by YountFan » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:55 am
Hargrove died in a plane crash because he is a franshise player. Or at least that is how I rememeber the rules.
Although this:
6) NON-DRAFTED (NDT) TEAMS: One EAST and one WEST team willl be undrafted after the team draft phase. Players from these two teams are available to franchises, provided they appear on the GM’s “by team” screens. “Franchise players” from non-drafted teams are simply not available at all. They all died in that terrible plane crash, and are thus buried and forgotten.
EXAMPLE #1: SEA ends up being an NDT. Richie Zisk, a 3y-SEA player not available during autodraft, is still available to the TEX franchise, as he has 2y in TEX. He won’t be available to anyone else, however.
EXAMPLE #2: MIN ends up an NDT, as everyone is completely afraid of taking on their pitching staff. There are still plenty of MIN players available out there (like the immortal Ron Davis, who is still available to the Yankees). Unfortunately, all those wonderful 5-MIN stalwarts (among them Viola, Puckett, Gagne, Hrbek and Gaetti) are all simply unavailable. They’re gone – poof! Finito. (Too bad they boarded the death plane that day.)
Conflicts with this and the Reynolds example:
10) “RAIDS”: Once per season, and ONLY after the season has begun (the team must have played a series), any team may “raid” ONE NDT roster for ONE PLAYER. This is a first-come, first serve basis, and the team must announce via e-mail to all that the raid has been made. This email should include the name of the player taken. Raided players CANNOT be traded and, if released are available for later raids by other teams.
EXAMPLE: SEA is an undrafted team. After playing a single series, I decide to dump my starting 2B and pilfer Harold Reynolds (a 5y-SEA) from SEA. After doing so, I e-mail the rest of the league and inform them of my coup. I can no longer raid either NDT roster for the rest of the year. If I release Harold later, anyone who has not used up their “raid” option may do so. NOTE: Raid options ARE tradable commodities.
honestiago please make a ruling
YF