New Wrinkle?

Look at me...an extended Chronicles absence and now two posts close together. Way to go Johnny.

So, there were some ideas thrown around earlier this season about potential changes to the JBL. All of the new ideas were voted down as the masses in the JBL like it just the way it is...

Well, I'm about to suggest one more idea...and ultimately put it to a vote.

I'll explain what it is and argue both sides...

The proposal is simple. Currently, JBL rosters can be a maximum of 16 players. 12 active, 3 bench, and 1 injured reserve player. My proposal is that the JBL roster maximum in 2011/12 and onwards would be 15. For anyone struggling with the math, I'm suggesting the roster max is reduced by 1 spot.

So...why should we do consider this rule change???

• NBA rosters have a 15 player maximum
• Now that the JBL is 13 teams deep, reducing the roster size by 1 player per team would potentially add 13 players into the Free Agent pool (which I think we can all agree is pretty shallow)
• Currently, a lot of JBL teams 'stash' away injured players on the their IR without much risk. Reducing the roster size by one player would mean JBL owners would have to use a little more strategy if they wanted to keep those injured players. Would Golden really have wasted a roster spot on Roddy Beaubois this long?? Would Idaho and Arctic really have signed Kenyon Martin and Michael Redd??
• Essentially this rule change would eliminate the need for the injured reserve spot - which would ultimately firm up our $300 dollar salary cap. Currently, we can exceed the $300 cap as the injured player's salary doesn't count. If we eliminate the IR spot - we have a hard cap.

What are some arguments against this proposed change?

• Why do we need to change?
• NBA teams have an injured reserve spot - so should the JBL
• If you like the current challenge of finding quality FA's then this rule change really wouldn't be necessary.

Hey, I realize this isn't an earth shattering proposal here...but I thought I would throw something out there. I'll post in the Live Scoreboard and give everyone a chance to read the proposal and then set up a poll this weekend.