The No Whining Progressive Early Edition (NWPEE) is looking for a new owner for our Detroit (AL) franchise.

We had an owner unexpectedly disappear and have had to start our draft without him.

If you're interested, here's the poop on what the NWPEE is all about...

- We are a dual progressive set to enter our 34th Season, 1918/1983

- The NWPEE has a Constitution (available in the league forum) which spells out all of our rules. Owners are strongly encouraged to read it over... in the event of any league issues, the Constitution has the final say.

- We pride ourselves on our quick seasonal turnover. The new draft begins the day after the end of the regular season. The new season begins at the end of the playoffs for the previous season.

- In order to discourage tanking, the NWPEE has a completely random draft order. The draft order is determined at or around the All-Star Break. And yes this means that the eventual WS champion can end up drafting 1st over all. Rounds then proceed in a serpentine fashion. i.e. 1-24, 24-1, 1-24, 24-1... and so forth.

- One of the unique features of the NWPEE is that, in order to ensure that there is a constant flow of good players available (and to mitigate somewhat the effects of the random draft), the NWPEE employs Contract Points. They operate much like a salary cap. Every team has a Contract Point ceiling of 80. Contract points are the equivalent of Years. So, if I draft rookie Don "Sideburns" Mattingly in this draft and allot him 7 Contact Points, I would own his rights from the 1983 season until the 1989 season. He will then return to the pool of draft-able players. Once "signed", a contract is ironclad, with a very few special exceptions (see Constitution). Contract Points are the numbers you will see beside each player on the available team.

If you have any questions, please feel free to SM me...

eastvanmungo

Detroit
Needs 12 players
Rogers Hornsby 12
Harry Heilmann 10
Mike Moore 7
Doyle Alexander 6
Carson Bigbee 5
Pete Alexander 3
Burleigh Grimes 3
Ray Schalk 3
Alan Sothoron 2
Fred Anderson 1
Rudy Law 1
Vern Ruhle 1
Tim Hendryx 1
Total 55

The 18/83 Draft (so far)

1. Scott Garrelts
2. Ken Oberkfell
3. Geoff Zahn
4. Shano Collins
5. Dave Shean
6. Dave Lapoint
7. Doug Sisk
8. Ken Landreaux
9. Gary Roenicke
10. Fred Thomas
11. xxx
12. xxx

The drafted players have not been assigned Contract Points yet.

Also, you can move from Detroit if you like, the open options are...

Kansas City - Royals Stadium (1973-1993)
Milwaukee - County Stadium (1970-2000)
Toronto - Exhibition Stadium (1977-1989)

If you want to move, you'll have to let me know you need an extra draft spot, because you'll have to actually draft your new stadium (another team is also doing this).

Thank for joining AK69!!!