you brought up a good idea cheese, "auto-renewal" in cases where there might be manager turnover or mgr just goes awol... it was an option given the league was headed into its 1st offseason. reason being you want each team to keep its key assets which helps competitiveness of the league as a whole.
Example: in one of my keeper money leagues, 5 keepers - not dynasty like this league, i blocked 1 team from what looked like a keeper dump at the trade deadline in Yr1 because the mgr didnt act like he'd be back, not getting a young keeper in return, etc. long story short - he didnt take it well but we protected the team's assets for the next season to ensure the team's competitiveness yr-over-yr. Yr3, we removed the manager from the league for his 2yo behavior. :bump:
anyway, i am here. have already started to build a competitive team... actually a fun thing from the ground floor up. i saw most of what i was walking into. i dont take this stuff personally since we're here to kick some ass. florida will be top 15 this yr :afro: and challenge next yr! :win: