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It looks like Sunday, April 3 starting at 7pm ET is our winner (I ended up shifting some things around to be available at this time. I will update the auction timing on the website now. If you aren't available at that time, the rest of us would love to help you find a proxy to complete the auction on your behalf - just let us know!
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It looks like D'Squarius and Pooch and Tooch are the only 2 owners who haven't completed the Doodle poll - please fill it out as soon as possible!
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I believe Doodle automatically updates to your timezone but take a look around on the page. I input them in Eastern time as typically 8pm-11pm ET except Friday & Saturday which were 7pm-10pm ET. And yes, we can determine cut date once we have draft date.
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And I assume we will determine cut date after we determine draft date?
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Are times in Eastern Time?
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Here's a link to a Doodle poll - I know there are a lot of options, but please take a few minutes to complete it, selecting all times you're able to do. The more options we have, the higher likelihood of finding something that works for as many people as possible. Use your team name to identify yourself, please: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ZdP8002d
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27th is fine with me
Prison Mike on
March 12, 2022 3:50 PM
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Works for me
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March 27 works for us, but we're open to other options if the league needs a different date.
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Also, 27th would work for me.
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I’m guessing we need to Doodle. May need a couple hours on a couple evenings to get through this given the turnaround. Also just may have to do the best we can (read as: have a proxy ready).
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I'm guessing this is a live draft?
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I’m unavailable on the 27th. Unfortunately 3/24-31 as whole don’t work for me.
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I'm available the 27th, but likely wouldn't be available until a bit later in the evening. Like 7:30p.
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4 weeks until opening day. In previous years, Sunday nights have worked best for the auction. Unfortunately, I'm not available on Sunday, April 3. How's availability on Sunday evening, March 27, likely starting around 6pm ET? I can also send out a Doodle poll to find other options if that time doesn't automatically work for folks. Once we select the auction date, we can choose a date to have cuts made (we'd talked about 5 days after CBA but I think we need to let the FA dust settle a bit).
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Until the ink is dry these two sides can still F things up…Hoping the nonsense is over.
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😁
Coke Hamels on
March 10, 2022 3:38 PM
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Me neither! If it all is really true, buckle up for a wild next few days of free agency and trades!
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Wooohooo haha. Didn't think we would get there! Let's play ball!!
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Welcome back, baseball!
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Understood, was just throwing out an idea
Pandaman on
February 17, 2022 10:03 AM
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Agreed. I made cuts based on the expectation of no trades after 2/15.
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They thing with that is it was ruled (at least that's what I was told) that trades wouldn't be trades allowed after Feb 15th. Therefore I don't junk we should be able to retract and allow trades. Teams made cuts on these presumptions
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I’m not sure what commish things but we could manually process trades. The hard part would be announcing them to the rest of the league in a place that’s easy to reference
Pandaman on
February 17, 2022 9:19 AM
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Ottoneu setting that can’t be changed
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Did we also agree to suspend trading until after the draft or is this an ottoneu setting that cannot be changed?
Prison Mike on
February 16, 2022 11:34 PM
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Thanks for confirming!
Coke Hamels on
February 15, 2022 8:34 PM
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Correct, no cuts required before 11:59pm ET. All owners will be allowed to make penalty free cuts after and we'll set a manual deadline based on the signing of a CBA.
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So we are not required to make cuts tonight right?
Coke Hamels on
February 15, 2022 5:30 PM
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Hey guys. Thanks for having me. I'm looking forward to jumping right into it. I'll be going over my roster but shoot me a message is you guys have any trade request. Not much time to get those in. Cheers!!!
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Also, reminder that the current April 1 date for the auction is just a placeholder - we will adjust as a CBA gets finalized (we hope?!).
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All, we have a new owner for Buncha Fn Amateurs (new name likely pending) - please welcome Cidder33. Cidder, feel free to introduce yourself, and catch up with the recent discussion & decision re: final roster deadline by following the conversation on the message board.
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Sounds like a plan
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Sounds good to me.
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Based on the input we've heard from the league, it looks like the majority is in favor of extending the cutdown deadline past 2/15 via 1 round of penalty-free cuts. My suggestion for a date is that we do something like 5 days after a completed CBA is officially announced. I'm assuming that the negotiations will take long enough that we'll end up with ~4 weeks between CBA signing & opening day. That leaves us ~3 weeks after cuts to hold the auction based on owner availability. Thoughts?
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what you mean the MLB won't be reasonable...they are so reasonable...idk how much everyone follows but i've been listening to some podcasts and it is really fascinating the core of the issue. I think people don't see that who this most affects is the young players who don't have the big deals. Anyways i digress...I am ready for some baseball
Spanky's Crew on
February 10, 2022 11:09 AM
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If trading has to stop so be it. I like the 30 days out idea. If the season was to start less than 30 days out then give a week after the deal is made to make cuts? That said they aren’t gonna announce and play that quickly.
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I just did a bit more digging and it looks like the penalty-free cuts is something we can actually turn on so owners could process themselves (would still need to set a deadline). Sorry for the confusion; this makes it quite a bit easier to implement a shift in the deadline. However, we don't have a workaround that I know of for the trade component.
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The entire Ottoneu universe switches to the new season on February 15th regardless of what we decide to work around manually. So trading will be removed as functionality from the site after the 15th, and as commissioners we don't have the ability to turn it back on. I hear you that in general we've probably all been paying a little less attention due to the lockout; unfortunately, I'm not sure we have a clear & obvious workaround on the back end for trades like with cuts.
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And the other question i have is about trades? I feel like folks haven't been paying too much attention due to the lockout. Are you saying on 2.15 that ends?
Spanky's Crew on
February 10, 2022 9:07 AM
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I think that is totally fair and reasonable. Maybe it could be something like once the lockout ends and we get a start date (let's say May 2nd as an example - this is the faith I have in the league) - we could plan to do cuts a month out and everyone has to deliver their list in maybe a google sheet(?) by 8pm est or something. And then you have all cuts in one place? Just thinking out loud
Spanky's Crew on
February 10, 2022 9:05 AM
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I would be able to help with the cuts. Ultimately I don’t think it would take that long but I think a key like Gentlemen Rebels mentioned is having a clear deadline and sending that request all around that deadline. Would be too tricky to have a slow trickle of requests
Pandaman on
February 10, 2022 8:49 AM
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To clarify, the manual removal has to happen from the Commish side, so people would have to message me/Pandaman their cuts and we would have to process 1 by 1.
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The key items on my mind are: (1) how to select a new deadline and/or how chaotic will things be once a new labor deal is signed between cuts, the auction, etc...; and (2) every player cut w/o penalty needs to be removed from rosters 1 by 1, there's not the ability to do it in bulk. So people will have to manually provide all of their cuts by whatever deadline we choose and then they have to be removed.
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While I think the fact we need an owner is an argument in favor of delay, I would not want to make the process significantly more complex if that’s an issue. What is involved with penalty-free cuts on the commish end?
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im indifferent but if asked to choose one i'd say keep the 15th
Prison Mike on
February 10, 2022 5:19 AM
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Honestly we are fine with either option
Coke Hamels on
February 10, 2022 12:02 AM
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I vote to delay the cut deadline.
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Side note - even if we choose to artificially extend the cut deadline, I think trading will still be shut down on February 15th regardless.
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That leaves 5 votes for moving it back, and 3 votes for keeping it at 2/15. Amateurs has left the league and I don't have a replacement yet, so we have 11 teams. That would make 6 votes a majority. We're awaiting input from Olneyville, Diamonds, and Pooch and Tooch. Can each of you 3 please weigh in?
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