Outahere Sports League Rules

General Outahere Information

Welcome to Outahere
Welcome to Outahere. For over 30 seasons in game and over four years in real time, this league has proven to be the best one around. In terms of fairness to all players, quality of the league, and longevity, one can look no further when selecting a league to play. The following page will give you all the information you need to play this league. It will run down standard procedures, rules, and where to find things. If you still have questions after reading this, please contact a commissioner to help you out.
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Outahere Administration
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psantolin (AIM: JaysGMPaul)
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League History
Outahere has been around for over 30 seasons. It opened it's doors in 2006 and has been running strong ever since.

For a more complete history of the league, please check out the encyclopedia which is located here
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Outahere Code of Conduct
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GM Activity
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Team Finances

General Financial Information
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soft cash limit: 200mil
outahere fiscal year - separate category?
info on ticket pricing and other settings?
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Revenue Sharing
When managing your team's budget, factoring in our revenue sharing program is critical. The amount you pay or receive is based solely on your teams final revenue for the season. We don't care about your payroll or cash on hand--revenue is all that matters.

To estimate the amount you would owe or receive the best way is to compare your projected revenue to the previous year's revenue sharing, which is posted annually in the League Announcements forum. If you need any help with projecting this figure please ask an admin.
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Teams in Debt
Going into debt (with regards to cash on hand) in Outahere is a very serious situation and rarely tolerated. Immediate penalties include the inability to sign FAs other than minor league contracts and you are not permitted to increase your current payroll in a trade. GMs are expected to make immediate efforts to rectify the debt situation and failure to do so will result in a probationary period and/or replacement.
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Trades

Posting a Trade
Please list the following when posting a trade:

Teams involved in the trade in the subject: Example - NYY/BOS Trade
Players involved in the trade, including current ratings, contract status, and positions.
EXAMPLE: The Boston Red Sox send RF Babe Ruth (82/99, 1mil per year through 1920) to the New York Yankees in exchange for 5mil.

Failure to post the required information in a clear and concise manner will likely delay the approval of your trade. Owners are strongly encouraged to post a sentence or two explaining the logic of the trade from your team's standpoint. Moderators will take into consideration this reasoning when approving or reviewing trades.
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Trading of Draft Picks
You may only trade draft picks for the upcoming draft. This means that in April/May before the draft you may trade the current year's picks, and after the June draft you may only trade the following year's picks. Draft picks in the 5th and 6 rounds may not be traded. You are allowed to trade picks you have acquired in previous trades or from free agency compensation. Make sure you post any traded picks in the "Picks traded for (year)" thread stickied in the Pending Trades forum.
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Trading of Cash
You are allowed to trade any amount of cash in a trade, and you may trade only cash for a player (in effect buying that player). You may also make annual payments for a player as long as the payments do not exceed a player's salary or the length of his contract.

Make sure you post any annual payment trades in the Annual Payments thread.
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Waiver Trades
Outahere uses a simplified waiver system. In order to make a trade past the trade deadline (July 31st), a player must be posted in the Waivers forum for 24 hours before he can be traded. Waiver trades must be completed by the end of the regular season and cannot include draft picks.
  • All players, both major and minor leaguers, must be placed on waivers to be traded past the deadline.
  • If only one claim is entered, the player's contract is assigned to that claiming club.
  • If more than one club in the same league makes claims, the club currently lower in the standings gets the player.
  • If clubs in both leagues claim the player, preference shall always go to the club in the same league as the club requesting waivers.
  • During the the month of April, the previous season's final standings are used to determine claim order.
  • Waiver trades are not allowed during the postseason.
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Trade Moderation
Trade moderation is an integral part of Outahere, both to help keep the league balanced and to ensure owners are not colluding or being taken advantage of. Two moderator approvals are required before a trade can be processed. If a moderator feels a trade is unbalanced, he will post that the trade is Under Review while the moderators discuss the trade. Teams may be contacted and asked rework the trade if the majority of moderators feel it cannot be approved as is. In the case of irreconcilable differences between the moderators, there will be a vote and over 1/2 approval will be required for the trade to be approved.

Factors that the trade moderators may consider include, but are not limited to:
  • Player ratings
  • Player salaries, a team's payroll, and other budget issues
  • Age of players
  • A team's standing (in a playoff race, rebuilding, etc)
  • Current trade market (recent trades of similar value)
  • Future predictions of a player's value
When a trade has been placed under review by a moderator, once a decision is reached one of the moderators will post that it has been approved or denied after review, and if approved, no further approvals are needed. We always try to approve or review trades as quickly as possible and the majority of them are approved in time for the next sim. In rare circumstances, a delay is necessary but a trade should never take longer than two sims to be processed.

There are no "sign and trade" deals in Outahere. You are free to trade a player in the off season immediately after re-signing him, but the trade must still be at fair market value and pass trade moderation as any other trade would.

Moderator decisions are final, and we ask that you show them respect at all times.
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Trades Involving Rookie GMs
Rookie GMs are defined as owners without a full season of experience in Outahere. Owners rejoining the league after an extended absence may or may not be asked to repeat their rookie period--this is at the discretion of the commissioners. Outahere is a tough, competitive league, and the rookie period is to ensure owners take the time to learn how we do things and do not harm their franchises only to quit shortly after joining the league. The following rules are essential to maintaining balance and ensuring that new owners learn the ropes before making deals:
  • Rookie GMs must wait for two sims after joining the league before making trades. This restriction is waived if the GM joins with less than two sims before before the trade deadline or if joining during the off season.
  • Trades involving a Rookie GM require three moderator approvals, and their trades are more closely scrutinized by the trade moderators. A franchise's general direction is most definitely a factor when reviewing a rookie trades--for example, a 100 loss team trying to trade prospects for aging veterans will likely not be approved unless there's very sound reasoning behind the deal.
  • For trades under review involving Rookie GMs, a vote requires approval of 2/3rds of the moderators.
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Amateur Draft

General Draft Information
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Live Draft
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Submitting a List
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Depth Charts

Posting a depth chart
Managing your depth chart is one of the most important tasks for a GM in Outahere. GMs not on leave are expected to post a DC at least once a week, although more frequent updates are preferable. You may upload your DC using the .team file feature or post text instructions in your DC thread. Please keep your DC instructions in the same thread for the entire season. It is important that you use the official Outahere patch as detailed in this post.
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Method 1: Using a .team file to set your DC
This is the normal method for use with Outahere, and required for anything other than very minor changes or extenuating circumstances (such as needing to post a DC without access to Mogul). Using the .team file will allow you to set your major league/minor league depth charts, ticket prices, concessions, and team strategies with one easy upload. Benefits to using this method include less liklihood of errors in your DC and the fact that it is much easier on the simmer. Mid sim changes (such as raising ticket prices after 3 games) are bonus reserved for teams in the sim chat and should not be posted in your depth chart.

It is very important to make sure your roster matches up with the file the simmer will be using. DCs will always be processed last, so if you have any transactions (trades, releases, FA signings, etc) that should be processed for the sim, make sure you do those first on your end before uploading your .team file. It is helpful to mention when posting your DC if you did have any transactions included so the simmer can verify he's processed them. Once you're sure any roster changes are correctly done on your end, take the following steps:
  • Set your depth chart, finances, and strategies in game.
  • Make sure your team is the currently selected team and then save your league file (in case you wish to easily make any further changes before the sim).
  • In BM2011, go to the Tools menu, and select "Advanced Tools..".
  • In the top left of that screen, you should see "Export Team File". Click on this.
  • You will be asked "Export team settings for the to .team?" Click yes.
  • It should then tell your your team file has been written to the Mogul folder. If you are unsure where to find this you can go to the Help menu and select "Open Game Folder".
  • You should now see a .team file in this directory, such as NYY.team -- this is the file to upload to your DC thread.
  • If you wish to manually convert a player (from LF to RF), you must still ask the simmer to do so as these changes are not exported with the file.
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Method 2: Posting your DC in the forum
This method is acceptable only due to extenuating circumstances (such as being on a LOA and not having access to Mogul). If you have any questions about using the .team files, please ask an admin. When posting your DC in the forum manually please be as clear and concise as possible. If the simmer is unsure what to do or if you post an entire roster without the changes highlighted in some manner, it is very possible your DC will not be correctly done.
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Converting a player's position
You may manually convert a position player to another position (for example from 2B to SS) at any time with the following exceptions:
  • Players may only be converted twice in a single season with at least one game month in between each change.
  • Left-handed fielders may not be converted to 3B, SS, or 2B either by manual or automatic conversion.
  • On rare occasions a bug in Mogul may allow an average fielder to become a gold glover when being converted. Taking advantage of this bug will result in harsh penalties. Ask an admin if you have any doubts.
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Minor league player management
By popular request, here are some semi-official (overall) ratings from the SM forums for optimal minor league development. Ratings have a range of +-5.
  • R: 54 (49-59)
  • A: 60 (55-65)
  • AA: 66 (61-71)
  • AAA: 72 (67-77)
  • MLB: 84 (79-89)
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Winterball

Winterball instructions
All teams may send one player to winterball for free. A second slot may be purchased for 5 incentive points. Each player may attend winterball a maximum of 2 times. Players going to winterball must be rookies according to their scouting profile, be no more than 26 years old, and cannot have a peak above 92. Health gains are capped at 80 (in game rating as this may be different in edit mode) and any excess points are lost. Teams that send an ineligible player to winterball (too old, already been through winterball twice, etc) will have a different player substituted in at the discretion of the admins. Injuries (if applicable) to players are applied on April 1st.

Bonus roll: Teams may spend an additional 5 incentive points (per player) for one or both players to get a bonus of 5% to their roll for the charts listed below. Note that this doesn't guarantee a positive outcome, but it does eliminate the worst of the injuries and increases your odds of receiving the most favorable results.

Each team has their own existing thread. Please add your players to this thread each year. Make sure to specify which program for each player, and if you're using a bonus roll on one or both. Possible outcomes and their odds are listed below.
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Skill program outcomes
300 day injury..............1% (1)
100 day injury..............3% (2-4)
30 day injury...............8% (5-12)
No change..................30% (13-42)
+1 peak....................25% (43-67)
+2 peak....................25% (68-93)
+2 health, +2 peak..........8% (93-100)
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Health program outcomes
+2 health..................30% (1-30)
+4 health..................35% (31-65)
+5 health..................20% (66-85)
+5 health, +1 peak.........10% (86-95)
+6 health, +1 peak..........5% (96-100)
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Player Nicknames

Giving a Player a Nickname
Players must be a fan favorite (as determined by the thumbs up icon on a player's profile page in Mogul) in order to be given a nickname for free. If you wish to give a non-fan favorite player a nickname, you can use the incentive program. Nicknames are subject to approval by the admins and previously given nicknames may not be removed.
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Stadiums

Building a New Stadium
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Upgrading a Stadium
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Relocation and Renaming Teams
Outahere does not permit the relocation or renaming of teams.
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Rule 5 Draft

Rule 5 Info
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Live Draft / Submitting a List
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Incentive Program

IP 1
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IP 2
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IP 3
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IP 4
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Free Agency

Minimum FA Bids
You may offer more per year than the minimum bid but no less than the amounts listed below for the number of years your are offering a player. Option years are not permitted for FAs. When posting a bid please use a specific dollar amount.

  • 1 year: $800,000
  • 2 years: $1,200,000
  • 3 years: $2,000,000
  • 4-5 years: $4,000,000
  • 6-7 years: $6,000,000
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Free Agency Compensation
Teams releasing top free agents are eligible to receive compensation (SW round) draft picks when releasing a player. Players are ranked as either a Type A, Type B, or normal FA. Type A FAs give the releasing team an SW1 pick (between the first and second rounds) and type B FAs give the releasing team an SW2 pick (between the second and third rounds). Player rankings are determined by their overall rating, age, and performance over a three year period. Rankings are posted before the trade deadline and at the end of the regular season.

Players that have their contract bought out are not eligible for compensation.

The order of the SW picks is determined by a player's ranking in the FA Comp system, with the highest ranked FA being the first pick then descending accordingly. Teams signing FAC eligible players will lose their 5th and/or 6th round draft picks to be used during the draft for picking the SW picks.

Sign 1 FAC eligible player: lose your 6th round draft pick.
Sign 2+ FAC eligible players: lose your 5th and 6th round draft picks.
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How To Determine the Best Offer
Outahere uses an Excel sheet to determine which offer a player prefers when deciding between offers of different lengths. You can download the file here. If you do not have Excel you can use a free alternative such as Open Office, otherwise you will have to ask an admin or another GM to check for you.
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Minor League Contracts
You may offer a minor league deal to any player who was not previously offered arbitration or signed to a major league contract. In case of multiple offers, the team with the worst record has priority. For the month of April, the "worst record" will go by the previous season's final standings.
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Other FA Rules
  • Bids must be in increments of 100k.
  • Retractions of bids are not allowed.
  • Teams in debt may only offer minor league contracts.
  • Off season bids close 48 hours after the last bid.
    • In season bids close 24 hours after the last bid.
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Contract Extensions

Posting Extensions
When posting your extensions, make sure you always have the most recent file, as a player's asking price will change from sim to sim. It is also important you have the correct version (patch) of Mogul used by Outahere. Post the exact steps needed to get the contract you want. Example:

RF Babe Ruth
Offer 4yrs @ 10.5mil w/NTC
Offer 4yrs @ 10.8mil w/NTC x2
Offer 4yrs @ 11.2mil w/NTC - repeat offer until accepted
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Extension Eligibility
You may offer extensions to players at any time during the season or off season with the following two exceptions:

  • No extensions are allowed during the "off season advancement" period.
  • No extensions can be made during the month of April other than on the opening day (April 1st) file.
  • Admins have the ability to rule that an extension is invalid due to various problems with Baseball Mogul. An example of this would be a player with one year left accepting a 1yr deal for less, or a star player signing for an extremely low amount.
First time extensions are limited to 4 years in game--which means the current year + 3 more. Once a player has previously had a 4 year deal OR has reached 5 years, 80 days of MLB service time (as defined by the vitals tab of the player sheet) you may offer any amount of years (including options) as permitted by Mogul.
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Arbitration
Arbitration offers are made during the off season advancement check in. Be aware that the player sheet and sortable stats arbitration status i.e. the "Earning $470K until Arbitration (2025)" is not always accurate and the only way to be 100% sure if a player will be arbitration eligible is to advance the file to the off season and verify he shows up asking for arbitration.
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Waivers

Waivers 1
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Waivers 2
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Waivers 3
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Waivers 4
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Releases

Releases 1
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Releases 2
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Releases 3
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Releases 4
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Forum Information and Help

Forum 1
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Forum 2
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Forum 3
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Forum 4
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Forum 5
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Revision History

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Initial version.
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