Phillies status - league needs a commish

[Phils_GM]

Phillies are in the league.

Options and Free Agents tended to ...

Points of emphasis:
1) Phils GM will not be in position to function as commissioner. The league needs work ... I don't have the time to commit. Sadly, I, like the Indians, dropped the ball this year ... and that's one reason we're in the mess we're in.

2) Phils need to be penalized appropriately because the team was basically abandoned the second half of the year ...

Let's find somebody to lead the league, and make he decisions! Got a ton of prospects, and don't want to see two years or "rebuilding mistakes" go to waste!

[Giants_GM]

Ok I think we need some radical changes, so I'm going to suggest them right now.

We don't need a commissioner, but we need multiple people to handle important tasks. Every commissioner so far has struggled with a time commitment, which is very understandable, so if a group of people are assigned to specific tasks it will be much easier for all of us.

That being said, without a commissioner, everyone needs to pick up the slack and be somewhat active on the boards. This needs to be a group effort and we can't really wait for less responsive GMs

Also, we gotta do that prospect draft at some point.

Lastly, I think we should switch to a Head 2 Head format. It will make sure everyone is interested in the league week to week and it better accommodates a playoff system.

Hopefully everyone gets their say in here and we can start figuring out a new system.

[Indians_GM]

Agreed on many points here Giants, one issue however, is that we tried to run the league with a council last year, and it wasn't so great. GM's on the council were either away for extended periods of time or had 'down time' for whatever other reasons. Leading by committee means delays in decisions (though they tend to be well balanced and were more or less unbiased despite some accusations last year) that lead to other GM's feeling frustrated or like we were not moving fast enough.

I'm not sure how to remedy this situation though. It's the difference between a dictator who can decide anything in an instant vs a republic which must deliberate and debate pressing matters. And we've proven that trying to run this as a democracy just doesn't work as league wide participation in voting was low.

[Tigers_GM]

Well what about a League Commish with a panel of 3 teams under him who are there to monitor any situation that comes about. If the commish for some reason cannot make a decision on whatever case arises, the panel of 3 underneath him can talk about the issue and vote, majority rule. I know we have said this before, but whomever throws their hat in the ring in regards to being commish, whether we just appoint someone or we have a league vote, HAS to know the time needed to put into this league, and if for any reason they think they will not be able to give that time, do not put your name in. If we vote for a commish and midway through the season an unforeseen circumstance arises, the commish has to know to step down and allow for a league vote for a new commish. Things do come up that we are not expecting, which is understandable, but it would be up to that person to step down if they would suddenly not have time to dedicate to the league.

[Dbacks_GM]

So are we doin this or not?

[Marlins_GM]

Is The league done?

[Phils_GM]

Sorry, guys, it looks like this thing is a goner.

sucks, I know.

I want to thank those who DID tend to their franchises last year and the previous years that the league existed.

I wish we had a better ending to this.

[Phils_GM]

PS If any of you guys wants admin rights to

1) try to save the league
2) steal some of the structure, by-laws for another league ...

Let me know.

All I would ask is that we don't destroy this template ... so it will be here for others from our league to pull from, too.

[Brewers_GM]

so its a definate no go?