British 15's - Discussion thread

[Spinking]

I'm just waiting on 4 coaches to confirm they will be sticking around, before I'll advertise any available roles up. So far everyone Ive spoken to has committed to the comp, which is great.

I'll be reversing the snake in the Rookie draft tonight so that it runs the same way as the Nat, unless anyone has a strong opinion against that. The majority appeared to favour this idea, but we can put it to a vote if anyone would prefer that.

Most also seem to be in favour of a reduction, or dissipation of the trades committee. This will go to a vote, but I'll give it another day or two for anyone to add any comments or thoughts.

[Spite]

I'm just waiting on 4 coaches to confirm they will be sticking around, before I'll advertise any available roles up. So far everyone Ive spoken to has committed to the comp, which is great.

I'll be reversing the snake in the Rookie draft tonight so that it runs the same way as the Nat, unless anyone has a strong opinion against that. The majority appeared to favour this idea, but we can put it to a vote if anyone would prefer that.

Most also seem to be in favour of a reduction, or dissipation of the trades committee. This will go to a vote, but I'll give it another day or two for anyone to add any comments or thoughts.

I believe one of richochet/ele or I confirmed haha, if not, I confirm :)

[elephants]

I'm just waiting on 4 coaches to confirm they will be sticking around, before I'll advertise any available roles up. So far everyone Ive spoken to has committed to the comp, which is great.

I'll be reversing the snake in the Rookie draft tonight so that it runs the same way as the Nat, unless anyone has a strong opinion against that. The majority appeared to favour this idea, but we can put it to a vote if anyone would prefer that.

Most also seem to be in favour of a reduction, or dissipation of the trades committee. This will go to a vote, but I'll give it another day or two for anyone to add any comments or thoughts.

I believe one of richochet/ele or I confirmed haha, if not, I confirm :)

Haha all good mate, I confirmed that we will all be here :)

[Spinking]

Haha. Yeah confirmation from Ele.

I suspect Spite, Ric and Ele are secretly all brothers... And Fark is their slightly deranged cousin...

[Capper]

Yep im still in

[elephants]

Haha. Yeah confirmation from Ele.

I suspect Spite, Ric and Ele are secretly all brothers... And Fark is their slightly deranged cousin...

No comment.

[Nails]

I'm still in. I hope that MTTY is ok, and ok with this though. I understand the logic behind Spinking being appointef, but I abstained from voting as I felt it was not right, as it was MTTy's idea, and it felt a little like a takeover. Just my opinion before anyone questions me. I discussed it with Ringo and he helped me understand the reasoning, but I still felt it not right to vote.

Regardless of whether it was/wasn't a takeover... if things didn't happen very soon there was going to be nothing to take over. An idea is just that unless someone sees it through. The competition was extremely close to being non-existent imo and this was needed and not an option. I know you discussed w/ Ringo the reasoning but that's my 2c.

If it wasn't for this, we wouldn't be talking about MTTY's comp, we'd be talking about the comp MTTY was thinking about running but never did.

[Spinking]

I've now had 12 votes, all in favour of option 3. So from now on - I will approve or reject all votes, however you will have the right to appeal my decisions, in which case it will be referred to the appeals committee. You may do this for your own trades, or for the trades of others if you think they are really lopsided.

I'll update this in the rules thread, will rule on the outstanding trades and will appoint 2 new committee members to join Zip,to ensure this committee is active.

Thanks guys for your trust.

[Spinking]

Folks, Im just working on the fixture for 2013.

Can everyone please let me know who their rivals are, and the name of the particular cup you will be fighting it out for.

I believe JBs Hawks and I will be battling it out for 'The Raptors Cup'

[Torpedo10]

Who wants to be my rival?

[Colliwobblers]

I'll be your rival or anyone's, I don't think i have a rival yet, pity the fool that steps up to the plate  8)

[Holz]

I'll be your rival or anyone's, I don't think i have a rival yet, pity the fool that steps up to the plate  8)

Colli I will challenge you. I think i have a pretty deadly team

[Fletch74]

I'll be your rival or anyone's, I don't think i have a rival yet, pity the fool that steps up to the plate  8)

Likewise, anyone game enough to challenge GAJ and Pendles in the midfield :)

[Colliwobblers]

I'll be your rival or anyone's, I don't think i have a rival yet, pity the fool that steps up to the plate  8)

Colli I will challenge you. I think i have a pretty deadly team

OK Well put Holz and I down as Rivals if that's ok, should make for a robust rivalry the werewovles supporters are fierce and you play us at home at night and you can't expect all your fans to make the bus.....

[Spinking]

Announcement

Today I'm pleased to announce that our trade appeals committee will now be staffed by coaches from other leagues, who are not participating in the BXV. Ziplock (EXV), MyChumps (WXV) and Jayman (AXV) will adjudicate any protested trades. This shouldn't be required often, but gives you the safety net that if you disagree with my judgement, there is an opportunity to challenge the ruling.

Question

I've PM'd MTTY a number of times, and he is now the only coach to not commit to the comp. I think it is definitely fair to give him the opportunity to return in his own time, but my question is: What do we do if he hasn't returned in time for the drafts? Plenty of time before that happens, but Im thinking he really needs to have reconnected by then otherwise his team will hold up the drafts and potentially muck up his team for the next person if he doesn't return. Any thoughts?