January 19, 2001
Change to Constitution
FRANKFORT, IN - All SPB Managers, Following is the new rules regarding the Phase II draft. this will be in effect for all leagues and will begin with the 1932 draft in February. This will be posted in the Constitution by Webmaster Turnbull, and is written as it will appear there.
  
   "In closely argued consultation, the SPB rules committee has voted to enact a change in the Phase II draft rules, effective with the SPB1932 draft. Credit for this change should go primarily to John Ungashick for taking the initiative in this reformulation and to Chris Williams for giving it some clarity. Also, thanks to the other members of the committee for their input during this debate," Commissioner Plunkitt was quoted.SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES: A firewall now exists between the pools for the Rookie Draft and for the Phase II draft. Because no rookies will be involved in the Phase II draft, the protection lists have been lowered by 4 players per team. In effect, this will cause slightly--I repeat, slightly--more veteran players to be exposed to the Phase II process. Normally teams wind up protecting between 3 and 4 of their rookie picks, so this rule change will differ only slightly from prior practice. However, none of the effort put into the Rookie draft will be wasted, because all picks will stay on their selecting teams. Apart from this, there are no changes in existing rules."