Post by Rams GM (Frank) on Dec 16, 2016 1:50:33 GMT -5
As we had discussed just last week, we needed to update the IR Rule in this league to better reflect the current rule in the NFL. While a lot of rules dont translate well from the RL football to fantasy, the new NFL rule I think will cross over very easily. Here's my poor attempt to write a rule:
"Players on IR will not count towards the 53 player man active roster limit. There is no limit to the number of IR players a team can have, but they all still count towards the salary cap. Each team will be allowed to reactivate one player from the injured reserve after 6 weeks.
Injured Reserve Eligible Players include players on NFL PUP (Physically Unable to Perform), IR (Injured Reserve), or Suspended List. Players on Injured Reserve must be moved back to the active roster each off-season. Players placed on I.R (I.R, PUP, or Sus players) cannot be taken off the I.R all season. If you want to keep a PUP player until they are taken off it then you must have them active all season."
YOU MAY NOT TRADE PLAYERS ON THE I.R."
I would like some help writing this rule with a bit more clarity. Here is how ProfootballTalk.com explains the new NFL rule:
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/23/rule-change-could-add-strategy-to-bringing-a-player-back-from-ir/
"Players on IR will not count towards the 53 player man active roster limit. There is no limit to the number of IR players a team can have, but they all still count towards the salary cap. Each team will be allowed to reactivate one player from the injured reserve after 6 weeks.
Injured Reserve Eligible Players include players on NFL PUP (Physically Unable to Perform), IR (Injured Reserve), or Suspended List. Players on Injured Reserve must be moved back to the active roster each off-season. Players placed on I.R (I.R, PUP, or Sus players) cannot be taken off the I.R all season. If you want to keep a PUP player until they are taken off it then you must have them active all season."
YOU MAY NOT TRADE PLAYERS ON THE I.R."
I would like some help writing this rule with a bit more clarity. Here is how ProfootballTalk.com explains the new NFL rule:
"Now, teams can simply choose a player who’s been on injured reserve for at least six weeks and activate him once he’s healthy enough to play again.
Still only one player per season may be activated from injured reserve, but the team does not need to designate that player when he’s placed on IR. In the past, if a player was hurt in the preseason or early in the regular season, teams would have decide whether to use the return designation — or, in some cases, whether to place the player on IR at all until it had a clear timetable for a potential return.
Now, teams could potentially use some strategy and gamesmanship in deciding which injured player could make a late-season comeback. Decisions could be made based on roster strength and depth, or in the case of multiple players being potentially eligible to return, waiting until the last minute before a weekly activation deadline could keep opponents guesssing. Under the old rule, the player with the IR-return designation was out at least six weeks before returning to practice and eight before he could return to game action."
Still only one player per season may be activated from injured reserve, but the team does not need to designate that player when he’s placed on IR. In the past, if a player was hurt in the preseason or early in the regular season, teams would have decide whether to use the return designation — or, in some cases, whether to place the player on IR at all until it had a clear timetable for a potential return.
Now, teams could potentially use some strategy and gamesmanship in deciding which injured player could make a late-season comeback. Decisions could be made based on roster strength and depth, or in the case of multiple players being potentially eligible to return, waiting until the last minute before a weekly activation deadline could keep opponents guesssing. Under the old rule, the player with the IR-return designation was out at least six weeks before returning to practice and eight before he could return to game action."
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/23/rule-change-could-add-strategy-to-bringing-a-player-back-from-ir/