Tourny Idea

I guess Ia m okay with no salary restrictions, but it means we will have a lot of dead money contracts at the start of the next tournament. Guys can go hogwild in the last season of the tournament knowing that someone else will have to eat the dead money in the next tournament. I guess that is what the franchise draft is for.

PROPOSED RULES FOR SECOND INSTALLMENT OF DRAFT TOURNAMENT WORLD
There will be an initial two round snake draft. The order will be picked randomly using a random number generator website. During this initial draft, you'll either pick 1. A franchise along with a new city for it. OR 2. Your draft order in the Big Draft where we will be drafting our actual players. This initial 2 round draft will be untimed, and should provide ample time to prepare your draft list for the Big Draft. We'll then have a 24+ hour break when we'll go on a drafting schedule. The schedule will be in 30 minute increments per pick and go from 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. EST. The draft will start at the next 9:00 a.m. after a full 24 hours have passed. If you miss your pick, you'll be able to make it at your earliest convenience. We'll draft one round per day until it is completed. The use of proxies is greatly encouraged.

General Information
-The tournament will last 4 seasons
-The player draft will be 22 rounds
-There will be a $25 buy-in
-There will be a $50 deposit, which will be reimbursed to every owner who has a team at the end of the tournament.

Prize Structure
Ranked by highest regular season win total at the completion of the 4 seasons
1st place = $200
2nd place = $150
3rd place = $100
4th place = $50
5th - 16th = $25 each spot
-In the result of a tie, the prize money will be split between whoever tied.


RULES WHICH ARE APPLIED TO THE FIRST SEASON ONLY

1. You may not resign any of your franchises' departing major league free agents in season one of the tournament.
If you break this rule, you will be required to release the player, who will be picked up by another owner and stashed in the minors for the duration of the tournament. Essentially removing said player from the tournament. You will be required to trade to the team that claims him $272,000 ($327,000 - $55,000) in a scrub for scrub trade to offset salary difference every season the player is under contract. Your penalty is the dead money on said players contract that you don’t get to use. Failure to comply with this penalty results in removal from world.

2. You may not re-sign any Major League coaches during coach resigning in season one of the tournament. You will be allowed to re-sign any and all minor league coaches as long as they are not assigned to your major league squad.
If you break this rule, you will not be allowed to sign FA until the Rule 5 draft freeze, and will have this rule applied to only you for the next season. Failure to comply with this penalty results in removal from the world.

3. You are responsible for trading for your own players that you drafted. You will trade a scrub for said player, paying attention not to include the same player in multiple trades. Players with NTC will need to be waived/designated for assignment in order to be claimed. It is each individuals responsibility to contact the players owner to let them know who to waive. (some say ratings could decline if a player is waived, keep this in mind when drafting a NTC player)

4. No players, which aren’t a part of the draft may be placed on waivers during the first 3 days of the season in order to allow players with no trade clauses to be waived and claimed by rightful team.

5. Each individual owner is responsible for making sure they have enough salary budgeted for the team they drafted.

6. Initial trade proposals need to be sent before the start of the 1PM2 and accepted before the start of the 2PM2 cycle the day after budgets, when trades are first allowed. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!

-FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RULES 3-5 WILL RESULT IN ONE STRIKE PER INSTANCE.  3 STRIKES WILL RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM WORLD.


RULES WHICH ARE FOR THE DURATION OF THE TOURNEY
1. If your minor league games don’t sim due to lack of players, you will be required to stock it with a minimum of 25 players per roster within 7 real life days. If games still don’t sim, you will be required to stock it with a minimum of 30 players per roster within 7 real life days. Otherwise there is no restriction on minors. Failure to comply results in removal from world.
2. Rules may be amended or created with a 2/3 majority vote. 22 votes needed to pass.

*NOTE:  THESE RULES MAY BE MODIFIED AT ANY TIME BEFORE PAYMENT IS MADE AS NEEDED.

I feel like the penalties for violating the few rules are harsh enough without devastating anyone's chances at winning the tourney. With expulsion for not complying with penalties. I'd hate for a simple oversight to ruin the tourney for an individual.