Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:07 am
Rick,
On the first page of the thread there's a link to a Google Doc with rosters and rules. It should be open to view. I've also listed the pertinent rules below:
RULES
ANNUAL FREE AGENT DRAFT
1) A non-serpentine free agent draft of at least 10, and up to 15 rounds, will be held each year shortly after SOMO cards are released.
2) Only those players who were issued SOMO cards in the Unleashed Set for the current season are eligible for the draft.
3) Draft order is determined by cumulative win/loss records of the two seasons of the previous year's card set. Reverse order, worst-record first, NFL style.
4) Prior to the draft, all owners must drop enough players to bring their rosters to a maximum of 30 players allowing for 10 draft picks; Owners can drop below 30 players, but must not have less than 25 prior to the draft.
5) Player drops must be announced prior to the beginning of the Annual draft.
6) All owners must have a full 40 man roster upon completion of the Annual draft.
7) There is no clock for Round 1 of each Annual Free Agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock between 10 AM and 10 PM Eastern Time. There will be no clock on the weekends
PROSPECT DRAFT
1) After the Initial draft, and after each year's Annual Free Agent draft, there will be a five round Prospect Draft.
2) Each team will be able to select 5 prospects. A prospect is any player who has never been carded by SOMO, but is under contract to a MLB team. To specify, after a player is drafted by a MLB franchise, they would still need to be signed to a contract to be eligible. Any player signing a contract after the start of the draft is ineligible.
3) The initial prospect draft is serpentine. Draft order for the initial Prospect draft will be the reverse of the draft order for the Initial Free Agent draft and is serpentine. All subsequent prospect drafts are non-serpentine, and draft order is based on the previous season's regular season records. The initial prospect draft will last four rounds; thereafter drafts wll last five rounds.
4) Prospects can be promoted to the major league roster prior to the annual free agent draft, all rules regarding roster size and drops remain in effect. Owners may also promote a prospect any time, provided there is roster space available due to an unbalanced trade.
5) There is no clock for Round 1 of each Prospect draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock between 10 AM and 10 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. There will be no clock on the weekend.
6) Individual owners are responsible for their own prospect research.
SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT
1) A Supplemental Free Agent draft of up to 3 rounds will be held between seasons 1 and 2 of each calendar year.
2) All owners must announce their roster drops (up to 3) prior to the Supplemental draft.
3) There is no clock for Round 1 of each Annual Free Agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock between 10 AM and 10 PM Eastern Time. There will be no clock on the weekends
4) Supplemental Free Agent drafts are non-sepentine; Supplemental Free Agent draft order is the reverse of the previous season's 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, Monday through Friday. There will be no clock on the weekend..
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.
7) Only those players who were issued SOMO cards in the Unleashed Set for the current season are eligible for the draft.
DRAFT ORDER
1) All draft rounds will follow a worst to first order for all rounds based on the record of the previous year. The annual Free Agent and Prospect draft orders are determined by the cumulative record of the past two seasons. The Supplemental Draft is determined by the first season played just prior to the Supplemental Draft.
ROSTERS
1) Each team must carry no more than 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. However if an owner has less than 40 players due to uneven trades, the owner cannot bring his roster to the full 40 until the Annual Draft, through prospect promotion, or the supplemental draft as specified above.
2) The season begins with a standard 25-man active roster. The remaining 15 players on the roster are the sole property of the team that drafted them, and may not be used by any other team.
3) In the event of injuries, it is not necessary to release the injured player. A replacement may be called up for the duration of the injury, but he, or another player, must be returned to the minors (Free Agent) before the next series. (Managers are responsible for doing this on the honor system.)
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 transactions within an owner's roster except those internal to the SOMO game engine.
7) The minimum roster size is 30 players. The only exceptions are during the supplemental and free agent draft periods.
8) All teams must meet SOMO roster requirements at all times.
LEAGUE SETUP
1)Salary cap is $999M, roster moves unlimited, FA drops 10%.
2) We will use the DH.
3) We'll play 2 seasons per year.
4) The league Commish shall maintain a record of all drafts, transactions and player movements through a shareable Google Spreadsheet
5) 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.
6) All rule changes must pass by a super majority - 4 owners or more.
7) There are no specific rules against "roster dumping." Owners no longer in the 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.
8) We will use the UNLEASHED set for all seasons.
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) Team can change stadiums, but they can only be changed a maximum of once in three years. The stadium change must be made when there is no season in progress. Changes can be made first come, first served, by posting a notice on the message board. Players may trade stadiums with other players at any time except while a season is in progress.
PROSPECT RULES
1) There are no limits to the number of prospects that may be kept.
2) Prospects are not counted as part of the 40 man roster while they maintain their prospect status.
3) Prospects can be traded.
4) Prospects can be promoted to the major league roster prior to the annual free agent draft, all rules regarding roster size and drops remain in effect. Owners may also promote a prospect any time, provided there is roster space available due to an unbalanced trade. Once promoted all prospects lose their prospect status, and cannot be demoted back to prospect status.
5) Prospects retain their prospect status until promotion or until they have received their second SOMO card. Cards do not need to be received in consecutive years.
PLAYER MOVEMENT
1) TRADES are allowed and encouraged. Trades must be posted by both owners on the league website before they can be enacted. The trading of draft picks is also authorized. Unbalanced trades (two for one, three for two, etc) 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. A penalty of a loss of a draft pick in the following year's free agent draft may be excercized by the Commissioner in extreme cases.
2) There are NO free agent pickups during the season. This means that if you wish to do a 2-for-1 trade, the team getting back one player does not get to replace the player they lost on their 40-man roster until after the season, through the Annual or Supplemental Draft.
3) Prospects can be activated and promoted to the major league roster during the 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.
