2006 Changes

2006 Rule Change Proposals

New Proposals

Cyberbuck Allotment Failed 11-5
New yearly allocation to take place in 2007. The change is that the non-playoff teams have an increment of 2 cb's per place.

Place	CB's	Place	CB's
1	16	9	25
2	17	10	27
3	18	11	29
4	19	12	31
5	20	13	33
6	21	14	35
7	22	15	37
8	23	16	39

Commish note: I don't think it's broken, but it was worth throwing out there.

Draft and Cyberbuck Allotment Ranking Passed 16-0
The draft and Cyberbuck allotment rankings to be determined in the following order, with the exception of the CyberBowl Champ and runner up, who are automatically ranked last and next to last, respectively:
- Worse Record
- Fewer Points Scored
- Coin Flip
  - Commish note: Unless you want me to keep doing this by the seat of my pants, vote yes! This will basically mirror the NFL procedure of record / strength of schedule / coin flip.
Rosters and the Roster Cap Failed 11-5
Each team must leave enough years available to complete an entire roster of active players. (For example, a team with only 14 active players, may only use 33 of the 35 years available to the team).
- Commish note: This rule proposal is intended to keep teams from assigning more years to fewer players to stack the roster for the future. The intent of the contract cap is to make sure that players are being recycled regularly. This is a loophole that many of us, including me, have exploited. To close that loophole, this should definitely be voted in.
Free Agents Passed 13-3
Free agents may be picked up during the playoffs by teams that are still in the playoffs. However, the free agent may only be signed for 1 year. (Added 12/13/06: Players signed during the playoffs will become RFA's on March 1. There will be no right to match.)
- Commish note: This will allow playoff teams, without the interference of non-playoff teams, to patch rosters in case of injuries. The 1-year contract is intended to keep a playoff team from signing a player long term since non-playoff teams would not be able to fairly compete to sign the player. Currently, rosters are frozen once the playoffs begin, which is not right.

Expansion Failed 4-12
Should we consider plans to expand to 20 teams?
- Commish note: This is not a rule proposal. This is intended to gauge the interest in expansion. If there is enough interest, plans would be discussed for expansion as early as 2007.
Toilet Bowl "Best of the Rest" Failed 3-13
Each week of the regular season, the team with the lowest point total will contribute $5 to the Toilet Bowl fund. If there is a tie in any given week, all teams involved will contribute $5. The Toilet Bowl will consist of the non-playoff teams. Teams play to win and select their own starting lineups. The winner of the Toilet Bowl will win the Toilet Bowl fund. In order to assure that the Toilet Bowl winner receives his winnings if a franchise abandons the league, dues will be collected one season in advance. Think of the Toilet Bowl winner like the winner of the NIT tournament.
- Commish note: While I don't see anything wrong with this, I'd rather have a true Tidy Bowl that recognizes the worst team in the league.
- If this doesn't pass, do you vote yes to the other Toilet Bowl proposal? Failed 7-9

Carryover Proposals

Toilet Bowl (2005: 9-6) Failed 6-10
Each week of the regular season, the team with the lowest point total will contribute $5 to the Toilet Bowl fund. If there is a tie in any given week, all teams involved will contribute $5. The Toilet Bowl will consist of the non-playoff teams. Opponents will select each other's starting lineups. The team scoring fewer points advances. The "winner" of the Toilet Bowl will win the Toilet Bowl fund. In order to assure that the Toilet Bowl "winner" receives his winnings if a franchise abandons the league, dues will be collected one season in advance.
- Additional wrinkle Failed 7-9
  The Toilet Bowl "winner" receives the first pick in the draft. The runner-up receives the 2nd pick.
  - Commish notes: This will accomplish a few things. First, it will encourage teams to pay attention to their lineups, even when the playoffs are out of reach. Secondly, it will discourage teams from going into the season with the intention of losing "for the future." While legal, it should be discouraged for the health of the league. Finally, and most importantly, it gives the non-playoff teams something to look forward to. I like this much better than the "best of the rest" tournament. I also like the wrinkle that the winner and runner-up receive the first and second worst pick to further discourage intentional tanking of a season. The truly worst of the worst will get the first two picks.
- If this doesn't pass, do you vote yes to the other Toilet Bowl proposal? Failed 7-9
Defensive Scoring, Part II (2005: 11-5) Failed 7-9
Blocked FG's and blocked punts returned for TD to count for defensive team scoring.
- Commish note: Defensive scoring finally seems right. Besides, shouldn't these TD's be credited to the individuals, just like kick returns?
Cyberbuck Cap (2003: 11-5, 2005: 9-7) Failed 9-7
In order to correct a mistake at the inception of the league, over the next 3 seasons, there will be a limit on the number of cyberbucks a team can possess. Every team will be required to be at or below the cyberbuck cap by noon the Monday before the Week 1. Any team over the cap at that time will be fined the amount needed to bring them into compliance with the cap.
- 2006 - 70cb
- 2007 - 50cb
- 2008 - 30cb
- 2009 - no more cap
  - Commish note: Worthy of consideration.

Yardage (1999, 2005: 11-5) Failed 9-7
1 point for every 20 yards of rushing and receiving combined (currently 1 point for 20 yards rushing, 1 point for 20 yards receiving).
- Commish note: It doesn't matter. And if it doesn't matter, why change?