i vote option 2.
my reason being it's not like 40 games snuck up on someone and took them by surprise. you're in this league because you like the idea of a deep 30 team league with cap and MiLR. if you baby people, then ppl expect to be babied for everything and the excuses fly. i didn't lose a MiLR player but if i did i would have had to accept it because that's what's been outlined in the rules... a pain in the ass to read every rule thread posted, yes, but they are posted.