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Originally Posted by remangiii
My only hesitation would be the difficulty in knowing whether or not that the league file in question is really from a defunct league or active league (speaking in general here). But, as long as the password is reset there's really little advantage gained by simming ahead given the volatility of player development. It's very rare that someone asks for the password and cannot get it, so a case by case basis is fine.
Also, if someone operates a league and then stops operating it "ownership" no longer exists.
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Heh, 2 of the things you brought up I later mentioned. I swear I was drafting my post before I saw yours though.
As for how can we tell whether it's defunct or not, well, I suppose you can't really say for absolute sure, but with the IOLD we try to keep track of the leagues as best we can so we often have fairly up-to-date info, certainly not for all leagues, but for many, especially those that post here. When a league dies I think many of us normally hear about it in one way or another, especially if it was a league that ran for awhile. I suppose we really should do the best we can by trying to find out whether it's defunct or not though by googling it and trying to compare the teams and history of the league in question with other leagues (that's what I do when I try to determine whether two leagues in the IOLD are actually the same or not). In the end I guess it's just a matter of, again, doing the best we can.
EDIT: We could also just post asking the community if anyone knows if the league is still going. Surely someone here would know.