the service time by day and and record every transaction for each promotion and demotion from the 25 man roster, I would be fine staying with the old rules.

[snbts]

EXISTING RULES:
1. All players on 40 man roster accrue service time.
2. Service time in accrued in units of years, not days.
3. Unlimited option years. Players can be on 40 man roster and in the minors for as many years as he is under control by the organization.
4. Player transactions for promotions and demotions between 25 man roster and 40 man roster not tracked by AFB.

PROPOSED RULES:
1. All players on 25 man roster accrue service time.
2. Service time is accrued in units of days.
3. Unchanged.
4. All organizations must report any player promotion or demotion between the 25 man roster and the 40 man roster. This will allow for the Commissioner’s Office to track service time.

REASON:
This is more in line with MLB rules. This wasn’t done previously because I had no way of tracking service time for the MLB players for the 2011 season, so I had to use 1 full service year for anybody on the 40 man roster. Now that we control everything, it is easier for me to track service time the way it was meant to be tracked.

This will require minimally more work.

Since I’m considering this to be a minor rule change and it will not affect anything that has been done so far, I will not require a full league vote. However, I will listen to any feedback you guys may have on this.

I like the idea too.  I have a question about #3 just for clarification.  If the player is with the organization in real life then we are able to keep that player for as long as we like if we have not used up their service time on our 25 man roster making them a free agent?

[Sportsnut]

Rule change is fine by me, tho it would seem using years instead of days would be easier to track.

[kenny]

  for all the newcomers.