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Originally Posted by HerbD
My opinion...for what it's worth...a four week injury is a long ways away from a 60 day injury. I think to put a player on the 60 day DL, especially in an online league environment, the injury should be listed as longer than 60 days by the game.
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The problem I'd have with that is that a player's free agency status depends on the gravity of the injury. I don't think that's the way to go.
I wouldn't do anything about it, personally. I'm one of the guys who never lets a rookie start out a season, and I think any smart owner would use that strategy rather than "hope" for a long-term or late-season injury. So, basically, there is another way to get the same result, and that one is foolproof and hard to regulate against, unless you set up a rule that players cannot be called up until, say, May 15th, or else they get the same number of active days as if they'd been around since the start of the season. But, I wouldn't want to monitor that system
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As an owner, I had a guy getting a 3-4 week injury with 3 weeks to play. I out him on the 60-day DL immediately, and his contract doesn't run out. I just thought it would be one extra 40-man roster spot if anything should happen in the offseason, be it in the Rule 5 draft or acquisition via trade or free agency.