Rules Clarifications for 2022

[Chappy (League Founder)]

Two items have come up this year that just aren't clear enough in the constitution and need to be clarified. These aren't changes and aren't up for a vote, rather this is notice of how the constitution will be interpreted going forward.

1.) Real-life contract extensions

Here's what the constitution says:
"If any player with a real life contract or rookie scale contract receives a real life extension, that extension will apply to the player beginning with the start of the next season. In other words, if a player receives an extension in the middle of a season, his salary does not change here until the following season."

What it doesn't clarify is if the player's WLB owner is forced to accept the extension even if the extension might negatively affect his or her strategy or if they have the option to decline the extension. This became an issue when Salvador Perez received that looney tunes extension from the Royals right before the season. Because it was me and the rule wasn't clear, I chose to eat the contract. But that isn't the intent, nor should it be. In reality Salvy's owner should have had the option to decline the extension and still have Salvy for this season and that wouldn't preclude a franchise tag being applied at the end of the season if I were to reconsider.

So, going forward...if your player gets an extension before the current contract is up you will have 72 hours to decide if you are going to accept the extension or keep the contract as is.


2.) Off-season IL

Last offseason I allowed players to be placed on the IL even if they weren't on the real-life IL if the team owner could provide information about a long term injury. Frankly, it was a giant hassle and it was gamed a bit in a few instances. I'm going to make it real simply on myself going forward.
- At the end of the season, all IL players return to the 40 man roster.
- To place a player on the IL, he must be IL elligble on Fantrax. That might mean that a player is injured and doesn't get put on the IL until the very end of training camp. Yeah, that's going to impact your roster...but it will be the same for everyone and it keeps me from having to make judgement calls.

If you have any questions. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Jared

[Chappy (League Founder)]

Aug 8, 2021 16:55:00 GMT -5 Chappy (League Founder) said:

2.) Off-season IL

Last offseason I allowed players to be placed on the IL even if they weren't on the real-life IL if the team owner could provide information about a long term injury. Frankly, it was a giant hassle and it was gamed a bit in a few instances. I'm going to make it real simply on myself going forward.
- At the end of the season, all IL players return to the 40 man roster.
- To place a player on the IL, he must be IL elligble on Fantrax. That might mean that a player is injured and doesn't get put on the IL until the very end of training camp. Yeah, that's going to impact your roster...but it will be the same for everyone and it keeps me from having to make judgement calls.

Ok, this is not proving to be less hassle and more fair. It's actually more of a pain in the ass and less fair because Fantrax simply doesn't maintain status properly and/or teams play with status in the offseason. I can't tell.

I don't like making rule changes once an offseason has started, so we'll soldier on as is until opening day. BUT...We're going to make this VERY simple for 2023. There is no IL in the offseason. You will be able to carry 60 assets during the offseason and your 3 IL spots will be closed. On opening day you may begin moving players to the IL and it will be up to you to put them in an IL slot on Fantrax BEFORE posting your transaction. I will look at your roster to verify that the player is in an IL slot before processing it on the spreadsheet and thus opening a roster spot for you. That might not be what we want, but there's no question that it will be the same for everyone.