Requesting

[Dr Dave]

Just blown away with the new additions to make things easier. One thing that may be unique to a small number of leagues (mine included) is we currently have to choose in the CDG between 10 games and 20 games to determine position eligibility. That is a gap of 10 games. It would make my life easier if the difference was split and 15 games was an added choice. Again, it may just be a small number of leagues with a 15 game requirement but I'd be remiss if I didn't ask if it was possible to set that parameter. Thanks.

[RAY@HQ]

Yeah, good call. Would think that should be do-able. I'll put in a a request.

[PHIL@HQ]

Another request for 15 games. I note Tout Wars has been using that standard for a couple of years now.

[RAY@HQ]

Update: I'd forgotten that we already have LY15 in the projection files. That means it should be very easy to add it to the CDG. I'll see if we can squeeze that in this coming week.

[Dr Dave]

Thanks Ray, HQ just keeps getting better and better.

[Howie M]

and here I thought we had the only league with qualification of 15 games !

[Dr Dave]

and here I thought we had the only league with qualification of 15 games !

Howie, our similarities are frightening. Be glad we aren't in each others leagues, player-wise.

[Howie M]

ditto !


do you still do the September $5 "add-a-player" rule from the original book?
we have even stuck with the "this player cannot be replaced or removed from the active roster under any circumstances" codicil

[Dr Dave]

Our SRE is we can add two players at $25 each. One can be a free agent and the other must be on your reserve roster.

[Howie M]

wow, you guys are absolute renegades !

[JonE]

Any reference to the Holy Writ sends me to the bookcase.

In fact, you are both renegades.

The original (1984) September Roster Expansion rule says that you can add one player, for a fee of $50 paid into the prize pool, at a salary of $25.

The first Ultra rules (1989), under which each team has a 40-player roster of which 23 are active at any time, say that you can move an unlimited number of players from your inactive roster to your active roster for a fee of $50 apiece. So if you are willing to pay $850 into the prize pool, you could theoretically have a 40-player active roster.

(I still like the idea of a 40-player roster, to which you cannot add any free agents during the season. You have to make trades to add. But it's no wonder that Ultra didn't catch on.)

[Howie M]

well, the original book also said that the 'ante' was $260, which many leagues such as mine converted to $26 because unlike those owners, we were not Manhattan-based publishing moguls.

so our $5 fee for add-a-player was right in line with the original concept, basically meaning you could spend roughly an additional 20% of the entry fee to add an extra player. the salary to this day remains 25-S2.

(we did bump up our ante from $26 to $50 before the 2022 season, which in real dollars was less cost than $26 was in 1984. it also happened to be right before I won, so I appreciated the gesture of a rival owner all the more ! )

[Dr Dave]

Any reference to the Holy Writ sends me to the bookcase.

In fact, you are both renegades.

The original (1984) September Roster Expansion rule says that you can add one player, for a fee of $50 paid into the prize pool, at a salary of $25.

The first Ultra rules (1989), under which each team has a 40-player roster of which 23 are active at any time, say that you can move an unlimited number of players from your inactive roster to your active roster for a fee of $50 apiece. So if you are willing to pay $850 into the prize pool, you could theoretically have a 40-player active roster.

(I still like the idea of a 40-player roster, to which you cannot add any free agents during the season. You have to make trades to add. But it's no wonder that Ultra didn't catch on.)

Yes JonE, after 41 years of tinkering with the rules we do have some "oddities" but our owners have learned to live with the changes. We still have 6-7 charter members although we have in recent years been adding younger owners to carry on the tradition after us old fossils expire. Our typical 1st place payout runs about $1300-$1500, just enough to pay the rent without breaking those who do not cash, yet keeping it affordable and expensive enough that owners don't just write off the season as it is a keeper league.

BTW, I respect your opinion highly just as I do Howie M.

[RAY@HQ]

Back to the original post... Custom Draft Guide now has an option for 15-game eligibility.

[Dr Dave]

Back to the original post... Custom Draft Guide now has an option for 15-game eligibility.

I saw that and thank you Ray for making that possible.