Section VI Penalties/Infractions
Oct 5, 2013 0:24:29 GMT -5
Post by Turbanator on Oct 5, 2013 0:24:29 GMT -5
There are penalties for breaking the rules of the league.
6.1 Cheating and Collusion
6.2 Exceeding the Salary Cap
6.3 Accumulating Stats with Ineligible Players
6.4 Failure to Maintain Historical Rosters
6.5 Failing to Achieve the Minimum IP and/or AB/PA Requirements
6.6 Failing to Achieve the Final Standings Point Minimum
6.7 Invalid Free Agency Bids
6.8 Editing or Deleting Free Agency Bids
6.9 Inactivity
6.10 Self-Reporting Infractions
6.1 Cheating and Collusion
Cheating and collusion will not be tolerated and the person(s) caught will be banned immediately.
6.2 Exceeding the Salary Cap
Going over salary will result in following penalties:
1st time $1.0 lowered salary cap for following year
2nd time $5.0 lowered salary cap for following year
3rd time $10.0 lowered salary cap for following year
4th time kicked out of league
If, upon calculation of a new season's arbitration salaries/roster, a team is over their cap limit there will be no immediate penalty. Any team over cap in this fashion will be unable to bid on free agents or protect any unprotected players, and any trades they make must see them reducing their overall salary obligations. If the team remains over their cap limit into opening day then normal penalties will then apply.
6.3 Accumulating Stats with Ineligible Players
If a player is on your roster you don't own and has accumulated stats, you will be assessed a $5m cap hit that same year. If you can't get under the cap limit of $110m due to this hit within 2 weeks then the penalty hit will be applied next year. All transactions during this period, except those aimed at getting under the cap, would be prohibited.
6.4 Failure to Maintain Historical Rosters
Any owner who edits their previous season's roster instead of posting a new thread for the new season (thereby failing to maintain a record of the previous season's roster) will have their salary cap lowered for the following year by $10.0m.
Any owner found to delete any historical team roster without prior consent of the admins will be removed from the league.
6.5 Failing to Achieve the Minimum IP and/or AB/PA Requirements
Any team failing to achieve a minimum limit will have their salary cap for the following year lowered by $5.0m per minimum failed.
6.6 Failing to Achieve the Final Standings Point Minimum
The ownership of any team finishing a season with under 50 points will be reviewed, and at the discretion of the three admins (with a unanimous decision required) the owner may be asked to leave.
6.7 Invalid Free Agency Bids
There will be no penalty for the first or second invalid free agency bid made during the off-season free agency period.
For a third invalid free agency bid made during the same off-season free agency period, the team will be disqualified from bidding in the remainder of the open group, but allowed to bid in subsequent groups.
For any subsequent invalid free agency bid(s) made during the same off-season free agency period, the team will again be disqualified from bidding in the remainder of the open group, but allowed to bid in subsequent groups. In addition, the penalised team will have their salary cap lowered $1.0 per infraction for the coming season.
For any invalid bid deemed by the Admins to have been deliberately posted (in order to delay an auction) the team will be disqualified from bidding for the remainder of the free agency period. In addition, the penalised team will have their salary cap lowered $5.0 for the coming season.
For any invalid bid not identified until after the Final Round of Free Agents is finished (meaning that the contract remains awarded - see rule 5.13.5), the 'winning' team forfeits the ability to offer Club Options in the following Free Agency period.
All invalid free agency bids will be voided by an Admin. When communicating the voidance of the bid in the free agent thread the Admin will confirm the penalty status of the penalised team.
In case of genuine/mathematical error the Admins will use their discretion to determine intent and whether the infraction would qualify towards the penalty scale.
6.8 Editing or Deleting Free Agency Bids
Any owner found to edit or delete a free agency bid will be disqualified from bidding in the remainder of the open group. In addition, the penalised team will receive the following penalties:
1st time - warning from Commissioner
2nd time - $5.0 lowered salary cap for following year
3rd time - $10.0 lowered salary cap for following year
4th time - kicked out of league
6.9 Inactivity
If, in the unanimous view of the three Admins, it is thought that an owner has been unexplainedly inactive and uncontactable for an inappropriate period of time, then the Admins reserve the right to replace the incumbent owner at their discretion. The Admins will consider the past history of the owner when assessing what time period of inactivity classes as inappropriate, with longer tenured and more active owners being granted more leeway (likely at least two weeks). Likewise, an owner in their first weeks may only need to be inactive and uncontactable for a small number of days (perhaps as little as 5) before the Admins lose faith in their commitment to the league.
6.10 Self-Reporting Infractions
Any owner suffering a cap penalty as indicated by rules 6.2, 6.3 or 6.7 will have their penalty halved if they self-report their own infraction. Any infraction identified by an admin or fellow league member will incur the full penalty as stated.