IR rule?

[Ryan G.]

So what is the rule? 3 at a time or 3 total? I don't personally care either way as long as it's settled, clearly communicated to everyone and documented in the bylaws.

rg

[Ryan G.]

[boilerdave]

Since the NFL IR rule allows a player to be brought back once placed on injured reserve and the TFL does not allow a player to play again I will amend our IR rule as follows:

"Teams may place up to three players per season on their Injured Reserve list. Once placed on Injured Reserve, players are ineligible to play again that season. Once placed on Injured Reserve, players may not be dropped from that team's roster"

[Desert Fox]

How is "three players per season" not clear?

Why take a very clearly stated rule that is simple to enforce and add a loophole to it?
The NFL allows only one player to be reinstated during the season but that doesn't mean it is best for the TW.

Are you now saying that the IR is nothing more than a taxi squad (which was voted down several years ago) that can be changed on a weekly basis?

That's just another way to keep from having to make the hard decisions when it's time to cut rosters.

I would much rather institute a taxi squad and keep the IR at three players per season period.

[Ryan G.]

Aug 19, 2016 18:30:04 GMT -5 Desert Fox said:

How is "three players per season" not clear?

Why take a very clearly stated rule that is simple to enforce and add a loophole to it?
The NFL allows only one player to be reinstated during the season but that doesn't mean it is best for the TW.

Are you now saying that the IR is nothing more than a taxi squad (which was voted down several years ago) that can be changed on a weekly basis?

That's just another way to keep from having to make the hard decisions when it's time to cut rosters.

I would much rather institute a taxi squad and keep the IR at three players per season period.

Maybe I'm reading Dave's post incorrectly, but I think it says what you want it to say. I read that as meaning 3 total per year.

That said, a taxi squad is a hell of an idea....

rg

[schniz]

Oh. Ok
3 total per season is the way it was already written.
I think instead of adding that "players may not be dropped from the teams roster" it should read "players may not be dropped from the teams IR"
But it was really fine as it was originally written in my opinion.

As for the taxi squad, I think the reason for not going there is due to the number of players in the player pool.
24 teams with 42 roster spots is 1008 players being rostered. And then you add players on the IR and you could end up with around 1050 players taken.
And that leaves very little for the waiver wire.
Adding a taxi squad or even just increasing rosters by one or or two spots would adversely affect the players available on the waiver wire.

[boilerdave]

Oh for crying out loud....I was asked to clarify a rule so I tried my best to to do that and it's still not good enough?

And a taxi squad?!?! Are you f**k**g kidding me?!?! Somebody thinks in a 24 team league with 42 player rosters a taxi squad is a good idea?!?!

I give up. I'm just going to manage my team and have fun with the upcoming season and stop paying any attention to these posts about league rules.

[Ryan G.]

Aug 20, 2016 12:37:07 GMT -5 boilerdave said:

Oh for crying out loud....I was asked to clarify a rule so I tried my best to to do that and it's still not good enough?

And a taxi squad?!?! Are you f**k**g kidding me?!?! Somebody thinks in a 24 team league with 42 player rosters a taxi squad is a good idea?!?!

I give up. I'm just going to manage my team and have fun with the upcoming season and stop paying any attention to these posts about league rules.

You ignored posts asking for a simple clarification on the rule for close to a year. What's different now?

rg

[nelittle]

just to clear this up before there is an issue later in the season. I just traded for dion lewis 2 days ago after he was on IR for about 5 minutes. He wasn't technically eligible for IR yet since he wasn't placed on PUP by the PATS until yesterday.

I think to make this more clear the rules could state that a player can't be put on IR in camp until placed on Injured reserve or PUP by their team. I think another useful clarification is that IR "can't be dropped from your roster" rule goes in to effect on roster cut down day. If you're twiddling around with your lineup in august and just trying to get a feel for who you might need to drop, it doesn't really matter until you need to have your roster down to 42 and you're using the IR slot to get to that number.

so to me, this is a legit trade, but i've heard from others that its ambiguous so just want to get this out of the way now.

[Ryan G.]

Aug 31, 2016 15:23:52 GMT -5 nelittle said:

just to clear this up before there is an issue later in the season. I just traded for dion lewis 2 days ago after he was on IR for about 5 minutes. He wasn't technically eligible for IR yet since he wasn't placed on PUP by the PATS until yesterday.

I think to make this more clear the rules could state that a player can't be put on IR in camp until placed on Injured reserve or PUP by their team. I think another useful clarification is that IR "can't be dropped from your roster" rule goes in to effect on roster cut down day. If you're twiddling around with your lineup in august and just trying to get a feel for who you might need to drop, it doesn't really matter until you need to have your roster down to 42 and you're using the IR slot to get to that number.

so to me, this is a legit trade, but i've heard from others that its ambiguous so just want to get this out of the way now.

I agree with all of this.

RG

[boilerdave]

Like I said before I'm done with this. The Rules Committee can take it on.

[House of Pain]

It has always been once put on IR you lost that guy(max of 3) for the season. This is not some CBS or some other bullshit online league where you can hide a guy on IR. Why an owner would IR a player b4 the team did is crazy. Once on ir stay on ir

[nelittle]

Sept 2, 2016 9:31:18 GMT -5 boilerdave said:

Like I said before I'm done with this. The Rules Committee can take it on.

I volunteer for the rules committee

[stevethepict]

Picking this up for further discussion. Any other opinions from the league at large on IR before the rules committee hashes out new language?