2023-01-20, 03:35 PM - Word count:
It has come to the attention of the BoD that two players on F.C. Kaapstad (Claire Norris <a href='index.php?showuser=69' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>@sve7en</a> and Jürgen Müller <a href='index.php?showuser=362' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>@Pandar</a>) have been playing games during the S7 season without being signed to an official contract and still not being signed past the Trade Deadline. <br><br>This goes against Section 4 Subsection 2 Rule 1.a ("Unsigned Players") and Section 6 Subsection 1 Rule 2.b ("Draft Eligibility") where any prospect that has not signed a contract with the team that holds their rights prior to the Trade Deadline will be put back in the prospect pool and eligible for the upcoming SSL Prospect Draft. <br><br>We want to separate the issue into two cases, one for each player;<br><br>After reaching out to FCK's Manager <a href='index.php?showuser=225' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-7'>@TheSparkyDee</a> and the affected players it was discovered that an agreement had been in place with one player (Norris) prior to the start of the season, but the contract was not posted on the forum. The BoD has looked at Section 6 Subsection 4 Rule 1.c ("Free Agent") and although that rule specifically covers agreements with Free Agents and not Prospects, the same theory can be applied to this situation as well. An agreement had been made between the two parties and the infraction is on the manager for not posting the agreed to contract.<br><br>In the other case, no agreement existed between the team and the player (Müller) about a contract. The purpose of Rule 2.b in "Draft Eligibility" was to allow for player agency in a situation where a drafted or claimed player did not want to sign for that team, the player would automatically be put back in the prospect pool and eligible for the upcoming draft. In this particular case, neither party has expressed that sentiment. As such the BoD has decided to allow the player to stay with FCK with a retroactive signing of their 2 season rookie contract.<br><br>However, there are still parts of the infractions that needs punishment. The BoD has decided that <a href='index.php?showuser=225' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-7'>@TheSparkyDee</a> will:<br>- forfeit their entire S7 salary <br>- not be able to claim capped TPE from their manager job for Week 9 of S7 (next week) through Week 3 of S8. The capped TPE may come from other sources.<br><br>and that FCK will forfeit their closest owned 1st round pick as compensation for Jürgen Müller staying with the team.<br><br>As always, Sparky is able to submit an appeal of this punishment.<br><br>-----------------------------------<br><br>Some comments from the BoD:<br>This decision sets a precedent in how the BoD looks at contract situations for prospects especially and we will add words to the Rulebook reflecting that. <br><br>It is important that the manager has checked that their players are eligible to play and we will implement a more structured process for completing and checking Manager Tasks at the beginning of the season.<br><br>Canadice on behalf of the SSL BoD
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