Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Cash in Trades Rule Adopted

After some discussion in the World Chat concerning the inclusion of cash in trades, a common theme emerged in which many owners felt that the inclusion of cash that exceeded the amount of salary being received in a trade should not be allowed.  This was put up for a vote to formalize this as an official world rule, and has passed.

Starting in season 27, there should be no trades that include cash being sent to one team that exceeds the total amount of salary being received by that team.  Any such trade that is offered and accepted should be vetoed by the other 30 owners in Mantle.

Final voting results are as follows:

Yes - 21 votes (75.0%)
No - 7 votes (25.0%)
No preference - 1 votes (not included)
Did not vote - 3

Results: PASSED - rule to be adopted starting in season 27

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Season 26 Hall of Fame Voting Results

Here are the complete results for Hall of Fame voting for season 26 (last season's votes in parenthesis):

Carlos Aguilera - 17 (Elected)
Vance Collier - 14
Mark Parker - 12 (16)
Ahmed Sanford - 9 (12)
Gary Blake - 8
Cesar Urbina - 8 (10)
Rob Becker - 7 (10)
Don Yoshii - 4
Bey Meacham - 4 (6)
Alfredo Valentin - 4
Cam Lincoln - 3 (4)
Pat Masao - 3
Harry Martinez - 2 (4)
Jason Benes - 2 (2)
Esteban Moreno - 2 (1)
Philip Ray - 2 (1)
Howie Curtis - 1 (2)
Bronson Gibson - 1 (1)
Al Ramirez - 1
Derek Taylor - 1 (1)
Pablo Ordonez - 1 (7)
Harry Holzemer - 1 (1)
Charlie Lombardi - 1 (1)
Joseph Yoshii - 1 (8)
Dan King - 1 (1)
Paul Ishii - 1 (1)