RULES of League
------------1969 Rookie Progressive League II ------------
INITIAL DRAFT:
The initial draft will be 16 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. (Draft Order will be determined by random.org). The player database available for the draft will be all players (WIS) available in 1969 and players that RETIRED in 1968.
TWIST:
What makes this league any different from every other progressive? We will draft our 25 man majors rosters and 5 Players for our Minor Leagues. This will give us a Roster of 30 Current Players each Year. This is your Team coming from the 1969 WIS database and player that retired (according to WIS database) in 1968, 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...etc...
FUTURE DRAFTS:
Future drafts will be both straight forward. Our season 2 draft will consist 1970 rookies and any Players that were Cut or Not Drafted. Rosters will Consist of 30 Players that each Owner's Drafts. But when Keepers are Posted, they may only Keep up to 27 or Less Players. 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 2nd 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 1971 Season, He could only be drafted for the 1971 Season Only. When we are in Season #3, Willie Mays would be in his 3rd Season's and advances accordingly. Season 3 will be 1971 rookies and so on. Draft order will be based on W-L record (worst -first), with the top 5 picks being determined by percentage points above their expected win %. A win floor of 40 games will be used to qualify for a top 5 pick. This Stops owners from Tanking there Teams Each Season to get a Higher Draft Pick for the Next Season. If you fail to meet the win floor you will drop to 6th in the draft. If more than one owner misses the win floor, the owner with the best differential compared with expected win % will pick first.
ADD/DROPS - There will an Add/Drops after each Draft is over. 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 1970 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.
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:
Teams #1: 24 -traditional 4/4/4 divisions - Original Rules.
Teams #2 : League was Contracted in 1970 back to 16 Teams, 4/4 National and 4/4 American League Teams. The Original Owner Adandonded the League because of personal reasons in his Real Daily Life. The League almost Died after only 1 Season. KAllison1 then took over the League as it's Commish and Kept the League Alive.
Team Name: Must start with city/state, but can then be anything you want after that
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.
DH: None (will be voted on after 1971 season to determine whether to be used in 1973.
Keepers list: All Keeper lists are Due by the 120th 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 Commish.
Each owner may Keep up to 27 Players from there 30 man Roster Each Year for upcoming Drafts. The 3 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.
IR: 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 the 1971 season and PLAYER A finished his 1962 season but has no 1963 or 1964 season. PLAYER A can skip 1963 and 1964 to be used in 1965. At the same time, PLAYER B finished his 1971 season and has no 1972 season available. PLAYER B must be placed on IR until the 1972 season finishes, and his 1973 season can be used. 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 ..in 1969 I can trade 1970 and 1971 picks, but not 1972) -
WW: No
Stadiums: Must use teams RL stadium for the appropriate season.
Relocation: Teams will have the option to relocate and/or change team names as appropriate with current season.
Expansion: As new cities become available in the late 70's, teams that are interested in relocating to one of these cities can express interest and will be put into a lottery for the relocation if more than 1 team is interested in relocating.
WE WILL SOON BE IN SEASON #3 = 1971
1/3/2015 12:49 PM (edited)