I think we all want responsible owners to join our leagues. Nothing satisfies more than a quick start, especially if we're hanging for week or longer chomping at the bit to fill it up. There may never be a gage to measure that quality of an owner, but there could be a solution. Assuming that the reason some owners bail is because they're having second thoughts, get a whiff of the competition---whatever, then maybe the answer is securing the transaction and integrity of the league after the 'join' trigger is pulled. With enough disclaimer, warning prior to joining, the release of a team is at the mutual discretion of the commissioner and admin. Once you join, you're in for the long haul. Newbs will always influence the performance of a league to some degree, and there is the risk of some disgruntled owner hosing. I don't think that is the rule. It's by and large the exception. Maybe the answer is pulling the Release function from Team Center, or some variant of that. an informed owner is a good one and as long as the information is clear and concise we draw better owners and more of them