October 21st, 2017 - Jeff Easton's house
• The 2017 season will be extended until Nov 15.
• Protections will be announced Nov 15
• We will play a 162 game schedule in
2018
• There will be 17 teams in the RSBL in 2018 – 9 in the AL, 8 in the NL
• There will be interleague play in 2018
• The dispersal draft will include 5
teams – Bulls, Mermen, Raiders, Bimbos, Wizards
• The draft will be conducted
after the 2017 playoffs and consist of a 4 round snake style draft via e-mail.
• The league voted to randomly select the dispersal draft order. The draft order
is:
1 – Mike P
2 – Richard
3 – Jim
4 – John
5 – Earl
6 – Don
7 – Craig
8 – Mike T
9 – Jeff
10 – Scott
11 – Tim
12 – Sam
13
– Chris
14 – Shane
15 – Dave
16 – Justin
17 – Lewis
• The
2018 regular draft will be 18 rounds as always, so due to the dispersal draft,
all teams will have increased roster sizes for 2018.
• Dues for 2018 will be
reduced to $20 due to our healthy league account balance. We will revisit the
cost of dues every year and decide on an amount based on the financial health of
the RSBL.
• Craig Eddy was elected Commissioner.
• Earl volunteered to
organize the banquet and social events throughout the year
• Don volunteered
to work on an interleague schedule and to keep the standings up to date
•
Mike T will continue to compile AL stats
• Jeff volunteered to compile NL
stats
-Scott has agreed to serve as AL President
-Justin has agreed to
serve as NL President
-Chris has agreed to keep the draft boards up to date
after Richard completes his update by Oct 31