No Quitters!!!! formed with the request that owners commit for 3 years (hence the name). In the 15th season 12 owners have been in the league since the beginning. The league attempts to handle conflicts and issues quietly and behind the scene though this is not alway successful. As opposed to most low turnover private leagues we have taken rookies. Some of these rookies have been very successful while others have been dismal failures. The relative peace on the message board can be misleading - the league is very competitive and intense. No Quitters!! requires a sound understanding of HBD and MLB to be successful (which explains my inability to win a WS in this league)
While resorting to "the rules" seems unnecessary (The rules evolved in Sandberg and adapted by NO Quitters!!!! but have NEVER been necessary) they do exist: (updated/modified 4/16/2010): (1) 30M minimal player budget(spent), (2) no ML players playing grossly out of position, (3) competent major leaguers at the ML level, (4) no fatigue issues in the majors, and (5) minimum wins 54/1yr, 114/2yr, 186/3yr, (6) maintain minors to satisfaction of other owners (while no exact number of players is a requirement, starting the season with 29 players and 15 pitchers/level will automatically meet this guideline), (7) an owner may be given a 1 year "grace period" by the commish OR the vote of 10 owners (any owner can initiate the vote) (confirmed 4/18/2010 by league vote)EVERY new owner is asked to make a 3 year commitment