Post by Macho Man on Nov 22, 2018 14:28:58 GMT
All,
We have a emergency situation in WDF that requires your attention and immediate vote.
Unbeknownst to myself until about an hour ago, MFL made a change to its system this off-season whereby the IR player contracts are no longer included in the total contract years stated at the bottom of your rosters. Previous to this year, MFL would include the contract years of IR players as well as the years of your active roster. So if you had 125 total years (IR and Active) and 2 players on IR you were allowed to go to 127 Years. This is why the rules state in Section T.2 the following:
"When a player is placed on IR, the player's contract years are still counted against your cap, however a team will get one year of temporary cap relief made available.
Since the system cannot automatically adjust the cap for when you place a player on IR, it is each team's responsibility to make sure they are not going over the contract cap. To calculate the cap, take the number of years stated at the bottom of your roster and subtract how many players you have on IR.
To be clear you can go over the 125 number by the number of players you have on IR only! For Example: Cap says you have 125 Years, but you have 3 players on IR, you can add players until you have 128 Years."
What Happened:
The Rock won Colt McCoy during Wednesday night waiver run putting him at 125 contract years on active roster. He had 4 players on IR that totaled 5 contract years. Using the system thought to be in place and in accordance with the rules The Rock should be able to go to 129 years, 125 + 4 years relief = 129. However, because the system changed and the IR contracts are not counted in the 125 years, The Rock is at 126 years even after the temporarily relief granted by the IR rules (125 + 5) - 4 relief = 126 Years.
The Problem:
Bam Bam who was next in line to acquire Colt McCoy believes that The Rock shouldn't get to keep McCoy because it technically put him over the cap.
The Arguments:
The argument against The Rock keeping McCoy is simple. Section K.1 reads as follows:
"Each franchise has a contract cap of 125 years. The sum of all of your players contracts CANNOT exceed 125 (subject to rule F.2 Penalties)."
Therefore, the argument is that you cannot exceed 125 Years no matter what. Teams are responsible for making sure they are not going over the cap and you shouldn't be able to go over the cap.
In contrast, the argument for The Rock keeping McCoy requires a bit more explanation.
For starters, The Rock is not the only team to be over the cap, I too am over the cap due to this change. I discovered this tonight after this issue was brought to me. The same section that states you cannot exceed 125 contract years also states:
"a) IR player contracts DO count towards your cap. You will receive one year of cap relief for each player on your IR. More on this in Section T. "
However, with the change MFL made this is not true. IR contracts do NOT count against the cap. The pertinent part of Section T is quoted again as saying:
"When a player is placed on IR, the player's contract years are still counted against your cap, however a team will get one year of temporary cap relief made available.
Since the system cannot automatically adjust the cap for when you place a player on IR, it is each team's responsibility to make sure they are not going over the contract cap. To calculate the cap, take the number of years stated at the bottom of your roster and subtract how many players you have on IR.
To be clear you can go over the 125 number by the number of players you have on IR only! For Example: Cap says you have 125 Years, but you have 3 players on IR, you can add players until you have 128 Years."
If the players contracts DO count towards your cap as stated in Section K.1(a) and you calculate your cap by taking the number of years at the bottom of your roster minus the number of players on your IR as stated in Section T.2, then The Rock didn't violate the written rules and shouldn't be punished for a change in the MFL system that no one was aware of prior to tonight. The fact that The Rock is over the cap according to the MFL system shouldn't negate the written rules of the league constitution.
The Vote:
Because this is an issue that could have direct playoff implications I leave this one up for you to decide. The Redskins play at 2:30pm CST tomorrow, therefore your vote is needed ASAP. The poll will expire at 1:00pm CST. A 10 team quorum is required with a majority vote. Bam Bam and The Rock are ineligible to vote.
Conclusion:
Currently, the written rules are in conflict with MFL's computation of the cap years at the bottom of the roster page. This was not know until after the waivers processed and it will need to get fixed. In the meantime I leave it up to the league to decide if The Rock should keep McCoy or if Bam Bam should get him. I understand one of these two team will be unhappy with the outcome, however, this is always the case in any dispute. Also FYI - This change in the computation was not announced by MFL (I checked) and no one was either aware of it or brought it up prior to tonight. Please vote for what you think is the best thing to do before 1pm CST Thanksgiving Day. Like soon!
Please forgive any poor sentencing or typos, I was typing quickly to get this out.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me. I have a football game at 9am CST, but will get back to you asap.
Thanks,
Todd
We have a emergency situation in WDF that requires your attention and immediate vote.
Unbeknownst to myself until about an hour ago, MFL made a change to its system this off-season whereby the IR player contracts are no longer included in the total contract years stated at the bottom of your rosters. Previous to this year, MFL would include the contract years of IR players as well as the years of your active roster. So if you had 125 total years (IR and Active) and 2 players on IR you were allowed to go to 127 Years. This is why the rules state in Section T.2 the following:
"When a player is placed on IR, the player's contract years are still counted against your cap, however a team will get one year of temporary cap relief made available.
Since the system cannot automatically adjust the cap for when you place a player on IR, it is each team's responsibility to make sure they are not going over the contract cap. To calculate the cap, take the number of years stated at the bottom of your roster and subtract how many players you have on IR.
To be clear you can go over the 125 number by the number of players you have on IR only! For Example: Cap says you have 125 Years, but you have 3 players on IR, you can add players until you have 128 Years."
What Happened:
The Rock won Colt McCoy during Wednesday night waiver run putting him at 125 contract years on active roster. He had 4 players on IR that totaled 5 contract years. Using the system thought to be in place and in accordance with the rules The Rock should be able to go to 129 years, 125 + 4 years relief = 129. However, because the system changed and the IR contracts are not counted in the 125 years, The Rock is at 126 years even after the temporarily relief granted by the IR rules (125 + 5) - 4 relief = 126 Years.
The Problem:
Bam Bam who was next in line to acquire Colt McCoy believes that The Rock shouldn't get to keep McCoy because it technically put him over the cap.
The Arguments:
The argument against The Rock keeping McCoy is simple. Section K.1 reads as follows:
"Each franchise has a contract cap of 125 years. The sum of all of your players contracts CANNOT exceed 125 (subject to rule F.2 Penalties)."
Therefore, the argument is that you cannot exceed 125 Years no matter what. Teams are responsible for making sure they are not going over the cap and you shouldn't be able to go over the cap.
In contrast, the argument for The Rock keeping McCoy requires a bit more explanation.
For starters, The Rock is not the only team to be over the cap, I too am over the cap due to this change. I discovered this tonight after this issue was brought to me. The same section that states you cannot exceed 125 contract years also states:
"a) IR player contracts DO count towards your cap. You will receive one year of cap relief for each player on your IR. More on this in Section T. "
However, with the change MFL made this is not true. IR contracts do NOT count against the cap. The pertinent part of Section T is quoted again as saying:
"When a player is placed on IR, the player's contract years are still counted against your cap, however a team will get one year of temporary cap relief made available.
Since the system cannot automatically adjust the cap for when you place a player on IR, it is each team's responsibility to make sure they are not going over the contract cap. To calculate the cap, take the number of years stated at the bottom of your roster and subtract how many players you have on IR.
To be clear you can go over the 125 number by the number of players you have on IR only! For Example: Cap says you have 125 Years, but you have 3 players on IR, you can add players until you have 128 Years."
If the players contracts DO count towards your cap as stated in Section K.1(a) and you calculate your cap by taking the number of years at the bottom of your roster minus the number of players on your IR as stated in Section T.2, then The Rock didn't violate the written rules and shouldn't be punished for a change in the MFL system that no one was aware of prior to tonight. The fact that The Rock is over the cap according to the MFL system shouldn't negate the written rules of the league constitution.
The Vote:
Because this is an issue that could have direct playoff implications I leave this one up for you to decide. The Redskins play at 2:30pm CST tomorrow, therefore your vote is needed ASAP. The poll will expire at 1:00pm CST. A 10 team quorum is required with a majority vote. Bam Bam and The Rock are ineligible to vote.
Conclusion:
Currently, the written rules are in conflict with MFL's computation of the cap years at the bottom of the roster page. This was not know until after the waivers processed and it will need to get fixed. In the meantime I leave it up to the league to decide if The Rock should keep McCoy or if Bam Bam should get him. I understand one of these two team will be unhappy with the outcome, however, this is always the case in any dispute. Also FYI - This change in the computation was not announced by MFL (I checked) and no one was either aware of it or brought it up prior to tonight. Please vote for what you think is the best thing to do before 1pm CST Thanksgiving Day. Like soon!
Please forgive any poor sentencing or typos, I was typing quickly to get this out.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me. I have a football game at 9am CST, but will get back to you asap.
Thanks,
Todd