Post by MSBNYY on Feb 27, 2007 7:54:13 GMT -5
The goal of this pre-season is to make sure you have NO excuses when it comes to cheating. "I didn't know," will not be an excuse.
Draft Day Penalties: It's a tradition in Section 39 leagues to punish people for not paying attention. So if you draft someone who already has been drafted, you will be fined $1.00, which will be thrown into a pot. In the end, I get to decide where that money goes. Capone is the record holder having thrown in about $9.00 in 2003.
Other forms of cheating will not be so light hearted.
The biggest way to cheat, and the toughest to enforce, was in pitching assignments. A reliever cannot be used as a starter or vice versa. The difference in points can be fairly large. Currently, you are allowed 5 starters and 3 relievers. You may have less than 5 starters, but not more than 5 starters. You may have less than 2 relievers, but not more than 2 relievers.
This rule will be strictly enforced.
NOTE--it is possible that you will get screwed in the early part of the season. For example. Suppose Mariano Rivera converted to a starter. You draft him. For the early part of the season, Yahoo WILL still call him a reliever. You only have 2 reliever spots. If you use him, DESPITE WHAT YAHOO SAYS, Rivera will be considered a STARTER. That means that you likely will be stuck with only one reliever, and unless you happen to have a pitcher who IS a reliever, but can be used as a starter. If you do not, and you want to use Rivera, then you will have to leave one of your starting pitcher spots blank. Again, this will be enforced.
Anyone caught making this mistake will automatically be disqualified from the session. If it happens a second time, you may be booted out of the league, and there are no refunds.
This is harsh, but the solution is to simply not do this. It's harsh because some people in the league were very angry about the practice, and I have to respect that.
Next:
You are allowed ONE transaction per week. That means one. If you make more than one transaction in a week, that transaction will be reversed. If you have not set up your team so I can edit it, your team will be frozen until this situation is remedied. That means you won't even be able to adjust your lineup let alone drop or add anyone.
There are TWO exceptions to this rule:
1. If a player on your team goes on the disabled list, you may replace him without losing your weekly transaction.
2. If you make an imbalanced trade, you may pick up as many players as needed to fill your team. For example, if Person A trades 4 players for 1, Person A may pick up 3 additional players from the waiver wire to fill his team, without losing his weekly transaction. Of course, Person B must drop 3 players too.
Draft Day Penalties: It's a tradition in Section 39 leagues to punish people for not paying attention. So if you draft someone who already has been drafted, you will be fined $1.00, which will be thrown into a pot. In the end, I get to decide where that money goes. Capone is the record holder having thrown in about $9.00 in 2003.
Other forms of cheating will not be so light hearted.
The biggest way to cheat, and the toughest to enforce, was in pitching assignments. A reliever cannot be used as a starter or vice versa. The difference in points can be fairly large. Currently, you are allowed 5 starters and 3 relievers. You may have less than 5 starters, but not more than 5 starters. You may have less than 2 relievers, but not more than 2 relievers.
This rule will be strictly enforced.
NOTE--it is possible that you will get screwed in the early part of the season. For example. Suppose Mariano Rivera converted to a starter. You draft him. For the early part of the season, Yahoo WILL still call him a reliever. You only have 2 reliever spots. If you use him, DESPITE WHAT YAHOO SAYS, Rivera will be considered a STARTER. That means that you likely will be stuck with only one reliever, and unless you happen to have a pitcher who IS a reliever, but can be used as a starter. If you do not, and you want to use Rivera, then you will have to leave one of your starting pitcher spots blank. Again, this will be enforced.
Anyone caught making this mistake will automatically be disqualified from the session. If it happens a second time, you may be booted out of the league, and there are no refunds.
This is harsh, but the solution is to simply not do this. It's harsh because some people in the league were very angry about the practice, and I have to respect that.
Next:
You are allowed ONE transaction per week. That means one. If you make more than one transaction in a week, that transaction will be reversed. If you have not set up your team so I can edit it, your team will be frozen until this situation is remedied. That means you won't even be able to adjust your lineup let alone drop or add anyone.
There are TWO exceptions to this rule:
1. If a player on your team goes on the disabled list, you may replace him without losing your weekly transaction.
2. If you make an imbalanced trade, you may pick up as many players as needed to fill your team. For example, if Person A trades 4 players for 1, Person A may pick up 3 additional players from the waiver wire to fill his team, without losing his weekly transaction. Of course, Person B must drop 3 players too.