Post by Copperfields on Dec 19, 2007 12:40:16 GMT -5
The Rotisserie League Founding Fathers stipulated that players who were suspended by MLB were not eligible to be reserved, and we’ve always followed suit. When the banned-substance suspensions came around a couple years ago, we drafted additional rules to handle those longer suspensions.
Really, though, why have rules along those lines at all? For one thing, the original rule was created by the RL in basic Roto, where you can ONLY reserve players who are put on the DL, etc. Now that we’ve got free movement between active and reserve rosters, why single out suspended players. I’m not going to pass on drafting a player like Milton Bradley just because he’s a jerk and might kick an umpire someday, so I don’t see what purpose the rule serves.
Really, though, why have rules along those lines at all? For one thing, the original rule was created by the RL in basic Roto, where you can ONLY reserve players who are put on the DL, etc. Now that we’ve got free movement between active and reserve rosters, why single out suspended players. I’m not going to pass on drafting a player like Milton Bradley just because he’s a jerk and might kick an umpire someday, so I don’t see what purpose the rule serves.
