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Preds · May 22nd, 2004, 09:17 PM

Jim, you are correct, the DS eligibility rules would remain unchanged, and it would be 7 moves per TEAM per season, not per player. To be honest that number could be debated, I just picked a random number for discussion sake.

Frank, I am not necessarily proposing this idea for the 2004 season. At this point, I think any rule discussion should be for 2005 and beyond, and I'm pretty firmly in that corner (Brian got me to see the light there ;)).

But seeing as we should start discussing changes a year or so in advance, and that we were talking about the DS anyhow, I thought I'd bring this up.

Anyhow, we could limit the free moves from 7 to whatever we want, maybe 5, maybe 3, whatever number the league decides if they are interested in this proposal, heck maybe we'd go with NO free moves (although I'd argue at least a few make sense).

After the free moves were used up however, we'd have a waiver system which would be very interesting to see play out (as well as very strategic).
If the league hates this idea, so be it, no hard feelings. I just thought it'd be an interesting twist on the current situation.

As for rookie contracts, I finally thing they make sense. The new rookie compensation package is nearly perfect IMO, and the lowered salaries should and will result in more DS players making active rosters (I know my intentions are to trade or promote all 3 players on my current DS).

[HIJACK]
Speaking of waivers, IMO we should also discuss a waiver period for ANY player that is released, whereas his contract could be picked up in reverse order by any team within a 24 hour window. If the contract was picked up by another team the standard 20% cap penalty would NOT apply (although any remaining signing bonus would still be assessed against the releasing team). This is essentially what we do in the CDL. [END OF HIJACK]

May 22nd, 2004, 09:17 PM	#4
Preds *****istrator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Hamburg, NY Posts: 17,782	Re: a different kind of DS proposal Jim, you are correct, the DS eligibility rules would remain unchanged, and it would be 7 moves per TEAM per season, not per player. To be honest that number could be debated, I just picked a random number for discussion sake. Frank, I am not necessarily proposing this idea for the 2004 season. At this point, I think any rule discussion should be for 2005 and beyond, and I'm pretty firmly in that corner (Brian got me to see the light there ;)). But seeing as we should start discussing changes a year or so in advance, and that we were talking about the DS anyhow, I thought I'd bring this up. Anyhow, we could limit the free moves from 7 to whatever we want, maybe 5, maybe 3, whatever number the league decides if they are interested in this proposal, heck maybe we'd go with NO free moves (although I'd argue at least a few make sense). After the free moves were used up however, we'd have a waiver system which would be very interesting to see play out (as well as very strategic). If the league hates this idea, so be it, no hard feelings. I just thought it'd be an interesting twist on the current situation. As for rookie contracts, I finally thing they make sense. The new rookie compensation package is nearly perfect IMO, and the lowered salaries should and will result in more DS players making active rosters (I know my intentions are to trade or promote all 3 players on my current DS). [HIJACK] Speaking of waivers, IMO we should also discuss a waiver period for ANY player that is released, whereas his contract could be picked up in reverse order by any team within a 24 hour window. If the contract was picked up by another team the standard 20% cap penalty would NOT apply (although any remaining signing bonus would still be assessed against the releasing team). This is essentially what we do in the CDL. [END OF HIJACK]