The Zaps get another demerit for not having 100 games played by the end of July.
Speaking of demerits, I see a couple of places we need to get ironed out before next year. First, in the Rhino situation, he got 7 at one time because he didn't send results of 7 different sets of games played on his laptop. But at the same time, those game were only played on his laptop because he allowed them to be. So basically, as Jose said, the lesson learned here is to not let people play games on your laptop. That, obviously, is not what we're after. The teams who played the games need those results, so SOMEBODY has to be responsible for getting them out in a timely manner. Nobody should have to beg and plead for someone to send them their game files. But does it really only fall on the guy with the laptop?
Making this irregularity stand out even more is the fact that while the Rhinos are getting 7 demerits, the Zaps are getting only 1 despite being 55 games behind schedule. That just doesn't seem right. Maybe the demerits you earn for being behind at the deadline could be dependent upon how many games behind you are. Just an idea.
The other issue is this: with the way the consequences chart is currently set up, once you get to 8 demerits, it doesn't matter how many more you get. So the Rhinos with 10 would have no incentive to follow any of the deadlines the rest of the way (including getting final stats turned in). This definitely works against the purpose of this rule, which is to get games played and stats done on time. Any ideas? We can make more steps beyond the 8th demerit, of course. Or maybe even offer a demerit bonus for getting final stats turned in early. Sort of a "buy back" system... or "extra credit."
I'd love to hear your suggestions. I don't want the system to antagonize anyone or cause anyone to get angry and quit; but at the same time, i think we need some sort of guidelines for getting things done. I figure there are three things we can do: (1) Keep it the way it is. Some of the repercussions may seem extreme, but it's not like you don't already know about it. Or (2) make some slight alterations here and there (which is what we agreed at the draft to do.) And, I guess, we could always (3) vote to get rid of it altogether.
Discuss please.
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Rhinos sent out the game files for the Nashville games before midnight yesterday. I don't know what the time requirement is for providing such results, but he beat the end-of-July deadline.
Hi all,
Fungoes are thinking maybe option #2. We definitely needed something like this to assure the games get played (and played by the team owner...not by the league Commissioner). I also enjoy reading the updates this year on Big Innings, it adds excitement and significance to our league.
I don't think that option #1 will work in the present form because I believe that if I screwed up and could only protect 10 players going into the draft I might take a long look at leaving the league over it, and the last thing I want is for someone to leave over this. I want us to keep the guys we have in this league and still figure out ways to get the games played and stats delivered in a timely manner! That being said, I don't really have any idea how to get that done in a way that is fair and equitable for everyone. I realize that everyone is busy and that everyone seems busier each year. But really, this league is awesome, so lets get something figured out that works for all of us.
Fungoman
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