SOOP started in 1920/58 and needs 1 owner for the upcoming season. We are due to start drafting off the clock as soon as we get new owners for the 1969/2007 Season. The open team is in the lottery and has won the 1st overall pick!

The only thing we ask in this league is that if an owner joins he realizes he is joining a great group of owners and when/if you decide to leave the league for whatever reason you give notice before game 120 which has become a standard nowadays in progressives but if left un-said can lead to issues moving from 1 season to the next. We also ask that if you participate in future trades you do not quit after trading future picks and a 5 season commitment is pretty much standard nowadays.

I will post the rules below.

This league is unique in that it allows you to keep 3 players having off season in the "minors" for up to 3 seasons until they are of good use to you again...pretty much like IR only they have an eligible season.

RULES

• No salary cap.
• No waiver wire, designated hitters used in American League only.
• Draft – The draft order will be set at the transaction deadline (120 games.) Must win 30 games by transaction deadline (game 120) to qualify for 4- team lottery. Drafted players must appear on a major league roster the year they are drafted.
• Stadium – To encourage owners to draft for their stadiums, they are permanent and may not be changed, except...
• Beginning with the 5^th season draft, and every 5^th season thereafter, four stadiums not in use by any team in the league will be randomly selected and made available in the draft. An extra draft pick will be assigned to every owner. The stadiums will be treated like available players. They may be drafted by any owner in lieu of a player at any scheduled time during the draft. After drafting a stadium, the owner’s original stadium will be “retired” and it, as well as any available stadium that wasn’t drafted, will become eligible for random selection when the next stadium draft is held five seasons later.
• AAA-players may be used at any time. Each team receives a full roster (6-position players/2 pitchers) of below-average AAA-players.
• Minor leaguers – Each team is allowed to designate for minor league assignment up to 3 players. A ‘minor leaguer’ is a real-life player on a team’s roster who is sim eligible for the season. Designation for minor league assignment will be made when owners post their team’s keeper list. The keeper list is considered ‘locked’ as soon as the draft starts, and may not be changed without notifying and obtaining the approval of the commissioner. A player may be designated for minor league assignment for up to 3 consecutive seasons, after which the player must be activated or cut.
• Disabled list. There is no limit on the number of players on a team’s roster who are not sim eligible for a season who may be placed on the disabled list. The number of players on the disabled list have no effect or bearing on the number of minor league players allowed on a team’s roster.
• Trades – It takes eleven (11 votes) to veto a trade (this will be adjusted according to how many owners have two teams to achieve 50% not counting trading owners), 1 more than 50% when there is an uneven number when divided by 2.). For the upcoming season we have 1 owner with two teams minus the two trading owners would be 21 divided by 2. As example If someone picked up a 2nd team the number would drop to 10.

For trades made after the transaction deadline, this rule will be in force: All post-deadline (the period of time from the transaction deadline to the first game of the following season) trades must be recorded in the league trade thread in the owners' forum. If, within 24 hours of a trade being posted, three owners post objections to the trade, the commissioner shall send site mails to the league's drafting owners calling for a vote. If, within 24 hours of the posting of the commissioner's site mail, 12 owners vote to veto the trade, the trade is nullified

Houston (owner: Taken)
Astrodome (Houston Astros: 1965-1999)
Name	Season	Franchise	Pos	Salary
Steve Barber	1968	New York Yankees	SP	$2,255,272
Kris Benson	2006	Baltimore Orioles	SP	$3,120,361
Joe Niekro	1968	Chicago Cubs	SP	$2,542,359
Phil Niekro	1968	Atlanta Braves	SP	$6,423,317
Milt Pappas	1968	Atlanta Braves	SP	$3,901,436
Nolan Ryan	1968	New York Mets	SP	$3,061,274
Luis Tiant	1968	Cleveland Indians	SP	$10,656,549
Don Wilson	1968	Houston Astros	SP	$5,489,768
Ron Kline	1968	Pittsburgh Pirates	RP	$3,025,221
Brad Lidge	2006	Houston Astros	RP	$1,622,990
Joe Torre	1968	Atlanta Braves	C	$3,114,180
Ernie Banks	1968	Chicago Cubs	1B	$4,214,745
George Scott	1968	Boston Red Sox	1B	$1,203,841
Bill Mazeroski	1968	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	$3,892,773
Bob Aspromonte	1968	Houston Astros	3B	$2,121,598
Jerry Adair	1968	Boston Red Sox	SS	$713,091
Rafael Furcal	2006	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	$6,616,297
Jack Wilson	2006	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	$3,950,868
Frank Thomas	2006	Oakland Athletics	DH	$3,609,138
Bob Allison	1968	Minnesota Twins	OF	$3,187,260
Jeff Conine	2006	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	$2,567,838
Steve Finley	2006	San Francisco Giants	OF	$3,475,583
Jacque Jones	2006	Chicago Cubs	OF	$3,805,999
Joe Pepitone	1968	New York Yankees	OF	$3,052,255
Bobby Tolan	1968	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	$1,432,135

Omaha (owner: Taken)
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City Athletics: 1955-1967)
Name	Season	Franchise	Pos	Salary
Woodie Fryman	1968	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	$4,713,525
Freddy Garcia	2006	Chicago White Sox	SP	$4,588,482
Catfish Hunter	1968	Oakland Athletics	SP	$5,407,785
Chan Ho Park	2006	San Diego Padres	SP	$2,548,898
Gary Peters	1968	Chicago White Sox	SP	$4,165,856
Tom Phoebus	1968	Baltimore Orioles	SP	$6,637,336
Earl Wilson	1968	Detroit Tigers	SP	$6,488,886
Tony Cloninger	1968	Atlanta Braves	RP	$2,176,000
Braden Looper	2006	St. Louis Cardinals	RP	$1,826,833
Andy Messersmith	1968	California Angels	RP	$3,047,366
Jerry Grote	1968	New York Mets	C	$3,817,784
Bengie Molina	2006	Toronto Blue Jays	C	$2,487,506
Danny Cater	1968	Oakland Athletics	1B	$3,133,763
Todd Helton	2006	Colorado Rockies	1B	$6,079,089
Julian Javier	1968	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	$2,926,492
Dick McAuliffe	1968	Detroit Tigers	2B	$4,318,115
Denis Menke	1968	Houston Astros	2B	$3,122,928
Clete Boyer	1968	Atlanta Braves	3B	$1,570,777
Bill Melton	1968	Chicago White Sox	3B	$734,558
Maury Wills	1968	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B	$4,210,674
Dick Allen	1968	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	$4,310,013
Don Lock	1968	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	$1,267,681
Joe Rudi	1968	Oakland Athletics	OF	$607,355
Mickey Stanley	1968	Detroit Tigers	OF	$5,921,940
Josh Willingham	2006	Florida Marlins	OF	$3,457,394

The rules are straightforward and the owners are here to have fun so if you like to whine and complain please avoid this fun league with owners that play in many leagues together and many in more than one of mine.

Only those that have interest in having fun please contact me by sitemail or you may select a team here if you have no questions and are interested in the former, thanks.

Edit: This thread is for viewing info for a league you may be interested in or not. If you have no interest your posts do not belong here as they would then be off topic.

Below is our owner list of owners trying to attract new owners like them self looking for a good time. Most owners on this site are like them and very few are here for anything but enjoyment in playing the game. That is who we are looking for. cardsfan has two teams, one in each league. We need 2 owners and I would have ran an ad sooner but was away from home at wildland fire camps for most of the last month, thanks!

blackjay11; BlueTufts, Bootone, b0xx, bsmuke; cardsfan, Chisock, coled, coloradokid; crazyamos; DoctorKz; happyhours; jeff4noles; magnum; mensu1954, papabilly; robboogi; rooskie, rusty75, thomsonb; tigerrott, trunk_monkey; zagmaster

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If we can get one owner to take this team we are ready to start drafting off the clock as soon as they post their rosters. We could then go on the clock on Tuesday. Rookies and free agents are posted already for your viewing as soon as you join and I give you access to the private forum. Let's play ball!

Edit: We only have 1 opening now so I feel safe scheduling the draft to start Saturday, September 10th, off the clock and then on the clock, Monday September 12th, 2016.

Come take that last spot and join us!

this is a good league with players that younger owners can related with(2008) as well as guys like me who remember the great palyers of the 60's and 70's

League has a highly organized comish
Takes care of business

Bump for a great league. If I wasn't in already there's no way I could resist that Houston pitching...come join us!

I will take the Houston Team

If you take Omaha, you can pick Vida Bue and - with Andy Messersmith and Catfish Hunter - have the best rotation in the league for 5 years!

I can take the open team.