With the rule change deadline looming and progress shockingly slow, COMCOMM is finally being pushed by influential outsiders into action. A conference call is being scheduled for tomorrow or Wednesday afternoon. An early agenda was leaked to QSN this afternoon.
Call Agenda:
1. Offensive Scoring – consideration of points per reception and other rules
2. Defensive Scoring – reducing defensive scoring opportunities
3. Free agency modifications – addresses Kicker issue of QFL3
4. QFLE/PS poaching
5. Trading during the week
Sample legislation to be considered.TRADING DURINGÂ THE WEEK
Rule 22, Section 3, Article 1 is amended to read: Players may be traded any time except between kickoff of the first series of Sunday NFL games that commence at approximately 1:00pm (EST) and 8:00am (EST) of the following Monday. During the weeks where there is a Thursday game and/or Saturday game (if applicable) players who partake in those games cannot be traded until the following week, which commences at 8:00am the following Monday.
PRACTICE SQUAD POACHING
As for the practice squad rule change, here is my suggested language
All players on a Practice Squad (PS and QFLE players) are subject to acquisition by another team
1. Prior to QFLE designations, the cost is 4 times the PS player’s salary
2. After QFLE designations, the cost is 6 times the PS player’s salary
3. Multiple requests will be decided in accordance with waiver position
4. Acquisitions can be conducted any time
5. The acquiring team must start the acquired player in its line up in the next game and cannot place the acquired player on its PS
ADDITIONAL FREE AGENCY PERIOD
In addition to Free Agency on Wednesday, a second free agency period will be held on Saturdays using the same conditions/parameters as the Wednesday free agency
1. If possible, I would like to charge teams, double the ordinary fees for acquisition of players in the second free agency
GOVERNANCE RULE CHANGES
1. Rule changes affecting scoring and roster composition may be implemented no sooner than one complete season from ratification and at the beginning of a season.
2. Example: If you ratify a rule change in October 2010, you have to wait until the 2011 season
There is general agreement among Competition Committee members that offensive player scoring is the #1 priority.
The issue of accounting for TDs when there are multiple changes of possession in one play (happened at least once in 2009) will likely not be addressed in this legislative session.
Meanwhile, QFL4 is considering their own rule changes to make it more attractive for prospective owners to take over some of the more pathetic teams available in that league. Such as,
A new Manager will have the option of keeping all x players from the team that they take over, but also has the opportunity to select half of the x from the remaining player pool (after the other managers declare their keepers)
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