[Attitude Adjuster]

Add third DL lot for season-ending injured player
Minor League Keeper draft order decided by last season's record

We'll vote on these changes during the off-season, to implement for the 2015 season.

[Attitude Adjuster]

These two rule change suggestions are now open for voting. Also, if you plan not to be back next year, please let us know now. I believe we have 12 very solid and interested owners, and I (and Mikey) thank you for creating not even one scuffle that we had to deal with. That was a really fun season.

[dallasfanforlife]

It was a great season

[Attitude Adjuster]

Shut up, you damn rookie. I already hate you more than I hate Dev. And Dev took years to accomplish that.

[Attitude Adjuster]

The two rule change votes are now closed. The Minor League draft order will continue to be set by random order. There will be a third DL slot added to rosters, but once a player is placed in that spot he must miss the rest of the season.

[Mikey]

Player must be declared as shut down for the season in a thread here as well.

[DevSop]

Is that a one-time use each season so if I put someone there in April but wanna change it in May, I can't? Do I have to keep both players the following season? Can he be traded and then removed from the season ending DL list? I'm really confused as to the specifics of this rule.

[Attitude Adjuster]

The way I looked at it was you put the player on the season-long DL, he stays on the season-long DL all year AND you have to Keeper him the following year. Once a player is on that DL (and you announce such on this board, let's say), that's it. You made your decision. I think if you trade that person, the new owner then can choose to do whatever they want. But I can't imagine anyone trading for a player that wasn't going to play this year if they weren't going to Keeper him for next year.

I also assumed that until you already have two guys on DL, you don't have to make this decision. It's only until you want to put a third guy on DL that you must declare one of them a season-long DL that you will Keeper next season.

So to specifically answer your questions:

Is that a one-time use each season so if I put someone there in April but wanna change it in May, I can't?
You can't make a change.

Do I have to keep both players the following season?
There is only one player that can be put in this role per team each season.

Can he be traded and then removed from the season ending DL list?
He can be traded and removed by the new owner, if that's what the new owner wants to do. But I can't see that as being useful in any way.

I miss Lucky. Now I'm in Lucky's role and Dev is in the "AA is an asshole" role. Always looking for loopholes.

[DevSop]

Not looking for a loophole honestly. Just wanted clarification on what I think was added unnecessarily to the original rule change I had thought of. Forcing the keeper addendum really limits the use of the extra DL slot I think. But now that I'm clear on it, it's all good.

[Jack Quinn]

ok, I know we voted on it, and it didn't pass, but I want to voice my objection, again, on randomizing the draft. If a team wins it all, they shouldn't have a shot at the #1 pick too, that just doesn't seem fair. On the other hand, you don't want bad teams purposely tanking to try and snag the top pick either, that messes up the competitive balance of the season.

So, perhaps a solution?

playoff teams are locked in at 6-12 (top seed getting the 12th pick, etc.) for the non-playoff teams, use the random selection for that. That way you all have the same shot at the #1 pick

Seems fair, no?