Rules Question (Read 834 times)

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fair enough

I have dropped him

[Deleted]

I feel it should go by when the player is waived....I was the one who brought the abandoned bid up to the commish because I was interested in him. Now the issue has become whether the commish will sign him...or I will sign him due to a matter of hours. In this case, I feel that the commish should leave things the way they were(posting a sign and waive on an abandoned bid sunday at midnight) until after this player is cleared and then a rule be set in place to prevent there from being future issues like this.

[Giants]

To me, it has to be at the time of the waive, at least for this year. It's always been a commish power to initiate the 5 day abandoned bid rule, at least that I can remember. So if the commish doesn't post the waive until Sunday at midnight, then that's the time the waive begins, just like it is with all the other players being waived by teams.

In the future, we can possibly look at this rule and not do the 48 hour waive period on an abandoned bid. Instead, the waive happens and the player goes back into bidding immediately. That way, it solves the problem of who has waiver priority and we're not in this mess.

[fidoz]

I don't think Rangers should lose the player for a ticky-tack clerical error. If you can see that he was added to the roster at that time and added to the yahoo roster, it obviously was an oversight not an abandoned bid. Common sense should override the letter of the rule in this case.

[Deleted]

I agree obviously-but will await the commish decision

I think I know the answer but could be pleasantly surprised

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May 9, 2011 10:18:31 GMT -8 @fidoz said:

I don't think Rangers should lose the player for a ticky-tack clerical error. If you can see that he was added to the roster at that time and added to the yahoo roster, it obviously was an oversight not an abandoned bid. Common sense should override the letter of the rule in this case.

If he was signed, what was his contract? Just saying...

[bosox]

Justin is right on with a possible new rule where an abandoned bid should go ufa again,i think that is a great idea.

Now that i see what the hoopla is all about i must say it does not really appear to be an abandoned bid since he was rostered and yahoo'd.

now in this case he cannot be more than 1 year but really he was not forgotten but as Phillies say more a clerical error.

this is more of a catch 22 than anything else,rangers did everything right except sign to years,by rules chisox/mets can claim but no real rule on when he is officially free except common sense.

i suggest since it is all really a comedy of errors that nobody gets him and he returns to ufa,and if anyone really wants him that bad go for it.

[Giants]

i suggest since it is all really a comedy of errors that nobody gets him and he returns to ufa,and if anyone really wants him that bad go for it.

I think I agree with this.

Unfortunately, while it was just a clerical error, it was an error. Should a major league team make a clerical error with a contract, they lose that player until they submit a new, fixed contract. Rangers forgot to sign the player on here, which means he has no contract, and thus shouldn't be rostered.

The easiest way might be to re-do bidding. Too many hands on the issue now.

[Deleted]

I can live with whatever-but I assure you for the record I have never had an abandoned bid, and just didn't finsih here, I added him to my roster and used him in yahoo

My error and I have dropped the player but-it was a clerical error only and a technicality not and ABANDONED BID

[fidoz]

May 9, 2011 10:26:27 GMT -8 @gouldcjr said:

May 9, 2011 10:18:31 GMT -8 @fidoz said:

I don't think Rangers should lose the player for a ticky-tack clerical error. If you can see that he was added to the roster at that time and added to the yahoo roster, it obviously was an oversight not an abandoned bid. Common sense should override the letter of the rule in this case.

If he was signed, what was his contract? Just saying...

If he was added to his roster then go check what he put there as his contract. I believe it was 1 year. Just replying....

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May 9, 2011 10:26:27 GMT -8 @gouldcjr said:

May 9, 2011 10:18:31 GMT -8 @fidoz said:

I don't think Rangers should lose the player for a ticky-tack clerical error. If you can see that he was added to the roster at that time and added to the yahoo roster, it obviously was an oversight not an abandoned bid. Common sense should override the letter of the rule in this case.

If he was signed, what was his contract? Just saying...

My roster was saved for the last time 5/8 around 1030 am
It was after I waived Saunders, I made a few other adds during the week Frieri was one, Humber is on that roster for 1 1 1

[Deleted]

I can honestly care less because it is Phil Humber, but it is our responsibility to handle our rosters the way they should be handled. That means sign on the UFA board FIRST, edit roster and add on Yahoo. Sucks that the error had to happen, no matter who it happens to. The fact is, a rule is a rule.

[fidoz]

Ultimately I don't give a shit. He's not my player and I have no interest in him. However, I do think for blatantly breaking the rules Rangers should have to forfeit all categories for last week.

[Deleted]

agreed

I dropped the player, not taking my ball and going home

Not mad really either I'll take my buck back and bid again

but it was just an oversight and not an abandoned bid

common sense should have some merit

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May 9, 2011 10:51:31 GMT -8 @gododgers said:

agreed

I dropped the player, not taking my ball and going home

Not mad really either I'll take my buck back and bid again

but it was just an oversight and not an abandoned bid

common sense should have some merit

I don't doubt that it was an accident. Sometimes we forget things, it happens.