This will be news to some and a review for others, but here are some unique rules we have in the EURO League.
Off Season
Stashing away players
Teams are permitted to have one 80OV or higher player earning over max farm salary on the farm for a week or more. If there are more than 1, the highest OV player(s) will be bought out at the team’s expense (commissioner takes control of the team and buys him out). Takes effect once the regular season step begins. (Vote was 17-5)
Too many players on roster to bid on a free agent? You can release some.
In the free agency stages ONLY, when rosters get too big to make offers to free agents, you may ask the commissioner to release specified players with 0 years remaining on contracts so the team limit of players goes down. (Vote passed 21-0)
Can you trade Type 3 players with 0 years left on contract? Yes.
Just in case you remembered something about this and couldn’t recall where we landed on it … this poll was defeated 11-8: “Should we ban trades of Type 3 players whose contracts have expired? If a ban passes, we can decide on specifically which 3/0 player trades will be banned.” So, you are free to trade any 3/0 players.
What if one or more teams are holding up the start of the league because their payrolls exceed the “Suspension Gap?”
In the past, we voted to allow the commissioner to make adjustments (some that the GM would not like) so if the need arises again, we would pose a question like this one to the league:
“Do you think the commissioner should waive & then buy out players on teams that are over the payroll “suspension gap” at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 20? Doing so would allow the league to advance to the regular season with no teams in danger of playing games with illegal lineups (over the suspension cap). The alternative would be to pause the season if it happens & then give the GMs time to make moves on their on schedule. See the message “We are in the pre-season step.”
The above question passed by a 20-4 vote.
FYI, there are some circumstances in the Websim program that would allow a game to be played even though one team may be millions of dollars over the limit. That is contrary to the spirit of the rule and unfair to his opponent.
City Relocations
All relocation requests must be approved by the majority of league owners in a poll.
League rules dictate that a relocated team must remain in its current division for three seasons and a vote will then be held to determine if it should be moved into another division.
During the season
Position Changes
I find the easiest way to determine if a website can be used as a legal resource for position changes is: If it lists any forward as a LW (or RW or C), then it’s legal, even if you find abnother forward listed as an F.
If all forwards are listed as F, then you can’t use that site.
Suspensions for match penalties
NOTE: this is a hard rule for the commissioner to administer. He will basically toggle it on and off, depending his ability to monitor it. Check the league forum or the messages to see if it’s on or off.
As per a league vote, players who receive Match penalties in EURO games for injuring an opponent may be suspended for their actions. here is the procedure:
– Anyone noticing a match penalty in a box score may alert the commissioner. If the injured plyer did not leave the game, there might not be a need for supplementary discipline. Suspensions will be as follows:
…. Player is injured day to day – 1-game suspension
…. Player is injured 1-2 weeks – 2-game suspension
…. Player is injured 2-3 weeks or more – 3-game suspension
– Suspensions apply to regular season AND PLAYOFF games, but suspensions will be reduced by 1 game during the playoffs. It just seems a bit harsh to penalize a team in the playoffs.
– The commissioner will take control of the team and send the offending player to the farm team and remove the waiver claim so his salary won’t count against the cap. The effected GM can make lineup changes right after that, as long as the suspended player doesn’t get into the pro team lineup during the suspension.
– A story will alert the league as to the suspension and GWs are free to comment on the story, perhaps about how vicious the hit was or how unjust the suspension was. Have fun with it.
