Post by Canucks GM & Co-Commish (Tony) on Sept 30, 2021 12:19:25 GMT -5
Good afternoon fam,
As you're likely aware, last night we had an issue with the rule surrounding the league minimum, and being able to retain salary on a player that would put the player under the league minimum.
I wanted to address the situation more formally.
In March, the Florida Panthers asked in the rules questions channel of discord about being able to retain salary on a player making the league minimum which I answered, telling him you are not. In response to that, the Islanders notified us that this was not in the rules and it should be updated. It was my understanding it was, and I should have confirmed that it was clearly written in the rules before answering. From there, this was never updated to clearly define it in the rules, leading to last night's issue.
In discussion with the rules committee, we were going to allow the COL/NSH to process as is, update the wording of the rule to better clarify this and move on due to the error on our part. However, upon rediscovery of Florida's question, we were forced to veto this trade. This trade was 100% vetoed under the idea that it would be unfair to allow the COL/NSH trade to process, months after telling Florida they could not do the same, preventing Florida and any other teams who saw this ruling in March, to do the same.
I take ownership for not updating the rules in March to more clearly lay out this rule. I will be sure to be more cognizant in the future when questions are presented in the rules questions channels, and ensuring they're reworded, or fixed here in proboards to match that. I challenge you to stay on top of me if I miss any of these. Believe me, I need the nudge.
With that being said, while I do agree with many of the points Gameface made last night, and understand his frustration, his reaction to this was unacceptable. An attempt to dismantle a team via trade in anger is no way to handle this situation and will not be accepted. We all do this for fun and pour a lot of our free time and efforts into this to enjoy a fun, friendly and competitive league.
Gameface has been issued a warning and any other issues that arise in the future will be met with harsher penalties. I am confident we won't have any further issues.
Thank you all.
As you're likely aware, last night we had an issue with the rule surrounding the league minimum, and being able to retain salary on a player that would put the player under the league minimum.
I wanted to address the situation more formally.
In March, the Florida Panthers asked in the rules questions channel of discord about being able to retain salary on a player making the league minimum which I answered, telling him you are not. In response to that, the Islanders notified us that this was not in the rules and it should be updated. It was my understanding it was, and I should have confirmed that it was clearly written in the rules before answering. From there, this was never updated to clearly define it in the rules, leading to last night's issue.
In discussion with the rules committee, we were going to allow the COL/NSH to process as is, update the wording of the rule to better clarify this and move on due to the error on our part. However, upon rediscovery of Florida's question, we were forced to veto this trade. This trade was 100% vetoed under the idea that it would be unfair to allow the COL/NSH trade to process, months after telling Florida they could not do the same, preventing Florida and any other teams who saw this ruling in March, to do the same.
I take ownership for not updating the rules in March to more clearly lay out this rule. I will be sure to be more cognizant in the future when questions are presented in the rules questions channels, and ensuring they're reworded, or fixed here in proboards to match that. I challenge you to stay on top of me if I miss any of these. Believe me, I need the nudge.
With that being said, while I do agree with many of the points Gameface made last night, and understand his frustration, his reaction to this was unacceptable. An attempt to dismantle a team via trade in anger is no way to handle this situation and will not be accepted. We all do this for fun and pour a lot of our free time and efforts into this to enjoy a fun, friendly and competitive league.
Gameface has been issued a warning and any other issues that arise in the future will be met with harsher penalties. I am confident we won't have any further issues.
Thank you all.