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Post by Oregon Three Lions of Madison on Sept 30, 2015 14:51:05 GMT
This is something I thought about during the year. It seemed to me that at almost every moment of this season there was at least one squad that was playing shorthanded because they had more than 5 guys on the DL. My thought is that since we now have rules in place that stops teams from stashing guys on the DL(you are forced to activate healthy players) adding extra DL slots or making it unlimited should be addressed.
I don't have specific knowledge because I didn't document anything, but I am pretty certain that this wouldn't water down the waiver wire much. We would probably be talking about lessening the waiver wire pool by 4 or 5 guys at most at any given time.
My motivation for posting this is to even the playing field. In MLB a team obviously doesn't have to play shorthanded due to injury(there are times they do for a few days because of timing and injury seriousness questions), so I personally don't see it as a big problem if we add a couple slots or make the DL unlimited(that can be discussed if this passes). Thoughts?
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Post by Manalapan Devil Dogs on Sept 30, 2015 14:59:38 GMT
I would be for adding 1 maybe 2 slots but not unlimited
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2015 15:24:49 GMT
Not sure if I would want to make it unlimited, although I doubt anyone would have need for more than 7 slots at any given time. So yeah, adding a couple of slots would be fine with me.
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Post by Oregon Three Lions of Madison on Sept 30, 2015 16:34:04 GMT
Let's try this...In case this change does pass, leave a post stating a preference if you have one(2 more DL spots or unlimited). That way if there is a decent majority we won't need to have a second poll if this does pass. We have a decent amount of stuff to get to, so every poll that we don't need to have the better.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2015 17:09:32 GMT
I agree. I wouldn't make it unlimited but like the idea of adding a couple to prevent teams from playing short handed.
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Post by San Fran Earthquakes on Sept 30, 2015 18:15:35 GMT
I agree with most people so far. I'm fine adding a few, but I'm a bit uncomfortable with it being unlimited (although admittedly my concerns may be unfounded).
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Post by Chalfont Stunners on Sept 30, 2015 18:51:51 GMT
I pretty much spent the entire season shorthanded because of not enough DL spots so I am definitely for adding a few spots at least
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Post by Ft. Myers Conquistadors on Oct 1, 2015 0:09:00 GMT
I'm cool with 2 more
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 14:25:15 GMT
Unlimited spots with the caveat of not being able add in-season free agents directly from the free agency pool to a DL spot would be ideal, I think. The unlimited spots would be there for the extreme circumstances and the caveat would be in place to keep teams from gaming the system.
But, I'm cool with just 1 or 2 or however many more. I hate to see teams not able to fill a roster due to injuries. And I hate having to drop guys because of limited DL spots. You should always be able to DL injured players when multi-year contacts (or any contracts) are involved.
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Post by Oregon Three Lions of Madison on Oct 1, 2015 20:57:33 GMT
Going to close this one out as well. Looks like we will add 2 spots for this season. I will try and monitor this again next season, and if it still looks to be a problem even with the 2 added slots we can talk about unlimited slots next offseason. As Kris pointed out a league that has contracts can create a very painful situation if you have more injured guys than DL slots.
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