Ownership Rules Revised

Requirements

All owners must represent one and only one member school in the ACC. Each member school can be represented by only one owner.

Competition Requirements

Owners must maintain a consensus opinion among other owners that they are fit to compete in an extremely competitive fantasy baseball environment. They are expected to manage a franchise all-year-round. During the season, daily activity (e.g. waiver wire scanning, lineup changes) is expected. Owners who abandon their franchise, or who do not put forth maximum effort, will be asked to leave or audited.

Communication Requirements

All owners must make every attempt to adhere to these Communication Requirements. Failure to do so may result in an Audit.

Rationale

While these requirements may seem stringent, they are for the benefit of all owners. We do not want owners to constantly speculate about whether or not their inquiry will be answered. Note that all inquiries should be answered. This includes any league administrative emails or evaluations. It also includes trade offers, even if the offer is considered obnoxiously unfair. A response of some sort is still required.

Audits

At the close of each season, all league owners may request an audit for another franchise owner. The purpose of the audit is to collect feedback regarding the competitiveness, availability, responsiveness, and attitude of the owner in question. Owners that fail to meet the standards of communication and competition listed above may be subject to revocation of their franchise privilege via 2/3rds franchise vote.

New Owner Acquisition

If the league needs to acquire new owners due to franchise vacancies, that process will begin immediately following the end of the MLB regular season. An application will be distributed to all remaining franchise owners for purposes of recruiting suitable owners to join the league.

All applicants must submit a completed application, which will be shared with all league owners. League owners will reach a consensus on admissions decisions and invitations will be extended to the selected applicants.

If there are multiple new owners, each of them will inherit a different franchise. They will choose which franchise to buy based on a randomly determined draft order. This franchise draft will take place immediately upon fulfillment of all new owners. While the goal is to have immediate replacements for the franchises, new owners MUST be in place before the Supplemental Draft process begins.

All new owners must submit their first league entry fee before officially becoming a league owner.