Posted by sweetsalve on 6/7/2016 3:16:00 PM (view original):
If an owner fights the private world rules, WIS will back down. I've seen it happen a number of times with a long term owner not wanting to give up his team because of MWR
Being faced with this before, it's an impossible choice, Merger is only an option if you have a ton of openings. If half your league is open, merge. Otherwise, bite the bullet and go public. You will fill faster and you will also surely get a few crappy owners because of it. It perpetuates the problem, but it gets you filled
There are ways of fighting WIS is they refuse to back up private world rules, provided your world is united in fighting for them.
I'll refer you to the infamous Cooperstown world owner walkout from many years ago, in which a troublesome owner refused to leave the world after violating world rules. WIS was reluctant to force him to leave. The owner in question and the commissioner (MikeT23) had an old-fashioned "Mexican standoff" while most of the other owners withdrew from the world in protest. WIS backed off, removed the owner, and everybody rejoined the world. Good times.