RC VOTE: Waivers Redo, Voting by August 8th

[Colby]

There are too many issues with the waivers right now to allow them as is.  I am putting all waivers on hold and having the RC come to an agreement for amendments.

[Colby]

OLD RULES...

1) After the trade deadline (and before September), any player can be placed on waivers.  This would be done public on the transactions board with a separate thread for each player.  The thread should have "[waiver]" in the subject title.
2) Other teams have 72 hours to make a claim on such player. 
3) If a player isn't claimed by any team in either league, he can be traded until the end of the month to anyone.
 If a player is claimed, but only by one team, the player can be traded only to the team that claims him.  If a player is claimed by more than one team, the club with the worst record in that player's league gets priority (player's league has priority over other league) -- and the player can be traded only to that team.
4) A decision on the player must be made within 72 hours of the claim.  If, within such a time frame, an agreement wasn't posted by both parties NOR was the waive canceled by the waiving team, then the player's contract is considered to moved to the claiming team in exchange for nothing. 
5) If the player on waivers goes unclaimed within 72 hours waiver then waiving club must have the player released outright or traded to any team within the next 72 hours.
6) Players may not be put on waivers after August 31st but all other waiver transactions will finish their time frames until completion (rescind waiver, trade, release, transfer).
7) A waiver may be canceled only if the player was claimed.  Cancellation of the waiver by the waiving team within the 72 hour negotiation period means that the player can no longer be on waivers that August and stays with their team.

A) #5 contradicts #3 and should be removed
B) Players eligible for a waiver trade should be mentioned in the rules.  For simplicity, and part realism, we should allow any player on a P-n/a contract to be traded in addition to players that have cleared waivers or been claimed on waivers.
C) It should be noted that the 72 hour clocks are like FA bidding and that they are set periods of time.  A waiver claim isn't official until the end of the 72 hour period after the waiver was posted.

[rcankosy]

I was under the impression that the waiver topic started by Dan on the main page answered all of the open questions.  What are the specific items that need clarity?

[Colby]

Well, let's have an official vote here.

[Dan Wood]

I vote Yay to the above

[rcankosy]

I would consider revising # 3 to state that players that go unclaimed may be retained at their old salary, traded, or released.  Currently, # 3 only states the trading option.  I vote Yay for everything else.

[h4cheng]

I am ok with these changes.

[Colby]

A) Yay - Colby, Dan Wood, h4cheng, rcankosy
B) Yay - Colby, Dan Wood, h4cheng, rcankosy
C) Yay - Colby, Dan Wood, h4cheng, rcankosy

Waiting on Brewers GM and Jake

[VolsRaysBucs]

Yay

[Jake]

Yay to all proposals.