I half agree, half disagree with this post.
The punishment itself, unfortunately, should be upheld due to the precedent set even if I personally don't agree with the severity. The rule was broken, and no matter the intent the punishment is clear - if leniency is shown now, then the next time it happens HO is in a tough spot. And it really sucks that Butters didn't know about it and had a lapse in judgement when posting the IP and its even tougher knowing that he tried to correct his mistake as soon as possible. I have sympathy for him, I really enjoy interacting with him, and I hope that this doesn't cause him to leave. It is just an unfortunate situation. As for the other potential violations you found, those need to be evaluated separately from this.
Now moving on to what I feel is your main point - the lack of training/onboarding for new hires in certain positions in this league. Whether or not that falls on HO, I don't know, but I agree there should be something. From my experience becoming a rookie mentor, there didn't seem to be any direction starting out and I had to figure out what I was doing on my own - which I don't mind, but just something to provide direction would be nice and helpful in preventing mistakes like this from happening.
Here's my idea: We are adults (or close enough to being adults) and don't need our hands held or a personal training season when we are welcomed to a new role. I feel that would be a waste of time for those that have to conduct the "training". However, I would be all for a "READ THIS FIRST" type document as a guide containing links to important posts, documents, rules, etc. for new hires that is provided as soon as they are hired. This would shift liability from HO/head of whatever position to the one taking the position and have less ambiguity on 'who's to blame' when a mistake is made.
This particular incident is over, but I feel preventative measures can be taken for these cases which would be better for this league moving forward.
The punishment itself, unfortunately, should be upheld due to the precedent set even if I personally don't agree with the severity. The rule was broken, and no matter the intent the punishment is clear - if leniency is shown now, then the next time it happens HO is in a tough spot. And it really sucks that Butters didn't know about it and had a lapse in judgement when posting the IP and its even tougher knowing that he tried to correct his mistake as soon as possible. I have sympathy for him, I really enjoy interacting with him, and I hope that this doesn't cause him to leave. It is just an unfortunate situation. As for the other potential violations you found, those need to be evaluated separately from this.
Now moving on to what I feel is your main point - the lack of training/onboarding for new hires in certain positions in this league. Whether or not that falls on HO, I don't know, but I agree there should be something. From my experience becoming a rookie mentor, there didn't seem to be any direction starting out and I had to figure out what I was doing on my own - which I don't mind, but just something to provide direction would be nice and helpful in preventing mistakes like this from happening.
Here's my idea: We are adults (or close enough to being adults) and don't need our hands held or a personal training season when we are welcomed to a new role. I feel that would be a waste of time for those that have to conduct the "training". However, I would be all for a "READ THIS FIRST" type document as a guide containing links to important posts, documents, rules, etc. for new hires that is provided as soon as they are hired. This would shift liability from HO/head of whatever position to the one taking the position and have less ambiguity on 'who's to blame' when a mistake is made.
This particular incident is over, but I feel preventative measures can be taken for these cases which would be better for this league moving forward.