Owner's Meeting July 2008

1. Franchising rules
A. Trading for franchised players - pros & cons
B. Penalties for trading players
C. Cap hits/dead money for players that don't get bid on.
D. Which season these changes go into effect.

It was agreed upon that franchised players can be traded with no penalty to any team involved in the trade. (no loss in ability to franchise in the future, no cap hit, no dead money, etc.) Team are allowed to carry more than one franchised player on their roster, if acquired through trade. No team may franchise a second player if one has already been franchised by them. Dead money still applies to any team that drops any franchised player. The bidding process will be re-done this year, as previously mentioned in Sunil's email. The bidding price for any franchised player will begin at the 2008 price plus $1. Trades that occured after the franchising period began (Jason witten and Donald driver trades) will be cancelled.

2. Rookie contract length - 3 years

3. Tradeable assets - how far in the future can you trade draft picks. - Only can trade 3 seasons in advance, so this year can only trade up to 2011 picks

4. OffSeasonCommish duties - Remains with Sunil, Issues can only be brought up in the offseason.

A. Rule tracking
B. Website updating
C. Handling BS

4. Message Board Validity - Did not discuss, but items discussed and 'agreed' upon in emails or message boards are not valid unless agreed to at an owners' meeting. Rules will be recorded at these meeting and website will be updated as OSC has time to do so. OSC and ISC keep track of the rules and their interpretations.

5. Sunil's hat size - Vegas has the over/under set at 10.5 - Actual size: 8 3/4. Paul is the only one who picked the under, he wins the right to buy Sunil a new hat.

6. League vote - Is Abel a homo? - Unanimously yes, 10 - 0

7. 2008 Key dates
Protected Roster Due Date: 08/17/08 at 11:59pm
Draft Date: 08/24/08 at 4pm at Sanjay's house
Trade Deadline: Monday of Week 10
Roster Freeze: Tuesday of Week 13 at 11:59pm

8. Walk in item - Individual player scoring for return TDs. This was proposed by Sanjay and voted down by everyone else.




All the changes will go into effect for this season. We will have a meeting every July to discuss any ideas/proposals for that year. Hopefully i didn't forget anything, i left my notes on sanjay's table. hopefully he didn't edit them.