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*WithTheMoose* · 04-22-2025, 02:44 PM

Greetings SHL,

It has come to the attention of SHL Head Office that during games streamed on 04/21/205, the Baltimore Platoon played with lines that included a player not under contract with the team.

Code:
Section II, Subsection B, Rule 6.b

Players must have a contract in order to be eligible for play. If a player is found to have played for a team in regular season games without a contract, the GMs of that team will be fined half of their GM pay for that season, and will forfeit their next available 2nd round pick.

Baltimore did in fact provide evidence of having offered the player a contract, but the contract was not posted prior to the signing freeze and was never moved to the free agent section of the portal as stated in Section II, Subsection E, Rule 3.a.c:

Code:
Section II, Subsection E, Rule 3.a.c

iii. UFAs and unqualified RFAs who have not had contracts posted prior to the signing freeze must be moved to the free agent section of the portal.

iv.Failure to move free agents in the portal will result in the following punishment(s):

If a free agent is not moved before the beginning of the freeze but is moved within 24 hours following the beginning of the freeze, the offending GMs will forfeit half of their GM pay.

If a free agent is not moved more than 24 hours following the beginning of the freeze, the team that failed to move the player will not be able to sign (or roster through other means, including trades) that player for one full season.

v. Free Agents and GMs will be unable to agree to contracts for the first 72 hours of the signing freeze, including contracts discussed via direct message or elsewhere that would otherwise be subject to Section I, Subsection K, Rule 1. (the Jack Crasher rule).

GM’s have been warned in multiple places that the 72 hour crasher moratorium would void any contracts agreed to that were not posted at the time of the freeze. The player in question’s contract was not posted before the freeze and was never moved to free agency.

HO has voted to issue the following punishment:

Baltimore’s GM’s @Wally and @hockeyfan will be fined half of their GM salary in S82.

Baltimore will forfeit their S86 2nd round pick.

The player Anthony Lochard (@Louchyz) will be immediately released to free agency and is no longer allowed to be signed by Baltimore for the S82 season.

As always, the Baltimore GMs have 48 hours to send an appeal request to any head of the appeals committee, currently consisting of @DrunkenTeddy and @Leafs4ever.

sytarah · 04-22-2025, 02:45 PM

Deserved lol

***trashae*** · 04-22-2025, 02:51 PM

wait... why can't @Louchyz sign with Tampa Bay this season? and why doesnt Baltimore get to appeal on their behalf

*sliceruser* · 04-22-2025, 02:52 PM

04-22-2025, 02:51 PMtrashae Wrote: wait... why can't @Louchyz sign with Tampa Bay this season? and why doesnt Baltimore get to appeal on their behalf

They do get to appeal if they want but when a player doesnt have a contract during the proper period they get locked out of playing with the team for 1 season

Jobin · 04-22-2025, 02:53 PM

04-22-2025, 02:52 PMsliceruser Wrote: They do get to appeal if they want but when a player doesnt have a contract during the proper period they get locked out of playing with the team for 1 season

I also don’t read good

***aleks*** · 04-22-2025, 02:54 PM

04-22-2025, 02:52 PMsliceruser Wrote: They do get to appeal if they want but when a player doesnt have a contract during the proper period they get locked out of playing with the team for 1 season

He is referring to the copy paste error at the end of the post

***trashae*** · 04-22-2025, 02:54 PM

04-22-2025, 02:52 PMsliceruser Wrote: They do get to appeal if they want but when a player doesnt have a contract during the proper period they get locked out of playing with the team for 1 season

yeah I'm fine with that. just pointing out the copy/paste error. The player should be ineligible to sign with BAP not TBB

*sliceruser* · 04-22-2025, 02:55 PM

Ahh gotcha lol

***Frenchie*** · 04-22-2025, 02:55 PM

04-22-2025, 02:54 PMtrashae Wrote: yeah I'm fine with that. just pointing out the copy/paste error. The player should be ineligible to sign with BAP not TBB

Yup fixed now