Quote from nershabainco (Commish)(MLM-Jays) on July 13, 2023, 1:48 am

2050 Winter Meetings Thread

Changes being implemented without A vote:

• Create a Player system: https://majorleaguemanagers.com/mlm-create/
• Booster Points system: Boost-created players: https://majorleaguemanagers.com/mlm-boost-home.html
• Extended double dipping vs. Emergency double dipping:
• Manually return your personnel to their previous team after winter-ball finishes:
• The draft pool announcement moved up to Feb 13th so the pool becomes available in the game earlier. More time for scouting and editing the draft pool.

Suggestions being put to a vote:

• 2nd Lottery (Would take effect for the 2051 Draft):

  Teams ranked 11-18 (the rest of non-playoff teams) have their own lottery for 1st Rd pick positioning.

  Any team failing to meet the 50-win threshold is also entered into this lottery

  Rationale: Encourage teams to push for wild card spots as there will be no draft penalty

• 25 Wins per 81 Lottery (Would take effect for the 2051 Draft):

  Instead of teams needing 50 wins to avoid lottery penalty teams would need 25 wins in both the first 81 and second 81 games.

  Rationale: Discourage mass sell-offs after teams have put themselves in a good position to achieve 50.  A more fair playing field for their in-season opponents.

• Major League Baseball: Ownership and Fiscal Responsibility Rules

  a. Purpose: This rule is intended to prioritize the sport and competitive integrity of Major League Baseball over the monetary gains of individual team owners. It also seeks to encourage owners' fiscal generosity towards team budgets to enhance the competitive balance across all franchises.

  b. Responsibility: Each Major League Baseball team owner shall have the primary objective of extreme winning, as defined in Section (e), which supersedes the focus on profit or revenue.

  c. Owner Conduct: Owners are expected to adopt a hands-off approach with regard to baseball operations, providing sufficient autonomy for their General Managers to execute their vision for the team. Patience and understanding should be the guiding principles in their relationship with the team's General Managers. Owners are subject to removal from the ownership group for violations of this rule, as deemed necessary by the MLB Commissioner.

  d. Fiscal Personality: Owners shall maintain a generous fiscal personality towards their respective team's budgets. As such, owners who habitually withhold excess funds at the expense of team development may be deemed in violation of this rule.

  e. Definition of Extreme Winning: Extreme winning is defined as the sustained commitment to putting a competitive team on the field, using all financial, personnel, and other resources available, in pursuit of achieving success in the league, postseason play, and ultimately winning the World Series.

  f. Enforcement: This rule shall be enforced by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. The enforcement process will include audits of each team's fiscal and strategic operations, aimed at determining compliance with the rule.

  g. Sanctions: Non-compliance with this rule can lead to the removal of the Owner from the ownership group.