MWBL - PROPOSALS PAGE
These proposals will be posted until September 1st, 2008, in the League Manager
Schedule.
At that point the veterans committee will vote on these proposals being placed
on the ballot
If they make the ballot we will vote on new rule proposals for 2008
MWBL Season sometime before the end of the 2008 MWBL Regular Season.
To place a proposal you will need to send
an E-Mail with a
IDEA, REASON,
and your NAME to the Commissioners office at
mwbl@straybaseball.com
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Indicates that this proposal has been re-proposed from a previous year
PROPOSAL 1*
-"EXTRA
WILD"
To add an extra WILD CARD team to each League.
This would be the team with the second best record that is not a division
winner. The Extra Wild Card team would play the Wild Card in a one
game elimination to move forward in the playoffs, with the Wild Card Team
with the better record having Home Field Advantage for the "Wild Card Game".
Reason for the Proposal:
What this would accomplish is three fold. 1st, there could be more races
and chances for teams to make the playoffs. More teams would be "In"
the Wild Card hunt, therefore keeping the league owners more interested.
2nd, it would give teams more opportunity to still have a chance, which
could help promote more trading partners. 3rd, it would give the
League winner a larger advantage in the Division Series, because the Wild
Card Game winner would have probably thrown his #1 starter to try and win
that game. The Extra Wild Card Team might not have thrown his #1,
since he might have to use his #1 starter to actually win that spot during
the regular season. Proposed by - John "Stray" Corrado - Chicago Mobsters
PROPOSAL 2 - I propose we go to a draft lottery starting with the 2010 MWBL Draft
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1st Lowest Records |
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40 Lottery Balls |
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2nd Lowest Records |
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35 Lottery Balls |
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3rd Lowest Records |
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30 Lottery Balls |
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4th Lowest Records |
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25 Lottery Balls |
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5th Lowest Records |
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20 Lottery Balls |
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6th Lowest Records |
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15 Lottery Balls |
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7th Lowest Records |
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10 Lottery Balls |
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8th Lowest Records |
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5 Lottery Balls |
Reason for the
Proposal: This would prevent
teams from tanking games at the end of the season knowing where they would fall
in the standings. The Draft would be lottery adjusted for the 1st two rounds of
the draft. Beyond that it would go based on opposite order of finish. The
Lottery would be conducted by the Commissioner as well as one of his minions.
The proposed number of lottery balls would be as follows:
Proposed by - Chris Douglas - Tempe Temper 2008 /
Steve Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves - (2007)
PROPOSAL 3*
-"WAIVER
DRAFT - WAVES"
Any players waived in the first round of the
Waiver Draft do not become available for re-drafting until Round 2. Any
players waived in Round 2 are immediately available.
Reason for the Proposal:
Having the worst record is suppose to give you the advantage in the Waiver
Draft. By allowing a team below the worse team to immediately re-draft a
waived player, it gives the teams in the middle to the end of the draft the
advantage. I realize that most the players waived will not amount to much,
but since usage is at a premium, the team with the poorer record should
still always have the advantage of choosing a player. might not have thrown his #1,
since he might have to use his #1 starter to actually win that spot during
the regular season.
NOTE: I know I joked
about it last night, but Brian Scantland and I were chatting on the side and
when Rob Mackowiak was waived, I told him I would have taken him if I had
the option cause he provides great usage. He agreed that it would make sense
for a proposal like that. That's why i thought about this proposal.
I then joked with Stray about quitting because of that and he informed me
that an owner actually quit because of a waiver draft problem. Now that I
found truly hilarious. To quit over Lenny Harris? I'm sure Lenny would even
laugh over that!Proposed by -
Steve Cutler - Hollywood Werewolves
PROPOSAL 4
-"LIVE
PLAYOFF GAMES"
Starting with the 2009 MWBL Playoffs I propose
that we make all playoff games be played LIVE head to head using Logmein.com.
Or some other means of Live head to head play. Each Playoff Series would have one week from start to finish to accomplish
this task. Both managers would be responsible for getting together
with schedules to coordinate these events.
Reason for the Proposal:
What is more fun than LIVE playoffs head 2to head vs. your opponent.
Micromanagers are decent, but no one can or should run your team during such
a crucial time of the year. It would give each manager a chance to run
his team the way he see fit. Logmein.com makes playing the games so
easy, and it's a free program. Playing by phone, or some other
option is always available as well.
Proposed by - John "Stray" Corrado - Chicago Mobsters
PROPOSAL
5
-"ONE
MINOR CONTRACT YEAR"
If you trade for a minor league player in the
final year of his three year contract that you be allowed to exercise an
option for one additional year of eligibility at the expense of your 12th
round draft pick in the next draft. This would be limited to one traded
minor league player per team per year.
Stipulations -
1) traded player must be in the final year of his three year contract.
Reason for the Proposal:
If someone is willing to trade away value to take a flyer on a minor
league player they shouldn't be penalized by only receiving the remainder of
the minor league contract. The penalty of your last draft pick and occupying
one of your 12 minor league roster spots should be sufficient along with the
value traded away to force an owner to be diligent in trades.
Proposed by - Bruce
Gerber - Garden City Gangstas
2007 Proposals
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2005 Proposals
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2003 Proposals
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