PROTOCOL/RULES

STANDARD PROTOCOL
Simming: 
 Frequency - 3 sims a week alternating 7/8 games per sim
Schedule - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (will differ at times)
Roster Exports:
 Due by 9:00pm EST  each sim
League Articles:
  • Writing league article - (200-400 words) $400,000 per article (401+ words) $800,000 per article (limit 10 million per season)
  • Writing team article -  - (200-400 words) $150,000 per article (401+ words) $300,000 per article (limit 5 million per season)
Participation:

Participation is  vital to an online league.  If you will be away or unable to export, please notify the league.  If you don't notify the league and go 2 weeks without one export your team will be taken over by the league.  You will then have 1 week before the opening is filled to take control back of your team.

 

LEAGUE FINANCES
Salary Cap:
 85 million
Cash Max :
 30 million
Misc:
Fan Interest, Team Market, Loyalty - will be allowed to fluctuate
Avg Attendance:
33,000
Avg Ticket Price:
10.00
Media Contracts:
29 million
Financial Coefficient:
1.00
Revenue Sharing :
Off

 

STADIUMS
Additional Seats

Seats are $1,000,000 per 1,000 and can be purchased in the offseason

  • Purchases must come from a team's available cash.
  • Total capacity can not exceed 60,000. 
Building New Stadiums
  • During the off-season owners may notify league office of intent to build a new stadium
  • Due Date:  4/1
  • Build Time: 2 seasons
  • Stadium Capacity:  40,000 to 60,000.  Every 1,000 seats over 40,000 cost 500,000.  This is due up front.
  • Financing:  Public Financing covers cost of everything besides additional seating.
  • GM Requirement:  Been an active participant in the league for 2 seasons.  In the event where a gm joined the league during a season as long as they have been in the league for the majority of that season it will count as a full season
  • Ballpark effects: Flexible - league office reserves right to request alteration of certain factors in extreme circumstances

 

TRANSACTIONS
Trading:
 You can trade players, rookie draft picks, and available cash.
You can only trade rookie draft picks from the next draft.
Players signed during the Free Agency period may not be traded until after the All Star Break
Trades must be posted and confirmed by both teams on the message board.
If a player involved in a trade is injured during the sim before its executed the team receiving that player may void the trade. 
The Trading Deadline is July 31st.
Waiver trading (trading between August 1 and August 30) is allowed, but the player must clear waivers first.
The commissioners office should be notified of all Players to be Named Later. 
If a player is placed on waivers after the trading deadline and claimed, he may be traded to the team with the worst W-L record that put in a claim. The teams with the best records would not be able to block trades to their challengers. Players that clear waivers could still be traded to any team.
Starting on September 1st only picks and cash may be traded.
Players To Be Named Later must not be on the 40 man roster and have 6 years or less of pro service.
Contract Extensions & FA Offers
  • Anytime besides 10/1-12/1 you can submit contract offers in game. There is a FA freeze between those dates. 
  • Contract extensions are limited to 5 seasons.

If a player explicitly asks for more then 5 seasons & they reject an offer of 5 seasons of an equal total dollar value

  • example: Player A asks for 7 years for 5 million = 35 million then they will be forced to accept 5 years for 7 million. 
  • This is not automatic and you must request the league office if you want a forced resign on a player in this situation.
Team Option
  • If asked for: May be offered for the exact amount asked for
  • If not asked for: Can be offered but cannot exceed 25% more then the highest guaranteed season
Player Options

Can be offered in any contract negotiation

Bonuses

If a specific bonus is asked for it may be offered

If a bonus is not asked for the following restrictions apply

  • MVP - Cannot exceed 25% of highest annual salary
  • Cy Young - Must have endurance > 5 and cannot exceed 25% of highest annual salary
  • IP
    • If endurance is <5 the Minimum IP threshold is 50 IP
    • If endurance is >5 the Minimum IP threshold is 150 IP
    • Maximum bonus is 10% of highest annual salary
  • AB
    • Minimum AB threshold is 500 AB
    • Maximum bonus is 10% of highest annual salary
Designate for Assignment Rules:

If a player is left on the list after they have exhausted 16 days (on dfa for three sims in a row) they will be released.

(NOTE:  This does not apply in preseason)
Waivers & Releases
Done in game
Amateur Draft:
 There will be 10 rounds to the amateur draft. 
Round 1 will be live, remainder will be by list. (may differ at times)
The Draft will be held on 12/1
The Draft is held using players from College and HS Feeder Leagues

 

GENERAL OPTIONS
Rule V
Disabled
Ratings Scale:
 10 (all)
Injury Freq:
 Low
AI Player Eval
55% Ratings, 20% Current Stats, 20% Last Year Stats, 5% 2 years ago
AI Player Eval
55% Ratings, 20% Current Stats, 20% Last Year Stats, 5% 2 years ago
Age Modifiers
None
Show All Dev
Yes