[ranallo10]

Today a rule/acquisition policy was changed in the engine with regards to when the Add/Drop Deadline is starting each week. The rule was changed from "Five minutes before first game on Sunday" to "Five minutes before game time for each player".

The reasoning for changing the rule with immediate effect was that both Uwe and I felt the first policy simply didn't make sense and the new policy was the most logical choice. The old policy restricted roster flexibility and didn't allow owners to have the time to adjust their roster due to last minute injuries. The new policy gives owners greater flexibility to make last minute adds/drops to and utilize the waiver wire longer into the game week. This was a logical change that we felt would serve more good than harm if activated immediately.

This setting issue was noticed during today's (Dec. 10) games. When recognizing a problematic situation for the Berlin Bashers roster, whereby the starting TE (Z. Ertz) was ruled out due to injury and Tom had no TE on his bench, due to our old policy he was unable to make any waiver wire acquisitions to provide a replacement and maintain a competitive lineup against his playoff opponent. Since his opponent was my team, I felt it was only fair to discuss this change immediately with Uwe and we both agreed to allow for a rule change in this exceptional situation. As commissioner I think it's fair, and as the opposing owner I preferred to lose to a full lineup than win because of this illogical policy.

I welcome any feedback on this impromptu and exception rule change.