Tanking is
defined as purposely losing games in order to improve your team's draft
picks in future rookie drafts. Tanking is against the rules of this league.
It is up to the
owners in the league to report tanking to the commissioner. The commissioner
will not act on tanking by any team unless a complaint is made.
This is the
process to be followed:
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If you believe that another team is
purposely losing games in order to improve their position in the draft,
email the commissioner and describe your reasons for believing that
tanking has occurred.
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If any three owners file a complaint
with the commissioner concerning the same team that could be tanking, the
commissioner will initiate his own investigation.
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If the commissioner feels it is
questionable, he will contact the offending team for an explanation.
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The commissioner will discuss the
explanation with the complaining teams.
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If, after hearing the explanation, the
complaining teams and the commissioner believe that there has been tanking
(majority vote), the matter will be put up for vote before the league. The
commissioners notice will state the duration of the voting period. The
league must vote that the owner was tanking by at least a 2-1 ratio of
those teams voting during the voting period. So a 10 - 5 vote would
confirm tanking but a 7- 4 vote would not.
The penalty for
tanking is that all draft picks of the offending team(s) will be moved to
the bottom of the rounds the picks occur. This would include any picks
obtained by trade.
A further
penalty is that the offending team(s) will have the lowest priority in the
league for waiver claims during the entire following season.
TANKING COMPLAINT(S) MUST BE TURNED IN BEFORE POST SEASON PLAY BEGINS IN THE
CURRENT MOGUL YEAR (To avoid delaying the rookie draft).
