Proposals for the 2002 RAFFLE Competition Committee
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These were submitted with no real continuity across them.  Most are OK, but
a few conflict each other.  In the event this happens, I've noted what the
outcome would be.  Note that the number beside each proposal is used only to
group related proposals and not to indicate which section of the rules they
affect.

A minimum of five responses needed to be received for the voting to count.
To pass, a proposal needed to carry 50%+1 of the overall voting and 50%+1
of the Exec. Comm. votes.

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- Results on each proposal and comments on future plans are indicated in
- the line before each proposal/plan.  Voting on each proposal is indi-
- cated as For-Against-Undecided.  (The numbers in brackets indicating
- how the Exec. Comm. voted.)
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Section 4

PASSED - 6-2 [2-0]
.1  Limit number of players kept to 8 maximum.

FAILED - 1-7 [1-1]
.2  Allow keeping of three QBs or RBs, but no three of each.

FAILED - 4-4 [2-0]
.3  Allow 5WR formation.

PASSED - 7-1 [2-0]
.4  Allow 2RB/3WR formation.

Section 5

FAILED - 0-8 [0-2]
.1  Change roster to 14 plus 1 IR slot.
   COMMISH NOTE -- the IR slot would be handled identically as the NFL.  This
    means the player on IR can't be used for the rest of the season, but can
    be one of the players kept going into the following season.

Section 7

n/a
.1  TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT VOTE -- Trade windows will be renamed to Waiver
    Wire Order.  This will more accurately describe what they're for.

PASSED - 7-1 [1-1]
.2  For weeks without a Waiver Wire order, accept early transaction requests
    and timestamp them for Wed @ 12:00 ET and process them as a group in the
    order they were received.

FAILED - 4-4 [1-1]
.3  Start waiver wire after second week, instead of after third week.

n/a - 7.5 supersedes
.4  Move waiver wire to Wednesdays in weeks with a Thursday game.

PASSED - 7-1 [2-0]
.5  Move waiver wire to Wednesdays in all weeks after second/third week.

FAILED - 0-8 [0-2]
.6  Change waiver wire to  a draft.  Each team desiring (a) player(s) will
    submit a list.  Based on the waiver wire order, each team will get three
    of the desired players (if not already taken) per waiver wire round.
    (If an owner wants four players, the fourth can be signed if no other
    owner wanted him.)

Section 8

FAILED - 4-4 [1-1]
.1  Add a deadline for in-season trades.  (Suggestion with the proposal was
    Week 16.)

n/a
.2  If a deadline for in-season trades passes, set Week 13 as the deadline.
   COMMISH NOTE -- If 8.1 fails, this won't matter.

Section 10

FAILED - 3-5 [0-2]
.1  Subtract one point for each player's fumble lost or interception.
   COMMISH NOTE -- If FLM doesn't support fumbles lost (as opposed to just
    fumbles), the fumble part can't be implemented.

FAILED - 1-6-1 [0-1-1]
.2  Use decimal scoring.
   COMMISH NOTE -- For passing, it would give .1pt for each 2 yds.  Everything
    else already devides evenly for decimal scoring.

FAILED - 4-4 [1-1]
.3  Subtract one point for each player's interception, but no lost fumbles.
   COMMISH NOTE -- if 10.1 passes, this is included as part of it.  If 10.1
    fails, losing points for INTs can still be voted in with this one.

Section 11
PASSED - 6-2 [1-1]
.1  Reformulate the Keeper schedules to a balanced schedule, where everyone
    plays on game against non-division opponents.  (This eliminates the current
    place-based schedule.)
   COMMISH NOTE -- If approved, this will affect the 2002 schedule.

Section 16
PASSED - [2-0]
.1  In cases when two of three Executive Committee members vote, a proposal
    needs only one "Yes" vote.  (This makes it "50%+" instead of "50%+1".)
    The proposal would still need 50%+1 of all votes cast.
   COMMISH NOTE -- If approved, this will take affect for the 2002 voting.