General Managers Keeper League

[kaviksdad]

So far I have commitments from the following - Please check in by your name:

1) Kaviksdad
2) Qksilver
3) AF Dickie
4) Ninersphan
5) Sykes
6) Sandlotshrink
7) Cubit
8) Cummings
9) Nythawk
10)
11)
12)

There are 3 spots available.

The rules are as follows:

Initial Draft:
1) The initial draft is a 41 round live draft. Rounds 1 through 40 are for players; Round 41 is for the stadium.
2) Only those players who were issued SOM cards this year and appear on the live draft website are eligible for the initial draft.
3) The initial draft is serpentine; all subsequent Free Agent drafts are non-serpentine based upon the previous season's regular season records. Draft picks are tradeable.

Prospect drafts:
1) There are 2 prospect drafts during each season
2) The first yearly prospect draft is 2 rounds, to be held immediately after each year's Spring Free Agent draft.
3) The second yearly prospect draft is 2 rounds, to be held immediately after each year's Supplemental Free Agent draft.
4) Only those players without MLB experience are eligible for any prospect draft.
5) The initial prospect draft is serpentine. Draft order for this initial Prospect draft will be the reverse of the draft order for the Initial Free Agent draft.
All subsequent prospect drafts are non-serpentine, and draft order is based on the previous season's regular season records.
6) Owners lose rights to all prospects that they release; Released prospects are eligible to be drafted as either a) Free Agents if they were issued SOM cards or b) prospects again
if never issued SOM cards.
7) There is no clock for Round 1 of each prospect draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock.
8) Individual owners are responsible for their own prospect research.

Supplemental Free Agent drafts:
1) A 3 round Supplemental Free Agent draft will be held between seasons 1 and 2 of each calender year; if 3 seasons are played in a year, the supplemental draft will still be held
between seasons 1 and 2.
2) All owners must announce their roster drops prior to the Supplemental draft.
3) Owners may draft no more than 3 players; Owners are not required to draft any players during the Supplemental draft
4) Supplemental Free Agent drafts are non-sepentine; Supplemental Free Agent draft order is determined by the previous season's regular season record.
5) There is no clock for Round 1 of the Supplemental Free Agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock.
6) The Supplemental Free Agent draft is only 3 rounds. Owners with less than a full roster may use the Supplemental Free Agent Draft to get back to a 40 man roster provided they can
do it within 3 rounds. There will never be more than 36 picks made in the Supplemental draft.

Annual Spring Free Agent drafts:
1) A 15 round non-serpentine free agent draft will be held each year shortly after TSN/SOM cards are released. Draft order is determined by cumulative win/loss records.
2) All owners must drop a minimum of 10 players; No owner may drop more than 15 players.
3) Player drops must be announce prior to the beginning of the Free Agent draft.
4) All owners must have a full 40 man roster upon completion of the annual Spring Free Agent draft.
5) There is no clock for Round 1 of each Annual Free Agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock.

General rules:
1) There will be a minimum of 2 seasons played each year; Season 1 will begin in February - Season 2 will begin in August.
2) There will be a maximum of 3 seasons played per year; Season 1 will begin in February - Season 2 will begin in May - Season 3 will begin in September
3) A 3rd season may be played only if approved by all 12 owners.
4) Divisional assignments will change each season. The format is this: a) initial divisional assignments will be follow the general 1-4-7-10 East, 2-5-8-11 Central and 3-6-9-12 West.
5) Cumulative team records will determine the divisional assignments for Season 1 of each new year.
6) Divisional assignments for seasons 2 (or season 3 if played) each year will be determined by the final win/loss records of the previous season.
7) All transactions must be posted on the individual league thread.
8) The league Commish shall maintain a record of all drafts, transactions and player movements and provide a copy to any owner on request.
9) All ties between teams will be broken by the previous season's head to head win/loss records. If this does not break the tie, cumulative win/loss head to head records will be used.
10) You cannot trade draft choices that you do not own. This means that if you trade a 9th round draft pick, you must release as many players as necessary to insure that you will
have a 9th round pick. For example, you have a 40 man roster, and you have acquired an extra 2nd, 3rd, and 6th round draft picks during the year. You have also traded away
a 7th and 9th round draft pick. This means you must release at least 12 players prior to the draft to insure that you will have a 9th round pick. If you plan to continue drafting beyond
Round 9 you will have to release an additional player for each subsequent round. You cannot drop more than 15 players.
11) All rule changes must pass by a super majority - 8 owners or more.
12) There are no specific rules against "roster dumping." Owners no longer in a pennant race can use their best judgement in determining the makeup of their team, provided that
all general roster size limits are met. However, it is expected that all owners will act in the best interests of the game.
13) All leagues will be set up using the DH.

Stadium rules:
1) Each player will draft a stadium during Round 41 of the Initial Free Agent draft.
2) Stadium draft order will be the reverse of Round 1 of the Initial Free Agent draft.
3) Stadiums are unique and belong to each owner for the duration of the league. There will be no annual or seasonal draft of new stadiums, so choose your stadium wisely.
4) Stadiums can only be changed through trade. Players may trade stadiums with other players at any time except while a regular season is in progress.

Roster rules:
1) Each team must carry a 40 man roster. In the event a transaction sends an owner's roster above the 40 man limit, said owner is allowed 1 day to release as many players as
necessary to get back to the 40 man limit.
2) Each team must carry a 25 man league roster during each season.
3) Each will carry a 15 man minor league roster during each season.
4) Each team may add an additional 3 players (to a maximum of 28 players) to their MLB roster once game 132 has been played.
5) There are no limits to tranactions between an owner's major and minor league rosters except those internal to the SOM game engine.
6) Injured players can be kept on a team's major league roster for the duration of their injury. Players promoted to the major league roster as injury replacements must be
returned to the minor league roster once the injury has healed. There is a 2-game grace period to return injury replacement players to the minor league roster - this allows each
owner to maintain a constant 25 man roster at all times. We will be using the honor system here - please don't keep players beyond their authorized time!
7) Each team is set up with a $200 million dollar roster; all roster transactions will use the 10% Free Agent penalty.
8) The minimum roster size is 30 players. The only exceptions are during the supplemental and free agent draft periods.
9) All teams must meet SOM roster requirements at all times.

Prospect Player rules:
1) The maximum number of prospects allowed on each roster is 10.
2) Prospects are not counted as part of the 40 man roster while they maintain their prospect status.
3) Owners control the rights of their prospects for no longer than 2 years. At the end of 2 years (from time of draft) a prospect must either be promoted to the MLB roster or released.
4) Prospects can be traded, but the 2 year timeline remains constant for each prospect. Prospects moving from one team to another must be promoted or released when the
original 2 year cycle has been reached.
5) Prospects can be promoted to the major league roster at any time, provided there is roster space available. Once promoted all prospects lose their prospect status, and cannot
be demoted back to prospect status.

Player movement:
1) Trading players is authorized and encouraged. The trading of draft picks is also authorized. Unbalanced trades are authorized provided that the 40 man roster limit is maintained
at all times; in the event of an unbalanced trade the owner of the team whose roster exceeds the 40 man limit is allowed 1 day to release player(s) to get back to the 40 man limit.
2) There will be no pickups of free agent players except through the Annual and Supplemental Free Agent drafts.
3) Prospects can be activated and promoted to the major league roster during the regular season provided there is roster space available to do so. Players with a full 40 man
roster cannot promote a prospect until there is room available to do so.
4) Regular players on the 40 man roster cannot be released in order to promote a prospect while a season is in progress.
5) Regular players can be released from the 40 man roster only for the following: a) pre-draft release prior to Annual Free Agent draft; b) pre-draft release prior to Supplemental
free agent draft; c) to bring a roster down to the 40 man limit as a result of an unbalanced transaction.

I am hoping we can begin drafting on Monday, Sept. 24 - although there is no great hurry. Comments and suggestions are welcome

[Ninersphan]

1) Kaviksdad
2) Qksilver
3) AF Dickie
4) [b:c69068136a]Ninersphan[/b:c69068136a] I'm in the 24th is no problem
5) Sykes
6) Sandlotshrink
7) Cubit
8) Cummings
9) Nythawk
10)
11)
12)

Are we playing a season this year, or are we just drafting and waiting for next years cards?

[kaviksdad]

I would like to get a season in this year -

[cummings2]

1) Kaviksdad
2) Qksilver
3) AF Dickie
4) Ninersphan I'm in the 24th is no problem
5) Sykes
6) Sandlotshrink
7) Cubit
8) Cummings -Here.
9) Nythawk
10)
11)
12)

I'll be traveling for Yom Kippur, The 24 I might check in a bit late but OK with me. If we go with LOTO then I choose CA

[kaviksdad]

1) Kaviksdad
2) Qksilver
3) AF Dickie
4) Ninersphan I'm in the 24th is no problem
5) Sykes
6) Sandlotshrink
7) Cubit
8) Cummings -Here.
9) Nythawk
10) Smokey
11)
12)

Welcome Smokey -

Let me know if you can't start on the 24th everyone. We can always find the best date for everybody to start the draft.

[superflymacdaddyjuice]

1) Kaviksdad
2) Qksilver
3) AF Dickie
4) Ninersphan I'm in the 24th is no problem
5) Sykes
6) Sandlotshrink
7) Cubit
8) Cummings -Here.
9) Nythawk
10) Smokey -I will be in Wyoming the 22 til the 27th. hopefully will not impact the 24th start date.
11)
12)



Let me know if you can't start on the 24th everyone. We can always find the best date for everybody to start the draft.

[cirills]

The week of the 24th [i:ec1281b5b3][b:ec1281b5b3]might[/b:ec1281b5b3][/i:ec1281b5b3] be very difficult for me as I will be out of the country doing the President's Cup. I probably won't know for sure until I get there.

Then I will be travelling back to the states on 10/1.

[kaviksdad]

The 24th was just a preliminary date. Once we get the league filled we will decide the best date to get started. I don't want anyone to start off at a disadvantage by being unavailable. I'd rather get this right than to rush to get us going. We need 8 weeks to get a season complete - we have plenty of time I think

[kaviksdad]

Hunter - thanks for the interest. I've sent you a PM message, which is that little envelope on the upper lefthand side of your screen. That will tell you what to do next.

To answer your question, a 41 round live draft usually takes at least a week and can last up to 3 weeks. It's done on a website set up specifically for live drafts.