Select your team by posting your choice in this thread as a reply. The order of selection can be found on this thread: http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=21878.0

Please read the League Constitution carefully before selecting your team. If there are any questions at all regarding the constitution, please bring them up immediately on the forum.

In order to give people time to get acquainted with the rules, we are not imposing a time limit on selections for now. However, if a GM is on the clock and has not responded to any contact by the Commissioner's Office in three days, a team will automatically be chosen for him or her (best available team based on the 2010 final standings).

Keep in mind that the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are already over the salary cap of $125M, so be wary if choosing them. The Yankees are over by $38M and the Red Sox by $7M, even after removing the salaries of players who will be leaving due to free agency.

The rosters and salaries are here: http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=22560.0. I will update the spreadsheet with the contract information from the PDF file when I have the time, but it will not be any information that is not already available in league.

I will unlock this thread on Tuesday July 5th, so GM's can start choosing their organizations (I am not starting selection now so people take the time to read the rules).

Good luck and let's have some fun!

Selection Summary

NL East
Atlanta Braves - Rick (Bama)
Miami Marlins - Cliff (snbts)
New York Mets - Manny
Philadelphia Phillies - Jake (sportsgm)
Washington Nationals - Dana (BurritoT)

NL Central
Chicago Cubs - Brent (franchise77)
Cincinnati Reds -Wyatt (snubbs1)
Houston Astros - Kenny (kenny)
Milwaukee Brewers - Eric (Two Point Diversion)
Pittsburgh Pirates - Matt (MVpunisher)
St. Louis Cardinals - Sean (Sdobelman21)

NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks - Paul (Paul S.)
Colordao Rockies - Jared (jwendlandt86)
Los Angeles Dodgers - Henry (hank)
San Diego Padres - Eric (Shelby)
San Francisco Giants - Dick (sportsnut)

AL East
Baltimore Orioles - Eric (ejpearce75)
Boston Red Sox - Reid (fantasyguru)
New York Yankees - Samuel (molinator)
Tampa Bay Rays - Michael (VolsRaysBucs)
Toronto Blue Jays - Kurt (kangol)

AL Central
Chicago White Sox - MOLI643
Cleveland Indians - Daniel (OUDAN)
Detroit Tigers - Adam (admrdrgz)
Kansas City Royals - Corey (Corey)
Minnesota Twins - Scott (fogler40)

AL West
Los Angeles Angels - SpiritWind (SpiritWind)
Oakland Athletics - Colby (Colby)
Seattle Mariners - Matthew (mcmccullough)
Texas Rangers - Dave (Tarheels55)

I see other leagues have discussed the possibility of utilizing a trade committee utilizing outside members (the ProFSL TC or PTC). See this thread for Franchise GM League's discussion of this topic: http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=24345.0

I have mixed feelings on this as both options have their pros and cons. Letting outside members vote on trades may eliminate the possibility of biases, but they may also not know the real value of a player in this league. Yes, they are supposed to be well-versed in each leagues rules, but how effective can that really be without participating in it (in a league with custom rules)?

While I do have my opinions, this is definitely open for discussion and I'm open-minded.

Unforturnately, I didn't get as much done on my train rides this weekend as I hoped I would.  I was on trains for a total of 45 hrs 35 min Saturday through Monday and just barely got the stuff I needed to finish for work completed. No idea where all that time actually went!

I'll be working on the constitution every night this week though trying to incorporate all the feedback I'm getting from you guys.

We haven't picked teams yet; you would be #28 on the list to select when we do so in July.

I'm looking for one more person to join the league. He or she would pick at #28 (everybody else already in the league moves up the order).

I've been contacting a few people via email who have not logged into ProFSL, and if I haven't heard back from them in a week or two, I've been removing them from the league. As of now, I'm looking for at least one more GM. If you know people who might be interested, send them my way.

Thanks.