Post by Steve on Nov 9, 2019 19:30:01 GMT -5
In light of the situation that Byfuglien is under; that is, he is recovering from ankle surgery and has been suspended by the Jets for not reporting to camp, Anthony has asked for special consideration of how to fairly treat Byfuglien. Mike, Ryan and I discussed the situation, and while we believe that we shouldn't allow a suspended player to just to be stashed, we still believed that we should consider how to find an equitable solution to this conundrum.
For some of you GMs that have been around for a while, you probably remember from a couple of years ago where at the beginning of the 2017 season, Yahoo's stat provider had a number of injured players listed as NA, which meant you could not place them on IR+. Here is a link that refers to it and the solution put in place then: Players listed as NA instead of IR+
Even though he is currently suspended by his team, we all know that Byfuglien is recovering from his ankle surgery. So, what we'll allow Anth to do is drop Byfuglien on Yahoo, but Anth will still retain his rights. Since he really should be on IR or possibly LTIR, Anth will have to use 1 of his 4 IR+ as a place holder for Byfuglien, which means he is limited to 3 IR+ positions while Byfuglien recovers from his injury.
Anth can carry Byfuglien on his roster as an IR+ spot until he has been medically cleared to play again. If Byfuglien still wants to contemplate what he wants to do career wise and is suspended (again) by the Jets, then Anth will no longer be able to carry him on IR+.
This will only be implemented in the GMHL. In the B, I will not be placing Byfuglien under any special consideration unless the Jets place him on IR/LTIR.
For some of you GMs that have been around for a while, you probably remember from a couple of years ago where at the beginning of the 2017 season, Yahoo's stat provider had a number of injured players listed as NA, which meant you could not place them on IR+. Here is a link that refers to it and the solution put in place then: Players listed as NA instead of IR+
Even though he is currently suspended by his team, we all know that Byfuglien is recovering from his ankle surgery. So, what we'll allow Anth to do is drop Byfuglien on Yahoo, but Anth will still retain his rights. Since he really should be on IR or possibly LTIR, Anth will have to use 1 of his 4 IR+ as a place holder for Byfuglien, which means he is limited to 3 IR+ positions while Byfuglien recovers from his injury.
Anth can carry Byfuglien on his roster as an IR+ spot until he has been medically cleared to play again. If Byfuglien still wants to contemplate what he wants to do career wise and is suspended (again) by the Jets, then Anth will no longer be able to carry him on IR+.
This will only be implemented in the GMHL. In the B, I will not be placing Byfuglien under any special consideration unless the Jets place him on IR/LTIR.