League Office: Rule Changes and Special Rulings
The management of Benchwarmer Baseball reserves the right
to make rule changes, clarifications, or rulings at any
time. In practice, all changes will be in place by the start
of the regular season. However, occasionally there will be
loopholes or conflicts between different rules that require
an immediate ruling. Also, it is possible that situations
will come up or questions will be raised that were never
considered.
It is possible that some rule changes for the playoffs
will be instituted before the start of the playoffs and for
off-season procedure changes to be announced at the
beginning of the off-season.
Financial Penalties and Compensation
Benchwarmer Baseball reserves the right to fine teams in
Benchwarmer Bucks for actions not in the interest or spirit
of the game. In addition BWB may set up, in advance, team
penalties for rules infractions, such as roster problems or
missing deadlines. At this time, there is no intention to
use either of these options, but simply to code the
possibility into the rules.
More likely, however, the league may provide teams with
financial compensation in certain situations. From time to
time, the league office will make mistakes and, if caught
soon enough, will reverse the mistake. However, it may occur
that too many subsequent actions have taken place for
reversals to be handled easily or without disrupting other
teams (for example, a mistake in transaction order that is
not caught until many later selections are affected). In
that case, the league may provide Benchwarmer Bucks back to
the team in an effort to provide a good-faith effort at
compensation.
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