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Post by Drew (Chicago Blue Jays) on Nov 28, 2018 22:30:27 GMT -5
Unlike the other rule proposals, we have not had a firm easy solution proposed for this, but it needs discussion.
Rule Proposal #7: Should we create incentives or disincentives for activity or lack thereof, minimum AB/IP limits to encourage activity, or penalties for having illegal lineups. If so, list your ideas below.
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Post by Scott (Boston Padres) on Dec 4, 2018 8:32:25 GMT -5
I think a mandatory league check in on the board will help with this. Maybe a few times a year? Once in offseason November/December, once before All Star break, and once following the end of our regular season.
Minimum AB/IP might be a good idea but it's hard to come up with the right numbers. We could do some research. Maximums are important in a daily lineup league which we don't have so that's ok.
If I'm not mistaken, there is a penalty for an illegal lineup. You don't accumulate points that week, unless a Commish overrides it and forces it legal, which I've done on several occasions in our first 6 years. I think that's penalty enough.
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Post by Drew (Chicago Blue Jays) on Dec 4, 2018 12:18:23 GMT -5
The question that I believe has arisen in terms of an illegal lineup is that not accumulating points could be a benefit in trying to get a higher draft pick. This is obviously not in the spirit of good gamesmanship, but I'd like to have something specific as a plan for dealing with it.
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Post by Tony (Detroit Brewers) on Dec 4, 2018 19:05:10 GMT -5
Maybe dock a team cap space for a roster violation? Or draft picks for a certain number of violations? I've seen both methods done before in other leagues
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Post by Henry (Cleveland Nationals) on Dec 6, 2018 5:02:53 GMT -5
I like the idea of vaguely matching the league with reality, and the reality is that teams that do badly in real life will have lower ticket revenues and therefore can’t sustain as high a payroll. To keep people trying to succeed even when they are out of the title race, you could grade the following year’s payroll so that the team finishing first has, let’s say, $189m to spend, whilst the team finishing last has $161m, with a team earning $2m of extra cap space for the following season per extra place they come in the standings. (Obviously starting in 2020 based on 2019 standings)
Also more generally, thanks to Drew for being proactive and setting up these discussion points. Could I be really cheeky though as I worry that those in more than one DD league may get confused if the rule change votes in different leagues have different results. Could there be a section or a table at the bottom of the rules with a quick summary of which rules are different for the different leagues, just as a quick reference tool? Sorry to be a pain but I think it’s a good idea to wrinkle our rules as people see fit, but I worry I will confuse one league for another!
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