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---------New 1961 True Rookie Progressive League---------

INITIAL DRAFT :

The initial draft will be 21 rounds of snake style draft, each owner making 1 selection per round, followed by 5 Rounds of snake style draft with each owner making 2 selections per round. Stadium/Franchise must be selected during the draft. So the Draft will be a Total of 31 Rounds. (Draft Order will be determined by random.org). The player database available for the draft will be all players (WIS) available in 1961 and players that RETIRED in 1960. Each owner will have 30 minutes to make there pick, before the next owner will be up to Pick.

TWIST:

What makes this league any different from every other progressive?

We will draft our 30 man majors rosters, But all Players will revert Back to there Rookie Seasons. 25 Players for your Majors and 5 Players will be Drafted to your Minors.This is your Team coming from the 1961 WIS database and player that retired (according to WIS database) in 1960, however, each player will begin their careers from their ROOKIE season (hence the name of the league) In case you need further clarification...Bob Gibson will revert back to 1959, Willie Mays starts back in 1951...Ted Williams starts back in 1939... Warren Spahn starts back in 1946.. etc...
4/28/2016 6:51 AM (edited)
RULES of League

League Philosophy:

The philosophy of the league is summarized in three themes: (1) have fun, (2) each owner takes FULL responsibility for the success of his own team and the league as a whole, and (3) No Whining. This is not a League for owners who have trouble adhering to deadlines, making draft picks on time, keeping track of their roster, or getting keepers in on time. As the rules below will make clear, it is expected that owners will meet deadlines, take full responsibility for accuracy in their keeper lists and draft picks, and act with integrity (Good Sportsmanship) at all times.

FUTURE DRAFTS:
Future drafts will be both straight forward. Our season 2 draft will consist 1962 rookies and any Players that were Cut or Not Drafted the Previous Year. Rosters will Consist of 30 Players that each Owner's Drafts. But when Keepers are Posted, If a Player is Drafted that was Cut. He will play the Season under what ever season he was cut in. Example : If he was playing in 1965, that was his 4th Season, then he can be Redrafted for the 1966 Season, Progressing 1 year with the League. If that Player fails to be drafted that Year, He will be elimated from the League's Future Drafts, Unless he has eligibility for future Seasons. So if we were in the 1969 Season, He could only be drafted for the 1969 Season Only. When we are in Season #3, Willie Mays would be in his 3rd Season's and advances accordingly. Season 3 will be 1963 rookies and so on. Draft order will be based on W-L record (worst -first), with the All picks being determined by percentage points above their expected win %. A win floor of 35 games will be used to qualify for any top picks in the first 120 game mark. Any team that Fails to Win the Required 35 games in 120 games played will drop in the Draft and pick NO Higher than 4th. If more than 1 team failed to Win the required 35 games, then they also will fall 4 picks, so they would draft No highter than 5th then, ect. ect. ect, This Stops owners from Tanking.

Player Eligiblity for all Drafts :
If a Player is NOT Listed for the Current Season's Draft Avaibilites list by the Commissioner, Then he will Not be Eligible to be Drafted until the following Year. Example : Mickey Mantle's 1960 Season was Omitted from the Players Draft List, Yet was in the Wiz Players Eligibality List, he could be Drafted in 1960, He will Not be Eligible to be Drafted until the 1961 Season (Following Year). Sorry, Mistakes do happen and Exceptions will not be made in this Instance. Only Players on the Avaibilites Player List are allowed to be Drafted each Year - NO Exceptions!

Missed Draft Picks :
If an owner misses a pick in Rounds #1-3, all subsequent picks in that round must occur during their scheduled time slot. In other words, No picking ahead of your time slot in the first 3 rounds unless all owners before you have picked. If the pick is still missing by the Start of the next day, the Commissioner will make the Draft pick for the Team. Starting in Round #4, Owners No Longer have to wait for Missed Picks to be made up. As Long as the owner before you has picked, you may make your selection.

Any Owner that has 2 or more Missed Picks at anytime may be Considered to have left the League. The Commissioner Reserves the Right to take over the Team and/or give the team to a New Owner immediately.

PROXIES :
If you are away during your Pick, you then have 2 Options :
(a) You can Post a Public Proxy in the league forums OR
(b) You send a proxy to the Commissioner and the Two or more Owners immediately following you, Via Emails AND or post in the league forum draft thread that you have done this.
Failure to Comply with at least one of these two conditions will be considered a missed pick. As long as you do either of these two things, your proxy will be Honored, even if the owner posting for you posts late.All Owners are Expected to Honor Proxies responsibly - We will absolutely Stop the Draft and UNDO "Incorrect" Picks if a Proxy was NOT Honored. All good Sportsmanship needs to be in Play at all times.

ADD/DROPS - There will an Add/Drops after each Draft is completed. The Commisioner will send out an email telling the Date and Time pickups and drops can be made. This rule is in effect starting with the 1962 Season. Players as Rookies sometimes play of of position and an oversight by any owner could leave themselves with an roster that they can not enter into the Wiz Rosters. Any Dropped Player can not be a Player just Drafted in the same Draft. He must be a Player that was a Keeper that was established before the current Draft. The Adds/Drops will be First come, First Served. If there is an Owner with 2 Teams in the League. In order to keep owners from taking advantge of the first come rule. If the Owner drops a Player. There 2nd Team cannot Pick up the Dropped Player for 24Hrs. That way it gives everyone a Chance at seeing the dropped Player and a chance to claim that Player. Not everyone has 24hr Internet access, so that's why there will be a 24 Hr wait for the Owner with 2 Teams, to claim the Player for his 2nd team.


Expected win % explained - The site gives you a rough "Expected win percentage" in the advanced settings of a league page. The top 5 picks will be ordered based on the differential between their actual win % and expected win %. A team that has an expected win % of .450 and wins at .400 will be -50. A team that wins at a .350 win % with an expected win % at .300 will be a +50 and get the higher pick. If 2 or more Teams are still Tied after checkng the Expected Win Percentage VS the actual Winning percentage. Then the 1st Tie Breaker will be Home Wins. The team that has the fewer Wins will get the Higher Draft Choice. If for some strange way, teams are still tied. Then the Final Tie Breaker will be a Random Draw out of a Hat by the Commish or If the commish is involved, then he will get a Non Party Involved to make the Random Draw and then Post the Results for the League to see.

General Rules:

The Commissioner Reserves the Right to Settle All Disputes and to Rule on any Situation not Explicitly Covered in these Rules !!!
Teams #1: 16 Team League to Start - traditional 4/4 National League and 4/4 American League Teams - Original Rules. But, We can go 20 or 24 Team League if there is enough Interest from Owners to Join the League.
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Team Name: Can be anything you want, But No Profanaty. We sugest City Picked, followed by your choice of Team Name.

AAA: 6/6 You will Draft 5 AAA Players for your Total Roster of 30 Players. (Your Choice). All other AAA Players will be Below Average fillers. They are NOT Allowed to be used, Unless the Commish tells the League they can use them. That would only be because of not having enough Pitching Innings or Atbats for the Season for Teams. This might happen during League Expansion. AAA Generated Players are mainly for Trade Fillers. Example : Trading a Player for a Draft Pick. We would use the AAA Generated player only if needed to field your 30 man rosters.
DH: NO, It will be Voted on in 1971, and to be Passed, it will require a 75% vote to be Passed. If it's Passed we will then have theDesignated Hitter Rule Installed in the 1973 Season and Beyond.

Keepers list: The Commissioner will set up a Keeper Thread in the Private Forum, No later than the 120th game each season.

All Keeper lists are Due by the 135th game - No Exceptions. Failure to do so could result in your Losing your Team. Any Owner that has NOT Posted there Keepers List by Game 135 will be Considered to have Abanded his Team for the Upcoming Season. Their Team will then be Posted in the Public Progressive League Forum and we will Look for a New Owner for that Team. Unless arrangements have been made with the Commissioner.
Each owner may Keep up to 30 Players from there 30 man Roster, Each Year for upcoming Drafts. Any Released players will go back into the Pool of Players for the Next Draft. This keeps enough players and Rookies each year to Improve the Bad Teams.Each owner is Responsible for keeping track of their IR players and making sure each year's Keeper List is Correct. Failure to list a player as a Keeper means that player will be Added to the Available Draft list, and you Risk losing that player. All Keepers lists are FINAL once the 1st Round of the Current Draft is Compeleted. Any subsequent Roster corrections must be posted in the League forum AND any and all Changes sightmailed to the Commissoner. The Commissioner will let any Owner correct any Mistakes that are caught by the Commissioner before the Draft Starts. But the Commissioner is Human, so Mistakes can Happen. Every Owner must Check for Roster Mistakes. But after the 1st Round is Completed. Rosters are FINAL - NO Exceptions.

IR LIST: If a player doesn't have a WIS eligible season, he can move forward to his NEXT available season, given that he does not surpass the current season. For example, we finish the1963 season of play and PLAYER A" finished his 1956 season but has no 1957 or 1958 season. PLAYER A can skip 1957 and 1958 to be used in 1959. At the same time, PLAYER "B" finished his 1962 season and has no 1963 season available. PLAYER "B" must be placed on IR until the 1963 season finishes, and his 1964 season can then be used. No Player may jump past the Current Season of Play. There is no limit to how many players you can have on IR.

Trades: Trades are highly encouraged to achieve parity and competitiveness. 120 game trade deadline will be enforced. 2 year max on Draft picks Traded ..in 1961, You can trade 1961 Picks only. In Season 2 and Beyond, you may Trade up to a 2yr Limate. You may Not Trade Picks not Needed. Your Draft Picks needed must Match your Draft Each Year. This includes your 30 man Roster. There will Not be a Seperate draft for AAA Players each year. You keep 29 players. You still Pick in 1st Round for your 30th Roster Player.

Blocking Emails from the Commissioner - This will Not be tolerated or allowed. Any owner that does this will be consided to have left the League and will be Replaced A.S.A.P.

Rules Changes : Any Rules Changes will take a 75% Vote by the League to change any Rule.
WW:
No
Stadiums: Must use teams RL Teams stadium, for any season of use or Play by Team Selected.
Relocation: Teams will have the option to relocate and/or change team names every 5yrs of play. But cannot use any Teams names or Stadiums already in Play. They may only Select Teams and Stadiums not currently in Use. The 5yr Restrictions Rule will be waived for any New Owners joing the League. But they still may only Move to Open Stadiums and use Open Teams not currently in Play.

Expansion: As new cities become available in the 1969 Season and Beyond, Expansion can be Discussed. But 75% of Vote will be required for the League to Expand.

4/24/2016 9:26 PM
Owners that joined the League :

1.) kallison1
2.) Cardsfan
3.) Alanzahm
4.) Husker75
5.) Rbrch
6.) Italyprof
7.) thomsonb
8.) luvyablue
9.) erne6
10.) dannino
11.) skunk206
12.) scottharra
13.) greenmissle
14.) brucel
15.) bheid408
16.) Firesalt


5/2/2016 10:05 PM (edited)
You have Questions... Please Ask or simply come and Join the Fun...

Here are some of the Superstars you can have and remember, they will all be Rookies...

Hitters :

Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Duke Snider, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski, Harmon Killebrew, Yogi Berra and More...

Pitchers :

Robin Roberts, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Warren Spahn, Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Larry Jackson, Early Wynn, Hoyt Wilhelm and More...
4/25/2016 8:16 PM (edited)
Sure. Count me in.
4/24/2016 11:12 PM
Posted by cardsfan on 4/24/2016 11:12:00 PM (view original):
Sure. Count me in.
Right on Cardsfan, welcome aboard...
4/25/2016 7:09 AM
I'll take a team
4/25/2016 2:10 PM
Sign me up
4/25/2016 5:20 PM
I will join.
4/25/2016 7:11 PM
Glad to have you Guy's... alanzahm, husker75, rbrch...

thanks for Joining...
4/25/2016 8:11 PM
I am in. I was in chargingryno's version of this kind of league which unfortunately did not continue. And I am in this one. Great idea.
4/26/2016 2:07 AM
Glad to have you...
4/26/2016 7:18 AM
I'm in
4/26/2016 7:24 AM
Put me down for a team
4/26/2016 1:57 PM
Super, Glad you guy's (thomsonb and luvyablue) want in... This League will be a Blast... Welcome...

We are now at 8 Teams : )
4/26/2016 9:49 PM (edited)
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