Quote: Originally posted by vandydave on 2/11/2010cbriese has been an awkward mix of a flip-flopping dictator, that said he's established guidelines that have prevented tanking as well as exorbitant budgets, things that matter more than whether or not teams can switch cities. its a good league with its share of whiners, the starter of this thread being the foremost.
That's a mischaracterization. The original commissioner and founder, tjconnatser, was the one who established the anti-tanking and budgetary constraints, not cbriese. tj also established the rule against moving cities. All three rules were in place from the start up seven seasons ago. It was also well-established along the way that any changes to these rules could only be made by owner vote.
The problem came in when cbriese chose to unilaterally change the no-moves rule without a vote, and also with no clear indication that a majority of owners would have voted to scrap the rule. When some of us objected to this circumventing of the established democratic process, we were called whiners and asked to leave the world. Some did leave, but I feel like I have too much invested in the org that I've built and will stay for now. I have been told that I cannot post dissenting opinions in world chat, no matter how politely worded, and that if I do he will have me removed from the world. So owners' voting privileges and their free speech has been revoked by the all-powerful commissioner, and if you object to this you will be blamed for starting and perpetuating the mess.