# The Field 2026 Bylaws

**Status:** Ready-to-adopt bylaws draft
**League:** The Field
**Yahoo League ID:** 7181
**Yahoo URL:** https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/the_field
**Season:** 2026 fantasy baseball season

This Markdown export is generated from the same source data that powers the bylaws app. Yahoo settings control automated game mechanics; these bylaws control house rules, dispute process, commissioner authority, voting process, money rules, and manual remedies that Yahoo does not enforce automatically.

## Source Precedence

1. **Yahoo settings** - Controls automated scoring, rosters, waivers, trades, playoff format, and platform locks.
2. **Current bylaws and rule ledger** - Controls house rules, dispute handling, commissioner limits, voting, money, and manual remedies.
3. **Passed votes** - Valid only when wording, tally, quorum, threshold, and effective date are recorded.
4. **Written rulings** - Case-specific unless the ruling says it becomes precedent and is added to the ledger.
5. **Published precedent** - Helpful guidance, but not binding when it conflicts with current Yahoo settings or written rules.
6. **Normal chat** - Evidence of intent, not enforceable policy by itself.

## 2026 Yahoo Settings Snapshot

- Draft time: Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 10:05am CDT
- Trade deadline: August 6, 2026
- Scoring: Head-to-Head - Categories
- Teams: 10

### League Identity

| Setting | Value |
| --- | --- |
| League ID | 7181 |
| League Name | The Field |
| Auto-renew Enabled | Yes |
| Custom League URL | https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/the_field |
| Cash League Settings | Not a cash league |
| Max Teams | 10 |
| Invite Permissions | Commissioner Only |
| Make League Publicly Viewable | No |

### Scoring And Schedule

| Setting | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Scoring Type | Head-to-Head - Categories |
| Player Universe | All baseball |
| Start Scoring On | Week 1 |
| Weekly Deadline | Weekly on Monday |
| Min Innings Pitched Per Team Per Week | 18 |
| Playoffs | 4 teams - Weeks 24 and 25, ending Sunday Sep 20 |
| Playoff Tie-Breaker | Higher seed wins |
| Playoff Reseeding | No |
| Divisions | Yes, 2 divisions |
| Playoff Seeding | Division winners awarded top playoff seeds |
| Lock Eliminated Teams | Yes |

### Draft

| Setting | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Draft Type | Offline Draft |
| Draft Time | Sun Mar 22 10:05am CDT |
| Keeper Status | Inactive; 2026 is a redraft season because Yahoo keepers did not work |
| Allow Draft Pick Trades | No |
| Post Draft Players | Free Agents |

### Transactions

| Setting | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Max Acquisitions for Entire Season | No maximum |
| Max Acquisitions per Week | 6 |
| Max Trades for Entire Season | No maximum |
| Trade End Date | August 6, 2026 |
| Trade Review | None |
| Waiver Time | 2 days |
| Waiver Type | Continual rolling list |
| Waiver Mode | Standard |
| New Players Become Available | As soon as Yahoo adds them |
| Add injured players directly to injury slot | No |
| Can't Cut List Provider | Yahoo Sports |

### Roster And Categories

| Setting | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Roster Positions | C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, IL, IL |
| Batters | R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG |
| Pitchers | W, SV, HR allowed, K, ERA, WHIP |
| Lock Benched Players | No |

## Bylaws

### 1. Rule Authority

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Defines what source wins when Yahoo settings, handbook language, chat, polls, and precedent disagree.

**Rules**
- Yahoo settings control automated game mechanics unless these bylaws authorize a manual remedy.
- The final 2026 Yahoo settings snapshot is locked as the platform baseline once Week 1 scoring begins.
- If Yahoo settings, a passed vote, and these bylaws conflict before Week 1, the commissioner must publish a correction or confirmation notice before the first affected scoring period.
- The league must maintain one current bylaws document and rule ledger.
- Official league notice must be posted in a clearly labeled GroupMe, Yahoo, email, or bylaws-app update that states the effective date, deadline, and affected rule or setting.
- Ordinary chat is evidence of intent, but it is not policy unless attached to a vote, written ruling, or rule update.
- No rule change applies retroactively unless every affected manager consents or the change corrects a verified platform or clerical error.

**Historical reason:** Several historical disputes became harder because managers disagreed over whether chat, old handbooks, polls, or commissioner comments controlled.
**Evidence:** Commissioner discretion vs voted rules; 2023 handbook quorum; 2024 handbook governance

**Citations**
- [2023 - 2023 handbook quorum](/findings/#2023-rule-history-2023-handbook-quorum) (resolved): The handbook required majority approval with quorum 7, included contested draft-device language, used exam-based draft order, and still described bylaws as unwritten.
- [2024 - 2024 handbook governance](/findings/#2024-rule-history-2024-handbook-governance) (resolved): The handbook records treasury and league-council creation, no scoring changes, random commissioner-selected draft order the night before, and Bregin replacing Bere as commissioner.
- [2022 - 2022 handbook baseline](/findings/#2022-rule-history-2022-handbook-baseline) (resolved): The handbook documents online Yahoo random draft order, East/West divisions, and punishment options, while providing little substantive bylaw text.

### 2. Rosters, Lineups, And Pitching Minimums

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Separates Yahoo's 18 IP scoring minimum from the league's full-roster conduct expectations.

**Rules**
- Managers must make a good-faith effort to field a complete and legal weekly roster.
- All managers, including eliminated or non-contending managers until Yahoo locks them, must avoid roster conduct that intentionally distorts standings, playoff races, payouts, or opponent outcomes.
- Yahoo's 18-inning minimum controls automated scoring consequences.
- The full pitching roster conduct rule is separate from the 18 IP minimum.
- Intentional failure to field a good-faith pitching roster defaults to forfeiture of affected pitching categories after review.
- No penalty applies for injuries, postponements, rainouts, openers, late scratches, MLB role changes, or Yahoo processing problems outside manager control.

**Historical reason:** The league repeatedly disputed whether the issue was innings, full roster effort, intent, or commissioner discretion.
**Evidence:** 2021 low-IP strategy; 2023 Toth-Craig pitching limit; 2025 full pitching roster forfeiture

**Citations**
- [2021 - Low-IP strategy investigation](/findings/#2021-controversy-low-ip-strategy-investigation) (needs human review): A screenshot prompted questions about whether a pitching strategy should be illegal, with follow-up discussion pointing to the low weekly innings minimum and winter-meeting rule changes.
- [2023 - Toth-Craig pitching limit](/findings/#2023-controversy-toth-craig-pitching-limit) (resolved): Toth sought relief from the 18-inning pitching limit against Craig, citing a full pitching roster and other managers' roster issues; the poll did not uphold the limit.
- [2023 - Innings minimum reduction rejected](/findings/#2023-controversy-innings-minimum-reduction-rejected) (resolved): The league voted on reducing the weekly minimum innings from 18 to 12; the proposal failed 7-2.
- [2025 - 15-IP and full-roster package](/findings/#2025-vote-15-ip-and-full-roster-package) (resolved): A combined proposal to reduce the IP minimum to 15 and forfeit pitching categories for purposeful incomplete pitching rosters passed 4 yes to 2 no.
- [2025 - Full pitching roster penalty](/findings/#2025-vote-full-pitching-roster-penalty) (resolved): A separate vote made purposeful failure to set a full pitching roster a forfeiture of all pitching categories for that week, subject to commissioner discretion, passing 9-0.

### 3. Draft Rules

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Locks the offline redraft process, draft-pick trade ban, and device rules before draft week.

**Rules**
- The 2026 draft is an offline draft on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 10:05am CDT.
- The 2026 season is a redraft season.
- Keeper rules are inactive for 2026 because Yahoo keeper setup did not work.
- Draft pick trades are not allowed for 2026.
- Draft order must be generated by the announced method, timestamped, and preserved before the draft starts.
- Draft order becomes final when the first pick is made unless every manager agrees to restart before the second pick.
- Post-draft schedule, opponent, division, or matchup changes are not allowed unless they correct a verified Yahoo or clerical setup error before Week 1 and are approved by the league council.
- Phones, laptops, tablets, dedicated draft software, automated draft optimizers, draft sheets, research tools, and ordinary draft-prep tools are allowed during the live offline draft unless a restriction is voted on and approved before draft day.
- Remote or proxy drafting must be approved before the draft starts, with recorded proxy instructions before each proxy pick.

**Historical reason:** Keeper counts, draft-pick trades, draft order timing, device expectations, proxy support, and remote drafting have all caused confusion. For 2026, the keeper question is closed because Yahoo keepers did not work.
**Evidence:** Yahoo keeper setup failed; 2018 draft order trades barred; 2024 laptops allowed; 2026 remote draft support

**Citations**
- [2018 - Draft order trades barred](/findings/#2018-policy-draft-order-trades-barred) (resolved): A direct question about trading draft order was answered with a direct no.
- [2019 - Draft-pick trade dispute](/findings/#2019-policy-draft-pick-trade-dispute) (ambiguous): Messages say league rules barred trading draft picks, but keeper-slot consequences and retroactive handling remained disputed.
- [2018 - Keeper count unclear](/findings/#2018-policy-keeper-count-unclear) (ambiguous): A keeper-count poll favored three keepers, but nearby commissioner discussion argued for two and no final clean resolution appears in the allowed inputs.
- [2024 - Laptops allowed at draft](/findings/#2024-decision-laptops-allowed) (resolved): When asked whether computers were banned, the commissioner said laptops were used the prior year and no ban had been mentioned for 2024.
- [2026 - Remote draft support](/findings/#2026-decision-remote-draft-support) (resolved): The commissioner arranged an official stream, printed proxy rankings, identified Gene as default proxy, and noted a location change to Nate's backyard.
- [2026 - Draft info resolved](/findings/#2026-media-draft-info-resolved) (resolved): After media-backed complaints about missing draft date/order details, the official post set the draft for March 21 at 5pm at Joe Daniels and said order would be randomly selected the night before.
- [2026 - Draft order process dispute](/findings/#2026-policy-draft-order-process-dispute) (ambiguous): Draft order was to be randomly selected the night before, but managers complained about lack of notice and requested proof of the drawing.

### 4. Transactions And Waivers

**Status:** Yahoo enforced
**Summary:** Uses Yahoo's rolling waivers, 2-day waiver time, 6 weekly acquisitions, and Yahoo can't-cut list as the baseline.

**Rules**
- Managers have no season-long acquisition maximum.
- Managers may make up to 6 acquisitions per week.
- Waiver time is 2 days and waiver priority is continual rolling list.
- New players are available as soon as Yahoo adds them.
- Yahoo's Can't Cut List controls automated restrictions.
- No paid acquisition system, FAAB budget, or per-move fee is active unless adopted by vote and published in the treasury ledger before the season.
- A manager disputing a waiver, add, drop, or can't-cut outcome must use the formal dispute process.

**Historical reason:** Waiver timing and can't-cut questions recur when managers believe Yahoo allowed or prevented something unexpected.
**Evidence:** 2019 waiver date concern; 2021 Acuna can't-cut question; 2023 FAAB rejected

**Citations**
- [2021 - Acuna can't-cut question](/findings/#2021-controversy-acuna-can-t-cut-question) (ambiguous): Managers questioned how Skly was able to drop a first-round player and whether a future pick penalty or can't-cut exception should apply.
- [2019 - Eddie Rosario accidental drop](/findings/#2019-controversy-eddie-rosario-accidental-drop) (resolved): Nate claimed Eddie Rosario was removed from his roster by a glitch or hack, triggering waiver-position objections, a league straw poll, and a later decision to add Rosario back.
- [2026 - Mason Miller reversal](/findings/#2026-policy-mason-miller-reversal) (resolved): The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a standard policy for genuine immediate technical mistakes reported before games start.

### 5. Accidental Drops And Platform Errors

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Creates a narrow reversal path for genuine mistakes without turning regret into a remedy.

**Rules**
- An accidental drop can be reversed only if reported promptly, normally within 30 minutes.
- The report must occur before the dropped player's next game begins unless extraordinary platform evidence exists.
- The manager must provide credible evidence of accidental input, phone issue, platform glitch, or comparable error.
- No reversal should harm another manager who reasonably relied on the waiver state unless league council approves a fair unwind.
- Strategic regret is not reversible.

**Historical reason:** Rosario and Mason Miller outcomes show the league often wants to fix obvious mistakes, but fairness disputes return without precise timing and evidence standards.
**Evidence:** 2019 Eddie Rosario accidental drop; 2026 Mason Miller drop reversal; 2021 waiver glitch evidence

**Citations**
- [2019 - Eddie Rosario accidental drop](/findings/#2019-controversy-eddie-rosario-accidental-drop) (resolved): Nate claimed Eddie Rosario was removed from his roster by a glitch or hack, triggering waiver-position objections, a league straw poll, and a later decision to add Rosario back.
- [2021 - Acuna can't-cut question](/findings/#2021-controversy-acuna-can-t-cut-question) (ambiguous): Managers questioned how Skly was able to drop a first-round player and whether a future pick penalty or can't-cut exception should apply.
- [2026 - Mason Miller reversal](/findings/#2026-policy-mason-miller-reversal) (resolved): The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a standard policy for genuine immediate technical mistakes reported before games start.
- [2026 - Mason Miller drop reversed](/findings/#2026-result-mason-miller-drop-reversed) (ambiguous): The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a forward policy for immediate technical mistakes, but Toth disputed equal treatment and manager-replacement authority.

### 6. Trades

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Defines finality, reversals, withdrawn offers, and collusion under a Yahoo Trade Review: None league.

**Rules**
- Because Yahoo Trade Review is None, accepted trades are final once Yahoo processes them unless these bylaws allow reversal.
- The 2026 season has no completed-trade season cap unless Yahoo settings are changed by valid vote.
- The historical 7-to-9 outstanding-trade-offer vote applies only to simultaneous outstanding Yahoo trade offers if Yahoo supports and displays that setting; it does not create a completed-trade cap.
- A processed trade may be reversed only for verified platform error, ineligible manager action, explicit collusion finding, mutual consent before games lock, or a documented withdrawal before acceptance.
- A withdrawn-offer claim requires timestamped evidence.
- Collusion requires evidence that managers coordinated to distort competition, evade rules, transfer value for non-league reasons, or benefit a third party improperly.
- Side agreements tied to trades are void, including cash, future favors, conditional assets, player loans, draft order, keeper rights, off-platform compensation, or promises not visible in the Yahoo trade.
- Trade appeals must be filed within 24 hours of the Yahoo notice or before any involved player's next game begins, whichever comes first.

**Historical reason:** Prior trade fights turned on timing, withdrawn offers, arbiter conflicts, review windows, punishment eligibility, and collusion accusations.
**Evidence:** 2020 draft-pick trades reversed; 2023 Toth-Bere trade arbitration; 2026 Judge-Wood collusion allegation

**Citations**
- [2020 - Draft-pick trades reversed](/findings/#2020-vote-draft-pick-trades-reversed) (resolved): After an inquiry and vote, the 2019 draft-pick trades were reversed, with 5 votes to reverse, 3 to let stand, and 2 non-votes.
- [2023 - Toth-Bere trade arbitration](/findings/#2023-controversy-toth-bere-trade-arbitration) (resolved): Toth argued that Bere accepted and pushed through a trade after Toth withdrew, challenged Bere acting as arbiter, and opened a reversal poll; the commissioner kept the trade in place.
- [2025 - Outstanding trades increased](/findings/#2025-vote-outstanding-trades-increased) (resolved): A proposal to increase outstanding trades from 7 to 9 passed 5 yay to 0 nay.
- [2026 - Judge-Wood collusion allegation](/findings/#2026-controversy-judge-wood-collusion-allegation) (unresolved): Managers asked whether Adam or Toth was running an illegal-collusion investigation into a Judge/Jimmy Wood trade, with an added predictive AI or machine-learning allegation.

### 7. Playoffs And Standings

**Status:** Yahoo enforced
**Summary:** Uses Yahoo's 4-team playoff format, division-winner seeding, and higher-seed tie-breaker.

**Rules**
- Four teams make the playoffs in Weeks 24 and 25.
- The playoffs end Sunday, September 20, 2026.
- Division winners receive top playoff seeds.
- Higher seed wins playoff ties.
- No playoff reseeding is used.
- Eliminated teams are locked by Yahoo.
- If Yahoo has not yet locked an eliminated team, that team remains bound by good-faith lineup, trade, waiver, and anti-collusion rules.
- An eliminated or non-contending team may not make a trade, strategic drop, or coordinated roster action primarily to influence another team's playoff race or payout position.

**Historical reason:** Standings and matchup disputes become harder when playoff mechanics and eliminated-team authority are not treated as Yahoo-controlled baseline rules.
**Evidence:** 2019 Craig missed playoffs by tiny margin; 2026 post-draft opponent switch

**Citations**
- [2024 - 2024 handbook governance](/findings/#2024-rule-history-2024-handbook-governance) (resolved): The handbook records treasury and league-council creation, no scoring changes, random commissioner-selected draft order the night before, and Bregin replacing Bere as commissioner.
- [2026 - Post-draft opponent switch](/findings/#2026-controversy-post-draft-opponent-switch) (unresolved): A manager accused Bregin of changing opponents after the draft and assigning Toth during a bad week, followed by a claim that the commissioner had already lost control.

### 8. Money, Dues, And Payouts

**Status:** Needs vote
**Summary:** The Yahoo league is not a cash league, so side money requires a separate treasury ledger and an activated payout table.

**Rules**
- No side buy-in, payout, fine, prize, punishment payment, or standings-money schedule is enforceable unless published in the treasury ledger before the first affected scoring period.
- If side money is active and the historical standings-money table is adopted, regular-season finish determines the amount owed to the league champion: 1st $0, 2nd $25, 3rd $50, 4th $75, 5th $100, 6th $100, 7th $125, 8th $150, 9th $175, 10th $200.
- The standings-money table is inactive for any season where the treasury ledger does not confirm side money, source vote, payment deadline, and responsible payers.
- The treasury ledger must list buy-in, payment deadline, payout schedule, standings money, champion offsets, fines, paid dates, amounts owed, and source vote.
- If handbook text, chat, and poll results conflict, the treasury ledger controls only if it cites a valid source.
- No payout rule may change after the season starts unless every affected manager consents.
- If a manager misses a published payment deadline, the commissioner must issue written notice and a 72-hour cure period before any penalty is applied.
- Late fees, daily fines, payout holds, future-entry restrictions, or loss of prize eligibility are enforceable only if the treasury ledger adopted them before the missed deadline.
- No manager may offer or accept side money, payment, discount, or non-league consideration to influence trades, waiver moves, lineup decisions, votes, punishment outcomes, or owner replacement.

**Historical reason:** Historical payout disputes came from mismatches between polls, handbook amounts, champion offsets, and what managers believed they were owed.
**Evidence:** 2023 standings-money schedule; 2024 standings payout reconfirmed; 2024 payout ladder conflict; 2024 Brad payout dispute

**Citations**
- [2023 - Standings-money schedule](/findings/#2023-vote-standings-money-schedule) (resolved): A regular-season standings money schedule owed to the champion passed 3 yay to 1 nay.
- [2024 - Standings payout reconfirmed](/findings/#2024-vote-standings-payout-reconfirmed) (resolved): The standings-money schedule passed again, and later messages treated regular-season standings as the voted payout basis.
- [2024 - Payout ladder conflict](/findings/#2024-media-payout-ladder-conflict) (needs human review): Polls approved regular-season standings payments with 9th at $175, but the 2024 handbook shows 9th at $75; later Brad/payment media challenge the mismatch.
- [2024 - Brad payout dispute](/findings/#2024-controversy-brad-payout-dispute) (ambiguous): A regular-season payout rule created a dispute over what Brad was owed, whether Craig paying $0 was fair, and whether handbook text or the poll governed Bere's amount.
- [2019 - Late-payment fine](/findings/#2019-policy-late-payment-fine) (resolved): A message imposed a $1 daily fine for late or incorrect payments and noted Brad still needed $200.

### 9. Commissioner And League Council

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Keeps commissioner authority useful but bounded, especially when the commissioner is involved in a dispute.

**Rules**
- The commissioner administers Yahoo settings, records votes, publishes rule updates, resolves routine questions, and preserves league records.
- The commissioner may not create retroactive rules, change payout obligations, alter matchup outcomes, appoint permanent replacement managers, reverse trades, or impose major penalties unless authorized by the bylaws.
- The commissioner may not silently change Yahoo settings, divisions, schedule, playoff structure, draft order, transaction limits, or payout records after they are published.
- The commissioner must recuse from disputes involving the commissioner's own roster, trade, payout, matchup, penalty, or owner status.
- The league should maintain a three-manager league council before Opening Day.
- Emergency commissioner action may preserve the status quo, but emergency action is not a final ruling.

**Historical reason:** Many disputes were less about the rule itself and more about who had authority to decide it.
**Evidence:** Commissioner discretion vs voted rules; 2023 commissioner statement; 2026 midseason owner replacement authority

**Citations**
- [2024 - 2024 handbook governance](/findings/#2024-rule-history-2024-handbook-governance) (resolved): The handbook records treasury and league-council creation, no scoring changes, random commissioner-selected draft order the night before, and Bregin replacing Bere as commissioner.
- [2023 - Toth-Bere trade arbitration](/findings/#2023-controversy-toth-bere-trade-arbitration) (resolved): Toth argued that Bere accepted and pushed through a trade after Toth withdrew, challenged Bere acting as arbiter, and opened a reversal poll; the commissioner kept the trade in place.
- [2026 - Midseason owner replacement authority](/findings/#2026-controversy-midseason-owner-replacement-authority) (ambiguous): After the Mason Miller ruling, Toth quit and a new manager was announced; managers questioned whether the commissioner had authority to appoint a new owner midseason before Toth later returned.
- [2026 - Mid-season manager authority](/findings/#2026-proposal-mid-season-manager-authority) (unresolved): Managers questioned whether a commissioner had authority to unilaterally appoint a new manager or owner mid-season after Toth quit.
- [2026 - Post-draft opponent switch](/findings/#2026-controversy-post-draft-opponent-switch) (unresolved): A manager accused Bregin of changing opponents after the draft and assigning Toth during a bad week, followed by a claim that the commissioner had already lost control.

### 10. Voting And Rule Changes

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Makes poll wording, quorum, threshold, effective date, and implementation status mandatory.

**Rules**
- Every formal poll must state exact proposal text, eligible voters, deadline, quorum, pass threshold, effective date, and whether Yahoo settings must change.
- Quorum is 7 submitted votes in a 10-team league unless a higher threshold applies.
- Ordinary offseason rule changes pass if quorum is met and yes votes exceed no votes.
- Major changes require at least 6 yes votes.
- Midseason competitive-balance changes apply prospectively and require unanimous consent of non-abstaining managers or deferral to the offseason.
- After any vote requiring a Yahoo settings change, the commissioner must publish implementation proof, such as the updated setting value or screenshot.
- If a passed settings change is not implemented before the first affected scoring period, the existing Yahoo setting controls until the change is implemented prospectively or unanimously backdated by affected managers.
- After a vote closes, the commissioner must publish wording, tally, non-votes, effective date, and implementation status.

**Historical reason:** Clear votes usually ended disputes. Vague polls created new fights about scope, quorum, timing, or whether anything actually changed.
**Evidence:** 2023 innings minimum reduction rejected; 2025 full pitching roster forfeiture; 2025 outstanding trade limit

**Citations**
- [2023 - 2023 handbook quorum](/findings/#2023-rule-history-2023-handbook-quorum) (resolved): The handbook required majority approval with quorum 7, included contested draft-device language, used exam-based draft order, and still described bylaws as unwritten.
- [2023 - Innings minimum reduction rejected](/findings/#2023-controversy-innings-minimum-reduction-rejected) (resolved): The league voted on reducing the weekly minimum innings from 18 to 12; the proposal failed 7-2.
- [2025 - 15-IP and full-roster package](/findings/#2025-vote-15-ip-and-full-roster-package) (resolved): A combined proposal to reduce the IP minimum to 15 and forfeit pitching categories for purposeful incomplete pitching rosters passed 4 yes to 2 no.
- [2025 - Full pitching roster penalty](/findings/#2025-vote-full-pitching-roster-penalty) (resolved): A separate vote made purposeful failure to set a full pitching roster a forfeiture of all pitching categories for that week, subject to commissioner discretion, passing 9-0.
- [2025 - Outstanding trades increased](/findings/#2025-vote-outstanding-trades-increased) (resolved): A proposal to increase outstanding trades from 7 to 9 passed 5 yay to 0 nay.

### 11. Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Creates one formal path for claims, evidence, emergency freezes, rulings, and appeals.

**Rules**
- A formal dispute begins only when a manager submits the claim, cited rule, requested remedy, timestamped evidence, affected managers, and emergency request if any.
- Useful evidence includes Yahoo logs, roster screenshots, matchup screenshots, poll results, message IDs, timestamps, handbook sections, and commissioner notices.
- Screenshots or media evidence should include enough surrounding context to identify the date, platform, affected team, player, transaction, or matchup.
- Media, PDFs, and screenshots used as evidence should be preserved in the archive or linked from a stable message ID whenever possible.
- Cropped screenshots, jokes, vibes, writing-style claims, and unsupported recollections may support investigation but are not enough by themselves for sanctions or reversals.
- Unless a specific rule says otherwise, disputes must be filed within 24 hours of discovery and before fair unwind becomes impossible.
- Initial rulings must state facts found, rule applied, remedy or denial, precedent status, and appeal deadline.
- Appeals must identify the factual or rule error being challenged.

**Historical reason:** The archive contains many screenshots and message fragments, but final clarity drops when the claim, rule, remedy, and ruling are scattered across chat.
**Evidence:** media evidence index; 2023 commissioner statement affects precedent; 2024 payout ladder conflict

**Citations**
- [2023 - Toth-Bere trade arbitration](/findings/#2023-controversy-toth-bere-trade-arbitration) (resolved): Toth argued that Bere accepted and pushed through a trade after Toth withdrew, challenged Bere acting as arbiter, and opened a reversal poll; the commissioner kept the trade in place.
- [2024 - Payout ladder conflict](/findings/#2024-media-payout-ladder-conflict) (needs human review): Polls approved regular-season standings payments with 9th at $175, but the 2024 handbook shows 9th at $75; later Brad/payment media challenge the mismatch.
- [2026 - Mason Miller drop reversed](/findings/#2026-result-mason-miller-drop-reversed) (ambiguous): The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a forward policy for immediate technical mistakes, but Toth disputed equal treatment and manager-replacement authority.

### 12. Conduct, Integrity, And Technology

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Defines good-faith competition, collusion, outside tools, and evidence standards.

**Rules**
- Managers must compete in good faith and manage their own teams.
- Managers may not coordinate rosters, trades, waivers, starts, sits, or payments to benefit a team improperly or harm another team outside normal competition.
- Managers may not use side payments, discounts, favors, shared assets, external bets, or off-platform conditions to influence any league action.
- Public baseball information, news, projections, machine-learning models, AI tools, and personal notes are allowed unless a specific draft or technology rule is voted on and adopted to prohibit a use.
- Accusations based on screenshots, writing style, jokes, or unsupported recollections require actual evidence before sanctions are discussed.

**Historical reason:** The record mixes draft-device expectations, phones, proxy rankings, remote support, AI and machine-learning allegations, and broader accusations that lacked clear evidence standards.
**Evidence:** 2024 laptops allowed; 2026 remote draft support; AI/ML governance gap; media evidence index

**Citations**
- [2026 - AI and machine-learning governance gap](/findings/#2026-policy-ai-machine-learning-governance-gap) (unresolved): The archive contains generative AI, predictive AI, and machine-learning allegations, but no clean vote or official ruling establishing an AI/ML policy.
- [2025 - Generative AI punishment claim](/findings/#2025-controversy-generative-ai-punishment-claim) (unresolved): Managers accused Toth of using generative AI in a league context and suggested punishment, but no adopted rule or final ruling is visible.
- [2026 - Judge-Wood collusion allegation](/findings/#2026-controversy-judge-wood-collusion-allegation) (unresolved): Managers asked whether Adam or Toth was running an illegal-collusion investigation into a Judge/Jimmy Wood trade, with an added predictive AI or machine-learning allegation.
- [2024 - Laptops allowed at draft](/findings/#2024-decision-laptops-allowed) (resolved): When asked whether computers were banned, the commissioner said laptops were used the prior year and no ban had been mentioned for 2024.

### 13. Owner Replacement And Abandoned Teams

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Defines resignation, abandonment, caretaker authority, replacement approval, and return rights.

**Rules**
- A manager resigns only by clear written statement or conduct the commissioner and league council determine is abandonment.
- A co-manager, assistant, shared-login user, or proxy manager may act only if the primary manager gives written notice and the commissioner records the person's authority before action is taken.
- Each team has one vote; a co-manager or proxy may vote only with recorded authorization from the primary manager.
- The primary manager is responsible for all authorized co-manager, proxy, and shared-access actions.
- The commissioner may appoint a temporary caretaker only to preserve roster legality and competitive integrity.
- A caretaker may not make discretionary trades or strategic drops unless league council approves.
- A permanent midseason replacement requires commissioner notice and league council confirmation.
- A returning manager requires league council approval and must not unfairly affect competition or payouts.

**Historical reason:** Midseason owner replacement and resignation disputes become governance fights when no process exists before someone quits or returns.
**Evidence:** 2026 midseason owner replacement authority; 2026 mid-season manager authority

**Citations**
- [2026 - Midseason owner replacement authority](/findings/#2026-controversy-midseason-owner-replacement-authority) (ambiguous): After the Mason Miller ruling, Toth quit and a new manager was announced; managers questioned whether the commissioner had authority to appoint a new owner midseason before Toth later returned.
- [2026 - Mid-season manager authority](/findings/#2026-proposal-mid-season-manager-authority) (unresolved): Managers questioned whether a commissioner had authority to unilaterally appoint a new manager or owner mid-season after Toth quit.

### 14. Records And Annual Review

**Status:** House rule
**Summary:** Turns rulings and disputes into a durable archive so the same fights do not recur.

**Rules**
- The commissioner should preserve the current bylaws, rule ledger, vote ledger, treasury ledger, dispute rulings, draft packet, and Yahoo settings snapshot.
- Before Opening Day, the commissioner should publish a preseason lock packet containing the final Yahoo settings snapshot, schedule/divisions, draft order proof, treasury ledger status, league council, approved co-managers, and unresolved clarifications.
- After each season, every dispute should be classified as rule change needed, precedent recorded, no action, or archive only.
- Before the next draft, the commissioner should publish updated Yahoo settings, proposed rule changes, open ambiguities, and the final bylaws.

**Historical reason:** The same themes recur across years because resolved cases were not always converted into clean future-facing rules.
**Evidence:** bylaws evolution; controversy index; poll index

**Citations**
- [2023 - 2023 handbook quorum](/findings/#2023-rule-history-2023-handbook-quorum) (resolved): The handbook required majority approval with quorum 7, included contested draft-device language, used exam-based draft order, and still described bylaws as unwritten.
- [2024 - 2024 handbook governance](/findings/#2024-rule-history-2024-handbook-governance) (resolved): The handbook records treasury and league-council creation, no scoring changes, random commissioner-selected draft order the night before, and Bregin replacing Bere as commissioner.
- [2024 - Payout ladder conflict](/findings/#2024-media-payout-ladder-conflict) (needs human review): Polls approved regular-season standings payments with 9th at $175, but the 2024 handbook shows 9th at $75; later Brad/payment media challenge the mismatch.
- [2026 - Draft order process dispute](/findings/#2026-policy-draft-order-process-dispute) (ambiguous): Draft order was to be randomly selected the night before, but managers complained about lack of notice and requested proof of the drawing.

## Payout Structure

**Status:** Historical standings-money schedule; 2026 activation still requires treasury-ledger confirmation.
**Source:** Passed 3-1 on December 24, 2023, then reconfirmed 4-2 on January 25, 2024.
**Caveat:** Amounts are the regular-season finish payment owed to the league champion when side money is active. If 2026 has no side money, this table is inactive.

| Regular-season finish | Amount owed to champion |
| --- | --- |
| 1st | $0 |
| 2nd | $25 |
| 3rd | $50 |
| 4th | $75 |
| 5th | $100 |
| 6th | $100 |
| 7th | $125 |
| 8th | $150 |
| 9th | $175 |
| 10th | $200 |

## Ruling Checklist

1. Is Yahoo already enforcing the outcome?
2. What exact Yahoo setting or written rule applies?
3. Is the commissioner directly involved and required to recuse?
4. Was the dispute filed on time?
5. What timestamped evidence exists?
6. Is the requested remedy reversible and fair to non-involved teams?
7. Is this a one-off ruling or future precedent?
8. Does this require a vote or bylaws update?

## Ruling Assistant Issue Paths

### Trade reversal or collusion claim

- Applies to: Trades; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals; Commissioner And League Council
- Deadline: File within 24 hours of the Yahoo transaction notice or before any involved player's next game begins, whichever comes first.
- Evidence packet: Yahoo transaction notice; Trade offer/withdrawal timestamps; Chat messages; Screenshots; Reason collusion is alleged
- Default path: Treat the trade as final unless the packet proves platform error, ineligible manager action, documented withdrawal before acceptance, mutual consent before lock, or collusion.
- Warning: Bad value is not enough. The collusion standard requires evidence of coordinated improper benefit.

### Accidental drop or waiver mistake

- Applies to: Accidental Drops And Platform Errors; Transactions And Waivers; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals
- Deadline: Expected within 30 minutes and before the dropped player's next game begins.
- Evidence packet: Yahoo transaction timestamp; Immediate chat notice; Phone/platform glitch evidence; Waiver impact; Whether another manager relied on the drop
- Default path: Freeze the player if needed, gather evidence, then restore only if the narrow mistake remedy is satisfied.
- Warning: Strategic regret is never reversible.

### Incomplete roster, pitching minimum, or lineup manipulation

- Applies to: Rosters, Lineups, And Pitching Minimums; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals
- Deadline: Raise as soon as discovered, ideally before the weekly matchup locks or before scoring is finalized.
- Evidence packet: Roster screenshot; Available pitchers; Injury/postponement context; Yahoo IP status; Intent evidence
- Default path: Separate objective Yahoo IP minimum from full-roster conduct. Penalize only intentional good-faith roster failure after review.
- Warning: Rainouts, injuries, late scratches, and Yahoo processing are safe harbors unless intent is shown.

### Payout, dues, fine, or standings-money dispute

- Applies to: Money, Dues, And Payouts; Voting And Rule Changes; Rule Authority
- Deadline: Resolve before payments are made; no retroactive payout change after season start without consent of affected managers.
- Evidence packet: Treasury ledger; Vote source; Handbook text; Payment record; Amount claimed
- Default path: Use the treasury ledger if it cites a valid source. If no ledger or conflicting source exists, pause payment and send to council or vote.
- Warning: The Yahoo league is not a cash league; money rules exist only if the league publishes and adopts them.

### Draft, redraft, device, proxy, or draft-order issue

- Applies to: Draft Rules; Voting And Rule Changes; Rule Authority
- Deadline: Before the draft starts whenever possible. Draft-day changes require emergency consensus.
- Evidence packet: Draft packet; Draft order proof; Yahoo keeper setup status; Device rule notice; Proxy instructions
- Default path: Use the draft packet and rule ledger. Keeper rules are inactive for 2026 because Yahoo keepers did not work.
- Warning: Draft rules should freeze seven days before the draft.

### Yahoo setting, schedule, or opponent assignment issue

- Applies to: Rule Authority; Draft Rules; Playoffs And Standings; Voting And Rule Changes
- Deadline: Raise before the first affected scoring period whenever possible.
- Evidence packet: Yahoo settings screenshot; Schedule/division screenshot; Draft packet; Vote result; Commissioner notice; Date the setting changed
- Default path: Use the published Yahoo setting unless a verified clerical or platform error is corrected before the affected scoring period or affected managers unanimously consent.
- Warning: Silent settings, schedule, or opponent changes after publication should not stand without council review.

### Commissioner authority, recusal, or owner replacement

- Applies to: Commissioner And League Council; Owner Replacement And Abandoned Teams; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals
- Deadline: Raise immediately if the commissioner is involved or if a team is being replaced midseason.
- Evidence packet: Commissioner action; Affected team; Conflict of interest; Council vote; Roster status
- Default path: Require recusal for direct involvement. Emergency action may preserve status quo but final action needs council or non-involved manager approval.
- Warning: Emergency authority is not permanent authority.

### Co-manager, proxy, caretaker, or shared-access action

- Applies to: Owner Replacement And Abandoned Teams; Conduct, Integrity, And Technology; Commissioner And League Council
- Deadline: Record authority before the co-manager, proxy, or caretaker acts whenever possible.
- Evidence packet: Primary manager authorization; Commissioner notice; Action taken; Scope of authority; Affected transaction or vote
- Default path: Honor only recorded authority, keep one vote per team, and hold the primary manager responsible for authorized actions.
- Warning: Shared access cannot be used to evade owner replacement, collusion, draft, or trade rules.

## Pending Clarifications

### 18 IP Yahoo setting vs 2025 15 IP vote

- Priority: High
- Decision path: System Based
- Area: Rosters
- Question: Does the current Yahoo 18-inning setting intentionally override the 2025 vote to move the minimum to 15, or does Yahoo need to be changed?
- Why it matters: The pasted 2026 Yahoo settings say 18 IP, while the archive records a 2025 vote for a 15-IP and full-roster package.
- Proposed resolution: Before Opening Day, vote or commissioner notice should confirm either: keep Yahoo at 18 for 2026, or change Yahoo to 15 and record the implementation.
- Related rules: Rosters, Lineups, And Pitching Minimums; Voting And Rule Changes
- Citation IDs: c-2025-15-ip-package; c-2025-full-pitching-penalty; c-2023-ip-reduction-rejected

### Full pitching roster penalty discretion

- Priority: High
- Decision path: League Vote
- Area: Rosters
- Question: Is the penalty automatic, commissioner-discretionary, or council-reviewed?
- Why it matters: The 2025 full-roster penalty passed, but the bylaws language still needs to define when discretion applies and who reviews edge cases.
- Proposed resolution: Adopt a default automatic category forfeiture for intentional violations, with council review for injuries, postponements, role changes, and Yahoo processing issues.
- Related rules: Rosters, Lineups, And Pitching Minimums; Commissioner And League Council
- Citation IDs: c-2025-full-pitching-penalty; c-2023-toth-craig-ip; c-2021-low-ip

### Side money and payout ledger

- Priority: High
- Decision path: League Vote
- Area: Money
- Question: Is side money active in 2026, and does the treasury ledger adopt the historical standings-money payout table?
- Why it matters: Yahoo says not a cash league, while historical payout disputes show the standings table, handbook text, and payment expectations can conflict.
- Proposed resolution: If side money exists, publish a treasury ledger before buy-ins are collected that adopts or replaces the standings-money table. If no side money exists, mark the table and all payout/fine rules inactive.
- Related rules: Money, Dues, And Payouts; Rule Authority
- Citation IDs: c-2023-standings-money; c-2024-standings-payout; c-2024-payout-conflict; c-2024-brad-payout

### Payment enforcement terms

- Priority: High
- Decision path: League Vote
- Area: Money
- Question: If side money is active, what exact late-payment penalties, payout holds, or future-entry restrictions apply?
- Why it matters: The archive includes a late-payment fine and later payout disputes, but penalties should not be improvised after a deadline passes.
- Proposed resolution: Publish a treasury-ledger payment schedule with a deadline, 72-hour cure period, and any late fees or payout holds before money is due.
- Related rules: Money, Dues, And Payouts; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals
- Citation IDs: c-2019-late-payment-fine; c-2024-payout-conflict; c-2024-brad-payout

### Draft device restriction and proxy procedure

- Priority: Medium
- Decision path: League Vote
- Area: Draft
- Question: If anyone wants to restrict phones, laptops, tablets, draft software, automated draft optimizers, or draft-prep tools, what vote threshold and deadline apply, and what is the remote or proxy drafting procedure?
- Why it matters: Device and draft-prep tools are allowed by default, so restrictions should not be improvised on draft day; the draft packet still needs to publish the remote stream, proxy method, and how proxy instructions are recorded.
- Proposed resolution: Draft packet should state that phones, laptops, tablets, dedicated draft software, automated draft optimizers, printed rankings, and ordinary prep tools are allowed unless a restriction is voted on and approved before draft day, then publish the remote/proxy method.
- Related rules: Draft Rules; Conduct, Integrity, And Technology
- Citation IDs: c-2024-laptops-allowed; c-2026-remote-draft; c-2026-draft-info

### AI and machine-learning tool policy

- Priority: High
- Decision path: League Vote
- Area: Technology
- Question: Are AI and machine-learning tools allowed for draft prep, projections, trade analysis, roster decisions, message drafting, and evidence review, and does any use require disclosure?
- Why it matters: The archive includes generative AI and predictive AI allegations, but no clean vote or official ruling establishing an AI/ML policy. Because AI tools are common, restrictions should be explicit rather than implied from accusations.
- Proposed resolution: State that AI and machine-learning tools are allowed unless a specific restriction is voted on and approved; separately prohibit fabricated evidence, unauthorized account access, automated Yahoo actions without manager approval, and collusion or shared team control.
- Related rules: Conduct, Integrity, And Technology; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals; Draft Rules
- Citation IDs: c-2026-ai-ml-governance; c-2025-generative-ai-claim; c-2026-judge-wood

### Draft order and schedule lock

- Priority: High
- Decision path: System Based
- Area: Draft
- Question: When are draft order, divisions, schedule, and opponent assignments final?
- Why it matters: The 2026 record includes complaints about draft-order proof and a later post-draft opponent-switch allegation.
- Proposed resolution: Publish draft-order proof before the draft, then lock schedule/divisions/opponents after publication unless a verified Yahoo or clerical error is corrected before Week 1 with council approval.
- Related rules: Draft Rules; Playoffs And Standings; Commissioner And League Council
- Citation IDs: c-2026-draft-order-process; c-2026-opponent-switch; c-2026-draft-info

### Trade withdrawal and reversal standard

- Priority: Medium
- Decision path: Commissioner Call
- Area: Trades
- Question: With Yahoo Trade Review set to None, what proof reverses a processed trade?
- Why it matters: Prior trade disputes turned on withdrawal timing, platform settings, arbiter conflicts, and collusion allegations.
- Proposed resolution: Keep processed trades final unless timestamped evidence proves one listed reversal ground in the bylaws.
- Related rules: Trades; Disputes, Evidence, And Appeals
- Citation IDs: c-2020-draft-trades-reversed; c-2023-toth-bere-trade; c-2026-judge-wood

### Outstanding trade offer limit

- Priority: Medium
- Decision path: System Based
- Area: Trades
- Question: Does the 2025 vote to move outstanding trade offers from 7 to 9 apply in Yahoo for 2026?
- Why it matters: The finding says outstanding trade offers increased 5-0, but it does not create a completed-trade season cap and may depend on Yahoo support.
- Proposed resolution: If Yahoo supports the setting, implement and publish proof of 9 outstanding offers. If Yahoo does not support it, mark the rule inactive rather than treating it as a completed-trade cap.
- Related rules: Trades; Voting And Rule Changes
- Citation IDs: c-2025-trades-increased

### Accidental drop reporting window

- Priority: Medium
- Decision path: Commissioner Call
- Area: Waivers
- Question: Is the 30-minute reporting window formally adopted, and does it apply before games start or before waivers process?
- Why it matters: Rosario and Mason Miller show similar remedies but different fairness objections.
- Proposed resolution: Ratify a narrow error-remedy rule with a 30-minute expected report window, game-start cutoff, evidence requirement, and no strategic regret.
- Related rules: Accidental Drops And Platform Errors; Transactions And Waivers
- Citation IDs: c-2019-rosario-drop; c-2026-mason-policy; c-2026-mason-result

### Midseason owner replacement authority

- Priority: Medium
- Decision path: League Vote
- Area: Commissioner
- Question: Who can appoint a temporary or permanent replacement manager when someone quits midseason?
- Why it matters: The 2026 owner-replacement dispute shows the league needs a process before a resignation happens.
- Proposed resolution: Approve league-council confirmation for permanent replacements and limit caretakers to roster legality until confirmed.
- Related rules: Owner Replacement And Abandoned Teams; Commissioner And League Council
- Citation IDs: c-2026-owner-authority; c-2026-manager-authority

### Co-manager and shared-access authority

- Priority: Medium
- Decision path: Commissioner Call
- Area: Owners
- Question: Who may act for a team when a manager has a co-manager, proxy, shared login, or temporary assistant?
- Why it matters: Recent owner-replacement and co-manager discussion creates the same authority risk as prior midseason manager disputes.
- Proposed resolution: Require written primary-manager authorization, commissioner recording, one vote per team, and primary-manager responsibility for all authorized actions.
- Related rules: Owner Replacement And Abandoned Teams; Conduct, Integrity, And Technology
- Citation IDs: c-2026-owner-authority; c-2026-manager-authority

### Preseason lock packet

- Priority: High
- Decision path: Commissioner Call
- Area: Records
- Question: Has the commissioner published the final preseason packet for settings, schedule, council, treasury status, co-managers, and open clarifications?
- Why it matters: Most recurring disputes arise when the league cannot tell whether a setting, vote, document, or commissioner action was final.
- Proposed resolution: Before Opening Day, publish one lock packet with Yahoo settings, schedule/divisions, draft order proof, treasury status, council, approved co-managers, and unresolved clarification list.
- Related rules: Rule Authority; Records And Annual Review; Voting And Rule Changes
- Citation IDs: c-2024-handbook-governance; c-2026-draft-order-process; c-2024-payout-conflict

## Adoption Queue

### Ratify the house-rule authority structure

- Why: Without it, old chat and handbook fragments keep competing with current written rules.
- Vote: Majority with quorum

### Elect or confirm a three-manager league council

- Why: The council is needed for recusal, trade appeals, owner replacement, and payout disputes.
- Vote: Majority with quorum

### Publish a treasury ledger if any side money exists

- Why: Yahoo says not a cash league, so the standings-money payout table needs an external ledger and source vote before it is active.
- Vote: At least 6 yes votes for payout schedules

### Publish the preseason lock packet

- Why: The packet locks Yahoo settings, schedule/divisions, draft order proof, council, treasury status, co-manager authority, and unresolved clarifications before disputes start.
- Vote: Commissioner notice with council review

### Publish draft-room device default before draft day

- Why: The offline draft packet should clearly state that phones, laptops, tablets, dedicated draft software, automated optimizers, and proxy support are allowed unless a restriction is voted on and approved before draft day.
- Vote: League vote required for any restriction; commissioner notice for proxy procedure

## Citation Catalog

| ID | Year | Title | Status | Summary | Link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| c-2023-handbook-quorum | 2023 | 2023 handbook quorum | resolved | The handbook required majority approval with quorum 7, included contested draft-device language, used exam-based draft order, and still described bylaws as unwritten. | /findings/#2023-rule-history-2023-handbook-quorum |
| c-2024-handbook-governance | 2024 | 2024 handbook governance | resolved | The handbook records treasury and league-council creation, no scoring changes, random commissioner-selected draft order the night before, and Bregin replacing Bere as commissioner. | /findings/#2024-rule-history-2024-handbook-governance |
| c-2022-handbook-baseline | 2022 | 2022 handbook baseline | resolved | The handbook documents online Yahoo random draft order, East/West divisions, and punishment options, while providing little substantive bylaw text. | /findings/#2022-rule-history-2022-handbook-baseline |
| c-2021-low-ip | 2021 | Low-IP strategy investigation | needs human review | A screenshot prompted questions about whether a pitching strategy should be illegal, with follow-up discussion pointing to the low weekly innings minimum and winter-meeting rule changes. | /findings/#2021-controversy-low-ip-strategy-investigation |
| c-2023-toth-craig-ip | 2023 | Toth-Craig pitching limit | resolved | Toth sought relief from the 18-inning pitching limit against Craig, citing a full pitching roster and other managers' roster issues; the poll did not uphold the limit. | /findings/#2023-controversy-toth-craig-pitching-limit |
| c-2023-ip-reduction-rejected | 2023 | Innings minimum reduction rejected | resolved | The league voted on reducing the weekly minimum innings from 18 to 12; the proposal failed 7-2. | /findings/#2023-controversy-innings-minimum-reduction-rejected |
| c-2025-15-ip-package | 2025 | 15-IP and full-roster package | resolved | A combined proposal to reduce the IP minimum to 15 and forfeit pitching categories for purposeful incomplete pitching rosters passed 4 yes to 2 no. | /findings/#2025-vote-15-ip-and-full-roster-package |
| c-2025-full-pitching-penalty | 2025 | Full pitching roster penalty | resolved | A separate vote made purposeful failure to set a full pitching roster a forfeiture of all pitching categories for that week, subject to commissioner discretion, passing 9-0. | /findings/#2025-vote-full-pitching-roster-penalty |
| c-2018-draft-trades-barred | 2018 | Draft order trades barred | resolved | A direct question about trading draft order was answered with a direct no. | /findings/#2018-policy-draft-order-trades-barred |
| c-2019-draft-pick-dispute | 2019 | Draft-pick trade dispute | ambiguous | Messages say league rules barred trading draft picks, but keeper-slot consequences and retroactive handling remained disputed. | /findings/#2019-policy-draft-pick-trade-dispute |
| c-2018-keeper-count | 2018 | Keeper count unclear | ambiguous | A keeper-count poll favored three keepers, but nearby commissioner discussion argued for two and no final clean resolution appears in the allowed inputs. | /findings/#2018-policy-keeper-count-unclear |
| c-2020-no-computer | 2020 | No-computer draft rule | ambiguous | Messages discuss a no-computer or no-laptop draft rule, but the allowed inputs do not show clean ratification or final text. | /findings/#2020-policy-no-computer-draft-rule |
| c-2024-laptops-allowed | 2024 | Laptops allowed at draft | resolved | When asked whether computers were banned, the commissioner said laptops were used the prior year and no ban had been mentioned for 2024. | /findings/#2024-decision-laptops-allowed |
| c-2026-remote-draft | 2026 | Remote draft support | resolved | The commissioner arranged an official stream, printed proxy rankings, identified Gene as default proxy, and noted a location change to Nate's backyard. | /findings/#2026-decision-remote-draft-support |
| c-2026-draft-info | 2026 | Draft info resolved | resolved | After media-backed complaints about missing draft date/order details, the official post set the draft for March 21 at 5pm at Joe Daniels and said order would be randomly selected the night before. | /findings/#2026-media-draft-info-resolved |
| c-2026-draft-order-process | 2026 | Draft order process dispute | ambiguous | Draft order was to be randomly selected the night before, but managers complained about lack of notice and requested proof of the drawing. | /findings/#2026-policy-draft-order-process-dispute |
| c-2026-opponent-switch | 2026 | Post-draft opponent switch | unresolved | A manager accused Bregin of changing opponents after the draft and assigning Toth during a bad week, followed by a claim that the commissioner had already lost control. | /findings/#2026-controversy-post-draft-opponent-switch |
| c-2019-rosario-drop | 2019 | Eddie Rosario accidental drop | resolved | Nate claimed Eddie Rosario was removed from his roster by a glitch or hack, triggering waiver-position objections, a league straw poll, and a later decision to add Rosario back. | /findings/#2019-controversy-eddie-rosario-accidental-drop |
| c-2021-acuna-cut | 2021 | Acuna can't-cut question | ambiguous | Managers questioned how Skly was able to drop a first-round player and whether a future pick penalty or can't-cut exception should apply. | /findings/#2021-controversy-acuna-can-t-cut-question |
| c-2026-mason-policy | 2026 | Mason Miller reversal | resolved | The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a standard policy for genuine immediate technical mistakes reported before games start. | /findings/#2026-policy-mason-miller-reversal |
| c-2026-mason-result | 2026 | Mason Miller drop reversed | ambiguous | The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a forward policy for immediate technical mistakes, but Toth disputed equal treatment and manager-replacement authority. | /findings/#2026-result-mason-miller-drop-reversed |
| c-2020-draft-trades-reversed | 2020 | Draft-pick trades reversed | resolved | After an inquiry and vote, the 2019 draft-pick trades were reversed, with 5 votes to reverse, 3 to let stand, and 2 non-votes. | /findings/#2020-vote-draft-pick-trades-reversed |
| c-2023-toth-bere-trade | 2023 | Toth-Bere trade arbitration | resolved | Toth argued that Bere accepted and pushed through a trade after Toth withdrew, challenged Bere acting as arbiter, and opened a reversal poll; the commissioner kept the trade in place. | /findings/#2023-controversy-toth-bere-trade-arbitration |
| c-2025-trades-increased | 2025 | Outstanding trades increased | resolved | A proposal to increase outstanding trades from 7 to 9 passed 5 yay to 0 nay. | /findings/#2025-vote-outstanding-trades-increased |
| c-2026-judge-wood | 2026 | Judge-Wood collusion allegation | unresolved | Managers asked whether Adam or Toth was running an illegal-collusion investigation into a Judge/Jimmy Wood trade, with an added predictive AI or machine-learning allegation. | /findings/#2026-controversy-judge-wood-collusion-allegation |
| c-2025-generative-ai-claim | 2025 | Generative AI punishment claim | unresolved | Managers accused Toth of using generative AI in a league context and suggested punishment, but no adopted rule or final ruling is visible. | /findings/#2025-controversy-generative-ai-punishment-claim |
| c-2026-ai-ml-governance | 2026 | AI and machine-learning governance gap | unresolved | The archive contains generative AI, predictive AI, and machine-learning allegations, but no clean vote or official ruling establishing an AI/ML policy. | /findings/#2026-policy-ai-machine-learning-governance-gap |
| c-2023-standings-money | 2023 | Standings-money schedule | resolved | A regular-season standings money schedule owed to the champion passed 3 yay to 1 nay. | /findings/#2023-vote-standings-money-schedule |
| c-2024-standings-payout | 2024 | Standings payout reconfirmed | resolved | The standings-money schedule passed again, and later messages treated regular-season standings as the voted payout basis. | /findings/#2024-vote-standings-payout-reconfirmed |
| c-2024-payout-conflict | 2024 | Payout ladder conflict | needs human review | Polls approved regular-season standings payments with 9th at $175, but the 2024 handbook shows 9th at $75; later Brad/payment media challenge the mismatch. | /findings/#2024-media-payout-ladder-conflict |
| c-2024-brad-payout | 2024 | Brad payout dispute | ambiguous | A regular-season payout rule created a dispute over what Brad was owed, whether Craig paying $0 was fair, and whether handbook text or the poll governed Bere's amount. | /findings/#2024-controversy-brad-payout-dispute |
| c-2019-late-payment-fine | 2019 | Late-payment fine | resolved | A message imposed a $1 daily fine for late or incorrect payments and noted Brad still needed $200. | /findings/#2019-policy-late-payment-fine |
| c-2026-owner-authority | 2026 | Midseason owner replacement authority | ambiguous | After the Mason Miller ruling, Toth quit and a new manager was announced; managers questioned whether the commissioner had authority to appoint a new owner midseason before Toth later returned. | /findings/#2026-controversy-midseason-owner-replacement-authority |
| c-2026-manager-authority | 2026 | Mid-season manager authority | unresolved | Managers questioned whether a commissioner had authority to unilaterally appoint a new manager or owner mid-season after Toth quit. | /findings/#2026-proposal-mid-season-manager-authority |

## Archive Links

- [Original Markdown bylaws draft](/archive/the-field-2026-bylaws.md)
- [Bylaws evolution](/archive/_global/bylaws-evolution.md)
- [Controversy index](/archive/_global/controversy-index.md)
- [Poll index](/archive/_global/poll-index.md)
- [Media index](/archive/_global/media-index.md)