Net Major League
Constitution revised
Basic
Structure:
1) The Net Major League
consists of two leagues: The Net National League (NNL) and The Net American
League (NAL). The NNL and NAL will be governed by the same rules and
constitution except for a few differences for the NAL due to the size of the
Major League Baseball’s American League. These differences are highlighted in
red.
2) The NNL consists of 12
teams and only players that have MLB National league cards are eligible for
play in the NNL. The 12 teams are divided into 3 divisions (East, Central, and
West) and each division contains 4 teams.
3) The NAL consist of 12
teams and only
players that have MLB American League cards are eligible for play in the NAL. The 12
teams are divided into 3 divisions (East, Central, and West) and each division
contains 4 teams.
4) NML team names (prefixes
and nicknames) will be similar with real MLB team names.
Responsibilities:
Commissioner’s
responsibilities:
1) The commissioner is to
oversee all the following league functions: Season Schedule, team rosters,
player over usage, free agent draft, spring draft, post season play, trades,
settle disputes, hand out league penalties, recruit new managers when needed,
send out the appropriate files to every manager which include: Team rosters,
league files for stats and rosters, free agent list, managers contact list, and
any other information that is needed by the NML managers or decision needed by
the NML.
2) The commissioner of
the Net Major League reserves the right to change or alter the constitution for
the betterment of the NML.
Manager’s
responsibilities:
1) To be fair, honest,
and considerate of all managers in the NML.
2) To meet deadlines for
sending in results, roster cuts, trades, computer managers, participate in drafts,
and follow the league constitution.
3) To check their team
rosters for any errors in excel file, html, and league files.
4) Keep track of their
players MLB status.
5) Send boxscores and results to their opponents.
6) Make sure that the
right lineups for his opponents are being used by hal.
Team
Rosters:
1) NNL team rosters will
be 35 players and in the NAL team rosters will be 40
players.
2) Player
eligibility: Only MLB players that were issued cards by Strat-o-Matic or are
represented in Strat-O-Matic computer game are eligible to be on an NML team.
Exceptions: Case #1 Player(s) who were on an NML team the previous year, but
due to injury did not receive a card from Strat-O-Matic. In this case, a
manager has the option of keeping the player on his roster. Case #2: A manager
receives a minor leaguer because of a MBL trade that sends one of his players
to the other league (MLB NL to MLB AL and visa-versa.
3) From the
season end to the rookie draft there is no roster limit for NNL and NAL teams
to stimulate trading.
4) Before the
rookie draft each year teams must send in their cuts by the date specified by
the commissioner. No cuts are allowed after this date unless there was an error
by the commissioner.
5) In the
NNL, only carded or computer game MLB National league players are eligible. In the NAL,
only carded or computer game MLB American league players are eligible.
6) During the
season, NML team rosters are divided in 2 parts: A 25 man major league rosters
and a 10 man minor league roster (15 man roster in the NAL).
7) The 25 man
rosters must have two players that can play each position. Example: 2 players
on the roster must be able to play SS and of course one player can be used to
cover more then one position. Juan Castro plays SS, 3B, and 2B which allow him
to be the 2nd man at all of these positions.
8) There must
be atleast 4 starters on the 25 rosters.
9) The last
month of the season all players are eligible to play in games.
10)
Player or players who are traded in MLB to the other MLB league
(MLB NL to MLB AL or MLB AL to MLB NL) or leaves one league for the other due
to free agency, are lost by the NML team. This brings us to compensation.
Trading Players:
1) There is unlimited
trading in between Oct 1st trough April 1st each off
season.
2) No interleague
trading is allowed. An NNL team can not trade with an NAL team and visa versa.
3) During the season
teams can begin trading in May through July.
4) Trades that are
completed in a month will take affect the next month. Example: A May trade will
go in affect in June and June trades in July, and July trades in August.
Compensation,
Gaining and losing players:
1) The only compensation
for players lost due to MLB trades is that, the NML team that has the player
that was traded on his roster will receive the player or players he was traded
for. Example: MLB LA traded Kevin Brown to the MLB New York Yankees. In
compensation the NNL SD will get Jeff Weaver and the NAL Detroit will get Kevin
Brown due to the trade.
2) In cases where 2 or
more NML teams are involved in a MLB trade, the NML team with the worst record
will get the player involved. If 2 or more MLB players are in the trade, the
NML team with the worst record will be given the first choice of players.
Example: Bartolo Colon ( Owned by NNL Philly) and
Jorge Nunez was traded by MLB Montreal to MLB Chicago White Sox for Orlando
Hernandez (NAL Yankees), Rocky Biddle (NAL Whitesox),
and Jeff Liefer (NAL Rangers). In this case, Rangers
with the worst record in 2003 gets Bartolo Colon and
the White sox get Jorge Nunez (later cut by WS). The Yankees get no
compensation for Hernandez.
3) To get any
compensation for traded players to the other league the players traded has to
be on an NML roster at the time of the trade and must stay on a NML roster at
all times. This means he can not be cut or lost due to overuse.
4) When a MLB player is
traded to the other league or signs as a free agent, the NML team that has that
player on the roster loses that player even if the MLB player is traded or
signs as a free agent back to the original MLB League within a very short
period.
5) If a NML team trades
the player that was involved in the MLB trade, he is also trading the rights to
any player that he may receive due to that trade. Example: If
6) There is no other
compensation for players lost to the other league due to MLB trades or as a
free agent.
Free Agency:
1) Players can become
free agents in the following ways.
A) If a player is
overused, used more then his 105% Plate appearance and IP (in the NNL) or his 110% in Plate
appearance and IP (in the NAL).
B) A starter starts more
games then he started in MLB. Even if the starter only goes one start over.
C) When a
starter/reliever pitcher starts more games then he did in MLB and if he is used
only as a starter.
D) When a starter/reliever
innings pitched goes over the 105% in the NNL and 110% in the NAL either used as a
reliever or as both a starter and reliever.
E) When a player moves to
the other MLB league (American to National; National to American) by way of
free agency or by a MLB trade and no NML team can claim him.
F) When a player is cut
he becomes a free agent.
G) When a player is cut
during the season he becomes a free agent.
H) When a position player or pitcher that has 5OO+
At Bats, 25+ game starts, or 70+ IP on his card and used less then 50% of his
AB,GS, and IP he becomes disgruntled and demands to be traded. If the
disgruntled player is not traded before the free agent draft begins he becomes
a free agent.
Net Major League Drafts:
1) There are
two drafts for the NNL and NAL
2) The Rookie
Draft (Spring Draft) begins after the new version of Strat-0-matic baseball
comes out. Around March 1st of each year. Players available for the
Spring Draft are only players that have cards or are represented in the
computer game for the their leagues. This means only
carded players that played in the MLB NL are eligible for the NNL Spring draft
and only carded players that played in MLB AL are eligible for the NAL Spring
Draft.
3)
Free agent draft will take place by Dec 1 of
each year, but no later then Feb 7th of each year. It all depends
when the commissioner receives the Sporting news Baseball Register each year.
4)
Players in the Free agent draft consist of
players that were lost due to overuse, cut by NML teams during the season, players
who come over from the other league due to free Agent signings and MLB trades,
and disgruntled NML players.
Season play (Game Play)
1) The NML
season consist of 162 games.
2)
Managers play their AWAY games.
3)
The NML uses injuries
4)
Net Play is not mandatory, but managers can Net play if they can arrange a suitable time with their
opponent.
5)
The NML plays games by Months. Sometimes a
series may extend to the next month. If teams end up playing these types of
series then the whole series is played. Example:
6)
Each manager must check that the correct
lineup vs. a certain pitchers ( vs. Lefty; vs. righty, ect.) is toggled on for hal.
7)
Any special instructions by managers must also
be followed.
8)
Managers must make sure the “create export
files” box in the lower left corner is checked.
9)
Managers must also provide his opponent and
the commissioner with boxscores (print files) of the
games.
GAME SETTINGS:
1) Rules:
a) Maximum
Level
b) Super
Advance Steal System
c) use
miscellaneous rules
d) use
injuries
e) Allow GBA
on pitchers cards
f)
Ballpark and weather effects
g) Clutch
hitting
h) Super
advance strategy charts
i) use closer rules
J) use SADV fatigue and pitch count
2) Max Rules:
a) Bunt for
base hit
b) Home field
advantage
c) More base
running dicisions
d) Realistic
throw errors
e) Pitch
around option
f)
Robbing HR rule
3)