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I actually disagree. This league IMO has become a little stale the last year or two. To me, having an EDR not means nothing about how good the league is. It's about the level of activity and the quality of the GMs. I think some of the other leagues have passed us by. I think it's good that we change things for the better. Also, being that it's the offseason I dont think we need a year to prepare for this change. I also think this change is being made more of a big deal than it really is. Changes are fine but the biggest thing we need is active GMs. IMO that is what will set this league apart.
I am not part of the rules committee, but as one of the longest standing members of this league I am pretty sure I have a right to post my opinions about these changes. I do not know if anyone else out there cares about this, but I do think that some key aspects have been dealt with very poorly. For starters, this league is supposed to be for the hardcore crowd. If a new GM does not find the league appealing because it is too complicated he/she can just leave and a new GM will come along. Regarding activity, I do not see how this league in any way stimulates more activity from owners. In any case it stimulates less activity the way I see it. Regarding the timing of the rule, we have done many changes during the off-season that apply for the following season and not for the immediate season because we all know that planning here is not done on a year by year basis and preparing your team to adapt to these changes takes more than just 1-2 months. This is something that affects heavily draft strategy and makes it even harder to rebuild a team than it used to be because it allows the really good teams to maintain a stack of prospects in the MiLB until they are good enough instead of having to use up roster spots and salary or release them to the FA pool. This basically allows rich winning teams to prepare better for the future and gives them yet another advantage in signing the few undrafted FA prospects that become good enough by letting them stow these players away in the MiLB. Losing teams have never had this problem because they would rather have the prospect in their MLB roster than in the minors because any source of points is valuable. Also, I was following the 5MiLB extra spots discussion and quite frankly do not thing the final changes that were actually voted on and their implications were discussed thoroughly. Add the fact that the founder of the league voted against the change, and it looks like I am not the only one thinking that this change goes against the spirit of FGM. Finally, I do not think I ever read anything regarding when to apply this rule and I do not understand how such an important aspect of the rule was not even discussed.