Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:27 pm
With the draft completed, let's see if we can resolve the rule changes, too, okay?
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When the Deja Vu league converted from a retro keeper to a standard one, the rules expanded. As the C'est La Vie League converts, following the 2013 and 2014 seasons, similar added rules would look like this:
- We will become a "standard" keeper league in 2016 -- playing with the 2015 card set -- with 2 seasons played per card set.
- Effective with the 2015 card set, we will start the annual free agent draft on April 15.
- Effective with the 2016 card set, we will arrange the draft sequence of the annual free agent draft with the order based on the combined win-loss records of the 2 seasons for each card set.
- Effective with the 2014* card set, we will hold a prospect draft after the annual free agent draft, with managers drafting up to 2 prospects per year -- prospects are those players who have never received a card yet and draft sequence will be random and serpentine.
- Prospects may be held indefinitely, until such time as a player receives a card, at which point the prospect must be either promoted or dropped -- with managers holding no more than 4 prospects at any one time.
- Effective with the 2015 card set, we will hold a supplemental draft between the 2 seasons, in which managers may drop and replace up to 2 players, with draft sequence based on the win-loss records of the first season -- managers may opt to not participate in the supplemental draft.
* The Deja Vu conversion timing would have called for the prospect draft to begin with the 2015 card set. Since many managers had not been drafting for the long-term (since this league had been scheduled to terminate after the 2014 card set), I believe it makes sense to start the prospect draft a year earlier, to help those with a sincere need for future talent.
SHALL THESE EXPANDED RULES BE ADOPTED FOR THE C'EST LA VIE LEAGUE?
1. tcochran - YES
2. willmurr24 - YES
3. Ninersphan - NO ( as written, see above)
4. thechamp87 - YES
5. Spider67 - no vote - I will not continue beyond the 2014 card set
6. WJS6768- YES
7. TPierceRSN - YES
8. MG - YES
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--- Tom.