Posted by toddcommish on 2/22/2019 10:18:00 AM (view original):
It might be a little late for this, but a way to mitigate the Ozo/Skunk strategerization is to set divisions by combined salary for your 2x2.

Would be a great twist of lime.

Have to say I would not be a fan of that (or ever in situations where rules are being changed after the fact). I may not have committed to this strategy if that were the case from the beginning. Right now there's no guarantee the strategy will even be a good one. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

I agree that you don't change the rules now. Future versions of this concept are open to any of these ideas, though.

I don't think Todd was referring to this season. ;-`

Posted by ArlenWilliam on 2/22/2019 1:54:00 PM (view original):
I don't think Todd was referring to this season. ;-`

Nope, I even said that it was probably too late to change the rules...

No draft league should change the rules AFTER any picks have been made.

Besides, we're not even sure that their teams will be markedly better using their strategies... Maybe they have more options, but in a lot of ways, burning two pitcher slots puts more weight on the 9-10 REAL pitchers they choose, meaning the blacklist based on $120M might impact them even more.

My bad for misinterpreting!

Jim Poole is offended you think he's burning two pitcher slots. Now you've given him ample motivation for the season.

Do we have a league number?

Sorry all...had some family stuff taking up my time today. I will get a league number tomorrow and send it to everyone by mid-afternoon.

Posted by calhoop on 2/21/2019 10:17:00 PM (view original):
Question - Are the players blacklisted in year one eligible to be used at all this year. I know that none of them could be drafted as exclusives this year but I am not sure if it is clear whether last season's exclusives are also off limits. Not that I am planning to use one, just want to get this out there.

Season 1 players only became blacklisted this season. You cannot use them at all.

After two weeks of owners on the lam, unanswered site mail and lectures about how much more legalistic the rules should have been if you expected us to respect them, I figured you just decided to declare "mission accomplished" with a completed draft. You may be pressing your luck in trying to get this lot to follow through and actually enter teams.

A league number with the blacklisted players actually blacklisted using the Theme Wizard would be nice.

Posted by jvt87 on 2/23/2019 11:28:00 PM (view original):
After two weeks of owners on the lam, unanswered site mail and lectures about how much more legalistic the rules should have been if you expected us to respect them, I figured you just decided to declare "mission accomplished" with a completed draft. You may be pressing your luck in trying to get this lot to follow through and actually enter teams.

I think I missed seeing any of those lectures.

Posted by bheid408 on 2/24/2019 9:07:00 AM (view original):
A league number with the blacklisted players actually blacklisted using the Theme Wizard would be nice.

All the players from Season 1 will be blacklisted using the theme wizard. I'll have the league number out within the hour.

Thank you for the ingenuity and the patience, JT.