by Glenn_Austen on November 6th, 2018, 9:45 am
X-Men vote that the proposed changes are within the constitution.
I too respect all of the opinions expressed so far. I do have to add though, that this is not about providing a competitive advantage for any team, but rather, for the purpose of facilitating league play, which had faced unintentional challenges due to the re-introduction of the minors with smaller rosters than existed previously. Whenever a league structure is modified, as was the case when the minors were reinstated, sometimes a corresponding adaptation is required as a means of addressing an unanticipated resulting issue. While Mark (and a few others) were wise to draft with these challenges in mind, others were not as fortunate, perhaps due to reasons beyond their control (such as a lack of draft picks).
Mark is correct when he points out that changes such as these should ideally be made in the off-season, however, I do not see the issue as a direct challenge to the constitution, and cast my vote accordingly.
Provided that the constitutional challenge fails, I suggest that we leave the players dropped in the October waiver period as dropped - no one expected to get them back. Moving forward though, we will all have the same understanding regarding remaining waiver periods, and can draft accordingly.
Finally, I would ask everyone to remember that this is a FUN league - Chris does not need any more challenges to "brighten his day" - hopefully we can all just find a way to figure it out and move forward without making his life any more complicated than it has to be.