In 1993 Bill Murray starred in the classic film - Groundhog Day. A day that he lived over and over and over. Time stood still for that one day for his character in the movie. The premise of that movie is the basis for the league - hear me out.
The league will be a 20 team progressive league starting in 1960. The initial season will feature a draft of the entire 25 man roster in a serpentine format - ABBA ABBA ABBA ABBA, etc. Draft position for the initial draft will be decided by random draw.
Each franchise can select 1 player and 1 pitcher from the initial draft and designate that player as their Groundhog Day player. Hereafter referred to as the GD player.
You can pick any season
from the career of your GD player and use that season as often as you like - over and over and over. Each team may only have 1 GD player and 1 GD pitcher on their opening day roster. The only way to rid yourself of a GD player is to trade or cut that player. Each team may pick a new GD player / pitcher from one season to the next.
All other players - non GD players - will progress one season at a time.
In addition to the 1960 players there will be 2 random rookie classes included in the draft. These draft classes will be selected randomly from 20 year intervals: 1940, 1980 or 2000. In season 2 the random rookies will be from 1941, 1981 or 2001. Season 3 will be 1942, 1982 and 2002, etc. The drafted rookies will progress 1 year at a time with the rest of your team. These players will appear in the random rookie draft and if applicable once their normal cycle of seasons is in play.
To facilitate competition the keeper list will be capped at 15 players - including your GD players and your I/R players.
Rules:
No salary cap
No DH until 1973 then DH in AL only until interleague play
AAA - WIS 6/2 - average quality
Keepers - 15 player keeper max plus any I/R players
Trades - Yes; Draft picks can be traded for up to 3 draft cycles - example 1960, 1961 and 1962. In season trades are subject to league vote - 12 vetoes will defeat the trade. Offseason trades subject to vote if 4 owners ask for a review.
Trade vetoes:
In season trades will be submitted through WIS and will be subject to a league vote. The owners involved in the trade will not vote. 12 votes are needed for a veto.
Off season trades will be voted upon if 4 owners object to the trade. The vote will be administered by the commissioner unless the commissioner is involved in the trade. Then an owner that is not involved will be asked to administer the vote. The vote will have results publicly displayed and 12 votes are needed for a veto.
Team names / Stadiums - pick anything you want for a team name. Stadiums should be from the era of play.
Rookie - the first year a player appears in the WIS database will be his rookie season.
Injured reserve - a player without a WIS season that is part of your roster may be placed on I/R
Player draft list - The commissioner will take all due care to prepare the list of available players. All league owners will have the opportunity to review the list in advance of the draft. Any mistake or omission will need to be addressed prior to the start of the draft. After the draft has started no alterations can be made to the draft list.
Draft order - inaugural draft will be decided by random draw. All subsequent drafts will be based upon league standings with the bottom 4 teams entering an evenly weighted draft lottery. 40 wins are required to be eligible for the lottery. Teams failing to meet that threshold will draft no higher than 5th. Tiebreakers - Head to Head, then runs scored head to head then home games won for the season.
Draft - the initial draft order will be ABBA ABBA. Subsequent drafts will be 1-20 with the worst 4 teams participating in a lottery for the top 4 picks. The remaining picks will be based upon regular season standings.
Loopholes - the commissioner reserves the right to close unintended loopholes in the rules with advance notice to the league.
Rule changes - can be proposed by any owner. A league vote will follow with 11 yes votes needed to implement the rule.
Play Ball!
Owners:
1. Michael000
2. Sigblend
3. Mwett
3/29/2022 2:02 PM (edited)