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S29 Rules Summit - iStegosauruz - 05-24-2021

The S29 ISFL Rules Summit has recently come to a close. GMs, Head Office members and Department Heads were encouraged to submit proposed changes to the rulebook and league procedure. With 21 voting members (14 teams, 5 HO members, 1 league owner, and 1 simmer), 15 votes were needed for a proposal to pass. 

Below is the full list of proposed rule changes and the final voting results for each.

1. Separate out the 10 ISFL OL Pro Bowl spots into 2 Centers, 4 Guards and 4 Tackles. Options: 
A) Separate the Pro Bowl spots and allow bots to be selected (to make it more challenging and prestigious to win) 
B) Separate the Pro Bowl spots and allow only user-controlled players to be selected 
C) Keep it the way it is

1 For A - 15 For B - 4 For C - 1 Against
Rule Option B Passes

2. After the trade deadline, any trade involving a player may not be posted until the conclusion of the Ultimus stream. Draft picks may be traded at any time.

16 For - 5 Against
Rule Passes

3. Each season, a team may designate one player who has completed their tenth season in the league to receive a veteran's minimum, allowing them to take a contract one level below what their TPE would designate as their minimum, down to the league minimum of $500K.

12 For - 9 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

4. Off-season/Free Agency Rules Package: 
A. After W16 stream, the legal tampering period of FA starts once the FA list is posted. 
B. Players are eligible to extend throughout the tampering period as they are on the specific team. If an option is exercised on a player, they would have to fall under the NEW signing rule below. 
C. The day after the Ultimus is when NEW signings are to be posted, not re-signing players for players that were on your team to end the season that just concluded.

18 For - 3 Against
Rule Passes

5. All drafted players MUST be offered a contact (even an IA one). Failure to offer a contract will result in a 500k cap fine for each instance

11 For - 10 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

We also conducted a special rules summit addressing some issues impacting both the DSFL and ISFL. With 32 voting members (14 ISFL teams, 8 DSFL teams, 5 ISFL HO members, 3 DSFL HO members, 1 league owner, and 1 simmer), 23 votes were needed for a proposal to pass.

Below is the full list of proposed rule changes and the final voting results for each.

1.  Make Appeals Head a paid position, and pay them the same rate as every other league department head

28 For - 4 Against
Rule Passes

2. Repeal the regulation that states a DSFL team cannot be represented on the DSFL Draft stream/DSFL Awards stream for more than two consecutive seasons.

30 For - 2 Against
Rule Passes

3. The Ultimus Week PT should be for 12 TPE.

17 For - 15 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

4. If a rule proposal is voted down, it cannot be added to the ballot again the following rules summit, without significant change in scope or effect of the proposal.

12 For - 20 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

5. Shorten window of award voting by 24 hours and allow those last 24 hours to be reserved for the final 3 awards, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and Most Valuable Player.

12 For - 19 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

6. Change the current language of VI.B.2, "Players who hold out are only allowed to do weekly trainings and activity checks," places far too much of the burden of a holdout on the player, which is both unjust and unrealistic. Therefore, I propose we adjust the restriction, something akin to, "Players who hold out are prohibited from purchasing weekly trainings, and limited to T3 equipment until/unless they see the field in a given season. A hold out only becomes a free agent after the conclusion of the Ultimus".

27 For - 5 Against 
Rule Passes

7. Return Awards to the Point System.

18 For - 14 Against
Rule Does NOT Pass

8. Increase the maximum amount of TPE that one can reallocate per season from 32 to 50. This would allow people to get rid of unwanted traits.

25 For - 7 Against
Rule Passes

9. Change submission rules and payouts for card styled submissions: Grading scale: 
1/7: $100,000 
2/7: $200,000 
3/7: $300,000 
4/7: $500,000 
5/7: $750,000 
6/7: $1,000,000 
7/7: $1,500,000

29 For - 3 Against
Rule Passes

10. Graphics: Increase cap by 6, allowing a total of 10 card styled submissions weekly. (Includes schedules, fields, and anything the gfx team considers a card)

29 For - 3 Against
Rule Passes

11. Rewrite Rule IV.E.3. as follows: Users may claim & apply any TPE earned prior to officially announcing their retirement to said retiring player. Replacing the following: Users are not able to apply TPE to their retired players after announcing their retirement in the official retirement forum.

26 For - 5 Against
Rule Passes

Code:
ISFL Rules 1, 2, and 4 pass. Rules 2 and 4 will be added to the rulebook and will go into effect during the off-season. Rule 1 will be added to the rulebook and go into effect at the award committee's discretion. 

Universal Rules 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 pass. Rules 1, 6, 8 and 11 will be added to the rulebook and go into effect at the completion of the season OR at the discretion of Head Office. Rule 2 will be added to the rulebook and go into effect at the award committee's discretion. Rules 9 and 10 will be added to the rulebook and go into effect at the discretion of the graphics team. 

Please feel free to tag @iStegosauruz with any questions!


RE: S29 Rules Summit - shadyshoelace - 05-24-2021

well i for one am outraged


RE: S29 Rules Summit - infinitempg - 05-24-2021

WHO VOTED AGAINST REPEALING THE STUPIDEST STREAM REGS


RE: S29 Rules Summit - CalvinGolladay - 05-24-2021

(05-24-2021, 05:19 PM)iStegosauruz Wrote: 1. Separate out the 10 ISFL OL Pro Bowl spots into 2 Centers, 4 Guards and 4 Tackles. Options: 
A) Separate the Pro Bowl spots and allow bots to be selected (to make it more challenging and prestigious to win) 
B) Separate the Pro Bowl spots and allow only user-controlled players to be selected 
C) Keep it the way it is

1 For A - 15 For B - 4 For C - 1 Against
Rule Option B Passes

Is there any difference here between "Keep it the way it is" and simply voting "Against"? Doesn't matter either way, but if so I was curious as to what "against" would entail if it's not keeping things the same


RE: S29 Rules Summit - goodfortunecoffee - 05-24-2021

(05-24-2021, 07:14 PM)CalvinGolladay Wrote:
(05-24-2021, 05:19 PM)iStegosauruz Wrote: 1. Separate out the 10 ISFL OL Pro Bowl spots into 2 Centers, 4 Guards and 4 Tackles. Options: 
A) Separate the Pro Bowl spots and allow bots to be selected (to make it more challenging and prestigious to win) 
B) Separate the Pro Bowl spots and allow only user-controlled players to be selected 
C) Keep it the way it is

1 For A - 15 For B - 4 For C - 1 Against
Rule Option B Passes

Is there any difference here between "Keep it the way it is" and simply voting "Against"? Doesn't matter either way, but if so I was curious as to what "against" would entail if it's not keeping things the same

"against" means just folding the league, I think


RE: S29 Rules Summit - NicholasTheGreat - 05-25-2021

Splitting the OL is dumb


RE: S29 Rules Summit - JBLAZE_THE_BOSS - 05-27-2021

Still didn't make it so ultimus week ends the same day every other week does. Makes sense to have the most important PT week end in the middle of the week instead of the same day as every other pt the league has.

But hey at least they voted when you can and cant post trades at the end of the season, which will save countless lives.

Great job as always taking care of the important issues.


RE: S29 Rules Summit - Raven - 05-27-2021

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RE: S29 Rules Summit - AdamS - 05-28-2021

What purpose does rule 2 actually serve?


RE: S29 Rules Summit - Swanty - 05-28-2021

(05-27-2021, 04:14 PM)JBLAZE_THE_BOSS Wrote: Still didn't make it so ultimus week ends the same day every other week does. Makes sense to have the most important PT week end in the middle of the week instead of the same day as every other pt the league has.

But hey at least they voted when you can and cant post trades at the end of the season, which will save countless lives.

Great job as always taking care of the important issues.

Didn't realise this was anything that anyone was asking for to be honest. It definitely didn't come up in any of the rules discussion channels. If it's something you feel passionately about, perhaps take it up directly with the PPT team as I don't believe a change in the UW posting schedule needs to go through a rules summit to be changed.

The timing of when trades were allowed again was a little unclear and inconsistent, so I think this one passing will have been welcomed by GMs.

(05-28-2021, 12:40 AM)AdamS Wrote: What purpose does rule 2 actually serve?

It's to clearly define that no player trades are allowed in a specific window. Before, there was no such language in the rulebook around when trades are allowed again after the trade deadline. Some trades had been allowed once both teams involved were out of playoff contention which it was rightly pointed out could give them an advantage in negotiations versus a team who is not yet allowed to trade. This just makes it more consistent and clear for everyone.