OK, a slight change from the last one of these. Given we have quite a few new clubs and I don't want them backsliding too much, I have increased the Protection List for each club from 16 to 18 while reducing the maximum that can be taken from any one franchise from five to four.
Here are the abiding ED rules in full:
For our club, I have an additional House Rule I'm going to impose - we are only allowed to protect ELIGIBLE players in our squad, IE those who played for Pittsburgh IRL. That means the three CC members - Chuck Hinton, Bill Hands and Denny Lemaster - are fair game. A big call, if I do say so myself, seeing as Hands was set to be trade fodder.
BUT...
For each of these players that are taken, we get an
additional FA / Trade ticket that is able to be used up to 31 December, 1969.
I've thought long and hard on this and believe this is about as fair as I can make it.
OK, so here's how it all plays out.
Firstly, our final Protected List:
We lose our maximum allowed, with the following guys taken:
- P Pete Mikkelsen (KCR)
- 3B Chuck Hinton (SDP)
- OF Al Luplow (SDP)
- P Bill Hands (SEA)
So pretty much no great surprises there. We lost two CC players and therefore get two tickets by way of compensation.
BTW No idea why there are only 20 Rounds in this rather than the 65 IRL, or at least partway closer to.