RC - Please answer the following question

[rcankosy]

Should we impose a strict interpretation of the rules including the deadlines for posting transactions effective next year?  Keep in mind that we can alter the rules if you believe that certain deadlines are unrealistic, but I would strongly urge against the creation of "soft" deadlines, because they are not deadlines at all in my opinion.

[Brewers GM]

Which deadlines specifically are you referring to? In principle I agree with you, but want to confirm.

[rcankosy]

A strict interpretation of the rules would involve more than just deadlines.  It would involve invoking the written rules on a consistent basis.  For example, the following rule is in effect, but rarely enforced.

Penalties for not clearing roster space/cap for a final bid
Upon winning a bid that sets a team over the cap, the GM is granted 24 hours to post the transactions that will make the cap work (either a trade or releasing players).  If the transactions are not valid or not posted within 24 hours of the bids being finalized, that team no longer receives the player.  If this is a first time offense, the GM is given a warning.  For all subsequent offenses, the team is penalized a 10% cap penalty for the current season.

After such a failed bid, the player goes back to the bidding board, leaving off at the highest bid prior to the winning bid, and the 72 hour clock is restarted. The offending team can no longer bid on that player, even if they clear up the cap space to do so.

I will admit that I have not always adhered to this rule, but I believe that the time has come to change the rule if we do not wish to enforce it.  For example, if the RC reaches the conclusion that 24 hours is too much of an imposition on the owners' time, then let us change it to 72 hours.  However, I would like to enforce the standard that is agreed upon by the majority of the RC.

[Brewers GM]

I wrote this rule and very much intended it to be enforced strictly, so again I agree with you in principle.  This rule is often abused.

The catch is it can't be enforced unless rosters are updated in real-time, since it's too easy for an owner to blame an outdated roster for the reason why they went over cap or roster limits. When you make several moves at in a flurry, it is indeed easy to lose track.

[rcankosy]

I wrote this rule and very much intended it to be enforced strictly, so again I agree with you in principle.  This rule is often abused.

The catch is it can't be enforced unless rosters are updated in real-time, since it's too easy for an owner to blame an outdated roster for the reason why they went over cap or roster limits. When you make several moves at in a flurry, it is indeed easy to lose track.

Do you think it is too much of an imposition to ask each owner to maintain their own roster with salaries on a excel spreadsheet?  I do it for my own team, and it only takes a few minutes to update it each time I make a new transaction.

[Brewers GM]

I think there are several owners here who would keep up with such a sheet themselves if required, but I think the reality is we do have a number of owners who are not serious enough to put in that extra book keeping busy work.

The ideal situation in my mind is to find a site that can host it for us so no one has to maintain it manually. Are there any options out there, even paid ones?  What if we offered a paid position to keep the records on our site updated daily?

[rcankosy]

I don't know the answer to that, but I do not want anything in the rules that is not going to be enforced.  It is causing too many problems and creating precedents for things that could easily be decided one way or the other by the written rules.  For example, either we have deadlines or we do not.  I do not want fictitious ones that are well-intentioned, but we have no means or desire to enforce.

[Colby]

Brewers GM, the ProFSL scoring system can handle bidding of players.  We would still have to make manual adjustments for contracts, bonuses, cap hits, and cash exchanges.

[Colby]

One problem about ProFSL is that there isn't availability to score defense to our level.