COMMISSIONER'S CORNER

[PigsRule]

Given there are a few FNHL Owned teams as of this moment (jul30-12), i'm proposing a different way to improve the state of the un-owned teams.

Recommend:
* each EC member become a surrogate owner
* hold a player re-alignment draft for (a) MLR players and (b) MiLR (c) if any draft picks are still in play
* straight draft would work best given the limited # of teams
* surrogate owners draft off 1 pg while keeping their team's pg open for immediate updates (work gets done on the fly)

Purpose:
* improve the caliber of the teams by re-balancing each team's assets (evening things out)
* make the teams attractive for new owners/GM to assume control of versus a team will more holes than it should
* a fun way for EC/commissioners to address un-owned teams

Next Steps:
decide if this is something we want to do - ideally before Aug.4th Free Agency starts Aug.5th

TBD with Sizz/Pigs

warming up this backburner idea...

[PigsRule]

TBC:  POST RULES FOR...

• above cap penalty regular season   announced and in place for start of 2012-13
• below cap penalty reg. season   announced and in place for start of 2012-13
• introduce Franchise Player discount ??% for 3 roster players qualifications are (i) originally drafted and promoted by team or (ii) plays for same NHL team in real-life   TBD .... ETA 2013-14
• draft clock time-out per team, x1, auto-set to auto-pick mode (unless PM commish to re-instate 12-hr clock    TBD .... ETA 2013-14
• reduce draft to 3 rounds (from current 4) starting 2013-14    TBD ... might not be required if MiLR expanded to 20 players maximum
• increase MiLR size from 13-to-15   TBD ... ETA 2013-13 might expand to 20-25 player limit
• introduce official IR spots (x2) over and above LTIR ... needs denotation on team pg   TBD
• FNHL break from May 1-Aug 1 annually   included in deadlines section: May 12, 2013  0h01 ET thru June 24, 2013  0h01 ET
• retirement & "moved to KHL/other non-AHL league" buyouts 40%    new buyout clause implemented for 2012-13 season
• death voids contract    new buyout clause implemented for 2012-13 season
• offer sheet RFA rule for expiring Entry Level (EL) contracts   TBD
• create "banned members" blacklist   TBD

[PigsRule]

TBC:  POST RULES FOR...

• above cap penalty regular season
• below cap penalty reg. season
• draft clock time-out per team, x1, auto-set to auto-pick mode (unless PM commish to re-instate 12-hr clock
• reduce draft to 3 rounds (from current 4) starting 2013-14
• increase MiLR size from 13-to-15
• introduce official IR spots (x2) over and above LTIR ... needs denotation on team pg
• FNHL break from May 1-Aug 1 annually
• retirement & "moved to KHL/other non-AHL league" buyouts 40%
• death voids contract
• offer sheet RFA rule for expiring Entry Level (EL) contract
• banned members blacklist

[PigsRule]

per the current NHL + NHLPA CBA negotiations... i propose implementation of a new rule for Amnesty Contract Buy-Outs

How It Works:
*allow one (1) Amnesty Buy-out per FNHL team.
*only 1 Amnesty Buy-out per season.
*buy-out will be at 40% (% TBC)
*buy-out MUST be over the remaining yrs of the contract (ie. cannot buyout in 1 yr if the contract has 2+ yrs on it; contract has 5yrs then the buy-out is spread over the remaining 5yrs) ... doesn't allow for eating buy-out with available cap space to eliminate problem contracts completely!
*recommend Amnesty buy-outs be posted during the seven (7) days immediately following the FNHL Finals are concluded (relevant timing before everyone tunes out of hockey)
*other standrad buy-out rules apply: if another team signs the bought-out player, the original buyout team received a discount equal to the annual cap value the new team has signed the player for.

When to Implement:
*2012-13 Oct.11 effective start date.
*actual period of Amnesty buy-outs must be yr-end after the FNHL Finals concluded to ensure team has held the contract thru the play-offs.

Why implement this rule?
*another cap friendly tool in a cap league, 16% savings over the standard buy-out
*the team must still incur the bad contract burden in fantasy since in the real NHL the owner still needs to pay $$ even though the contract is off the books/no longer counts towards cap.
*allow for player movement
*cap relief for teams
*in-line with NHL's proposed new rules that help cap management

Decision Criteria:
*FNHL commish agreement (Pigs + Sizz)
*target decision date: by Aug.31-12

[PigsRule]

Given there are a few FNHL Owned teams as of this moment (jul30-12), i'm proposing a different way to improve the state of the un-owned teams.

Recommend:
* each EC member become a surrogate owner
* hold a player re-alignment draft for (a) MLR players and (b) MiLR (c) if any draft picks are still in play
* straight draft would work best given the limited # of teams
* surrogate owners draft off 1 pg while keeping their team's pg open for immediate updates (work gets done on the fly)

Purpose:
* improve the caliber of the teams by re-balancing each team's assets (evening things out)
* make the teams attractive for new owners/GM to assume control of versus a team will more holes than it should
* a fun way for EC/commissioners to address un-owned teams

Next Steps:
decide if this is something we want to do - ideally before Aug.4th Free Agency starts Aug.5th

TBD with Sizz/Pigs

[PigsRule]

Sizz, you make the final call on this. however, since the season has started with many extensions already submitted and processed, perhaps implement this change for the 2013-14 season.

u could simply post the pending change in the rules / contracts section and another note on the Extensions pg. just a thought.

[PigsRule]

Here's a thread for topics/matters to be reviewed and decided on...

see posts below. topics to be posted individually and created as locked posts for mod/commish access only.

[PigsRule]

let's get this season started with some clarity around rules... i'll post several others in separate threads to be addressed individually.

7. Restriction on Entry to Franchise NHL (strongly enforced)


everyone in Franchise NHL, especially the vets who've been here from the early stages want a competitive and successful dynasty league with the full 30-teams.

to do that, this league needs to start enforcing entry requirements to knowledgeable owners and advanced fantasy hockey people.

i understand profsl is still in it's infancy but with the existing core of owners we have here, we can definitely RECRUIT top owners who want to be act and compete hard, go hard at rebuilding a crippled team, fight for players during FA, be aggressive with trade activity...

need to implement restrict entry requirements:
1) only new owners referred by long standing franchise owners can join
2) must answer some basic + easy hockey based Q's (open ended: best NHL team 5 yrs from now... and why?)
3) cannot be a non-hockey guy "trying" fantasy hockey

thoughts, comments, input...

[PigsRule]

2 reasons why we should do this:

(1) franchise needs to differentiate itself from other hky leagues on profsl. otherwise, they all play the same.

(2) this overage allowance especially during the off-season is in-line with NHL practice.

ppl like mimicing the big league not to mention this loosens restricting + allows for some additional activity during the slower offseason by teams.

i recommend we implement this rule starting this coming FA period.

[PigsRule]

initially, rc contracts were different... P-2012 designation.
from a processing standpt, they also get different contract values and length. 

Q: is it of any use?
A: Yes, especially if we want to introduce the proposed "RFA Offer Sheet" rule, then teams will know which players are eligible to get an Offer Sheet.

reco: we keep this special rc contract designation to id RFA status.