Post by ECFHL Commissioner on Aug 23, 2011 11:36:08 GMT -5
I completely understand both sides of the coin here. I try to make decisions based on what I feel is in the best interest in the league. In the past, when things became an issue we tended to wait too long to fix things and then even more problems arose.
The financial thing isn't as big of a deal that people are making it out to be. I originally had wanted to give each team 50,000,000 to start. It's a more realistic number of a professional sports franchise to have then 10 mill. There were 2-3 threads and numerous emails and pms to me about fixing financing because most teams were losing money so I acted. Some of you are saying well money doesn't mean anything now, well did it before? Nobody had any money and has Colorado has said, what was the alternative, remove all the bankrupt GMs?
The slider thing, I can see it being a bigger issue. I was initially against moving them mid-season, but as more and more GMs complained aboutt it, I decided to do it. Quite frankly, I've made it pretty clear in emails and in our rules, that teams should be checking the forums daily. So, if only half the GMs responsed and it was a pretty clear majority of that half, well I felt comfortable enough to do it. I'm sorry that anybody feels that this move could have negatively affected their team, that was never my intention.
I make all my decisions based on the best for the league. In the offseason, we will look at rule changes and such and even if there are rules that I like, but a strong majority don't, I'm willing to change those things.
The financial thing isn't as big of a deal that people are making it out to be. I originally had wanted to give each team 50,000,000 to start. It's a more realistic number of a professional sports franchise to have then 10 mill. There were 2-3 threads and numerous emails and pms to me about fixing financing because most teams were losing money so I acted. Some of you are saying well money doesn't mean anything now, well did it before? Nobody had any money and has Colorado has said, what was the alternative, remove all the bankrupt GMs?
The slider thing, I can see it being a bigger issue. I was initially against moving them mid-season, but as more and more GMs complained aboutt it, I decided to do it. Quite frankly, I've made it pretty clear in emails and in our rules, that teams should be checking the forums daily. So, if only half the GMs responsed and it was a pretty clear majority of that half, well I felt comfortable enough to do it. I'm sorry that anybody feels that this move could have negatively affected their team, that was never my intention.
I make all my decisions based on the best for the league. In the offseason, we will look at rule changes and such and even if there are rules that I like, but a strong majority don't, I'm willing to change those things.
