Quote: Originally Posted By tzentmeyer on 4/09/2010Our thoughts:

Keep expanded Fair Play Guidelines (what determines a "tanking team").

Remove notice regarding private worlds.

Allow private world commissioners to restrict access between seasons. Rationale for removal must occur prior to the end of the season (heads up to us) and again when the season rolls.

We will continue to review some of these instances subjectively, but this maintains the majority of the power in the commish hands.

For a commish to be removed from commish duty, we will need 10 other owners in the world to state they agree in the world chat during the season.

Thoughts

Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 4/09/2010So what happens in the test case that started this firestorm, i.e. the owner who refuses to leave Cooperstown? Will he be removed


That 'tard world has 27 openings. It will never fill.

Quote: Originally posted by cbriese on 4/09/2010This doesn't seem that difficult to fix.WIS simply needs to program some options into each league that are selected by the commish of that league at rollover. The commish is forced to select those options, and then approve the league. Those options would include:1) Minimum win rule to automatically continue in the league. The owner who didn't hit this target would have to get the password from the commish.2) Selection of acceptable cities. This would allow theme leagues and leagues with ballpark restrictions to continue. Sure, some goober could still choose to be the Los Angeles Gobstoppers, but that might be an outlier.3) Minimum number of players (pitchers and position players) on the roster at each level. If the minimum is not reached by Opening Day, the SIM would sign players automatically and assign them. Owners would not be allowed to make transactions that would violate the league-mandated minimum. Budgets would be adjusted however WIS sees fit.4) Maximum number of pitchers at (0) on a roster. If the maximum is reached, WIS automagically signs a player, as in 3) above. This might not kick in much once 3) is enacted, though.5) Salary cap and/or salary floor for the league. Might also include an option for maximum prospect budget.My guess is that this covers the majority of the "local rules" in use in private HBD leagues today. An e-mail would be sent to each owner when the league has been approved with all of the rules of that league. How does this not work?

Quote: Originally Posted By greeny9 on 4/09/2010

Quote: Originally posted by cbriese on 4/09/2010
This doesn't seem that difficult to fix.

WIS simply needs to program some options into each league that are selected by the commish of that league at rollover. The commish is forced to select those options, and then approve the league. Those options would include:

1) Minimum win rule to automatically continue in the league. The owner who didn't hit this target would have to get the password from the commish.

2) Selection of acceptable cities. This would allow theme leagues and leagues with ballpark restrictions to continue. Sure, some goober could still choose to be the Los Angeles Gobstoppers, but that might be an outlier.

3) Minimum number of players (pitchers and position players) on the roster at each level. If the minimum is not reached by Opening Day, the SIM would sign players automatically and assign them. Owners would not be allowed to make transactions that would violate the league-mandated minimum. Budgets would be adjusted however WIS sees fit.

4) Maximum number of pitchers at (0) on a roster. If the maximum is reached, WIS automagically signs a player, as in 3) above. This might not kick in much once 3) is enacted, though.

5) Salary cap and/or salary floor for the league. Might also include an option for maximum prospect budget.

My guess is that this covers the majority of the "local rules" in use in private HBD leagues today. An e-mail would be sent to each owner when the league has been approved with all of the rules of that league. How does this not work?

I love this idea, and I see that nobody said anything about it. Why not do something like this, where the commish can choose (with the majority of current owners consent) which rules applies to their world. Then it is clear cut and dry. numbers dont lie, and any owners being in said world have to agree or they simply dont join that world.

If you have an owner that hasn't lived up to one or more of those rules then it comes down to a vote among all owners and as long as the majority of the votes say boot, then the offending owner is booted forthwith. No reason to wait for the off-season, do it now, and replace said owner with a proven owner

Quote: Originally Posted By jweiland on 4/09/2010

Quote: Originally Posted By rockindock on 4/09/2010
NOT

Very constructive

Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 4/09/2010I'm an arrogant blowhard hardass. I can't have any more titles


Queen Elizabeth has extras -- maybe we could get her to loan you "Defender of the Faithful"

Quote: Originally Posted By greeny9 on 4/09/2010

Quote: Originally posted by cbriese on 4/09/2010
This doesn't seem that difficult to fix.

WIS simply needs to program some options into each league that are selected by the commish of that league at rollover. The commish is forced to select those options, and then approve the league. Those options would include:

1) Minimum win rule to automatically continue in the league. The owner who didn't hit this target would have to get the password from the commish.

2) Selection of acceptable cities. This would allow theme leagues and leagues with ballpark restrictions to continue. Sure, some goober could still choose to be the Los Angeles Gobstoppers, but that might be an outlier.

3) Minimum number of players (pitchers and position players) on the roster at each level. If the minimum is not reached by Opening Day, the SIM would sign players automatically and assign them. Owners would not be allowed to make transactions that would violate the league-mandated minimum. Budgets would be adjusted however WIS sees fit.

4) Maximum number of pitchers at (0) on a roster. If the maximum is reached, WIS automagically signs a player, as in 3) above. This might not kick in much once 3) is enacted, though.

5) Salary cap and/or salary floor for the league. Might also include an option for maximum prospect budget.

My guess is that this covers the majority of the "local rules" in use in private HBD leagues today. An e-mail would be sent to each owner when the league has been approved with all of the rules of that league. How does this not work?

I love this idea, and I see that nobody said anything about it. Why not do something like this, where the commish can choose (with the majority of current owners consent) which rules applies to their world. Then it is clear cut and dry. numbers dont lie, and any owners being in said world have to agree or they simply dont join that world.

If you have an owner that hasn't lived up to one or more of those rules then it comes down to a vote among all owners and as long as the majority of the votes say boot, then the offending owner is booted forthwith. No reason to wait for the off-season, do it now, and replace said owner with a proven owner