<p dir="ltr">Also, the card overlays will be completed tonight. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Rob</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 11:59 PM Russell Peltz via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.ibl.org">members@lists.ibl.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">IBL CHAMPIONSHIP<br>----------------<br>First of all, congratulations to the Motor City Marauders for winning the IBL<br>Championship Series, triumphing in a hard fought seven game series over the <br>Salt Lake Gulls. It was the seventh IBL championship for the Marauders, the <br>most of any franchise. The Gulls claimed their third NC Championship in the <br>last four years.<br><br>The recap and boxscores are archived here:<br><a href="https://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2024-ibl-championship-series" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2024-ibl-championship-series</a><br><br><br>OWNERSHIP SITUATION<br>-------------------<br>We are once again entering a season with multiple teams without owners.<br>This is unsustainable long-term, and if we are unable to remedy the situation,<br>we may be forced to restructure the league through contraction or other means.<br>We've had 24 teams since 1994 and I would much prefer to avoid having to make <br>that kind of change. So I'm asking everyone to please make an effort this year <br>to find people who may be interested in joining the league in any capacity,<br>or contact previous members who may want to return.<br><br><br>OPENING DAY<br>-----------<br>The 2025 IBL card set is now considered final. Feel free to download and/or <br>print them. If you find any errors, please let Sean and me know and they may <br>be corrected in an errata version. Thank you once again Sean for all your <br>hard work creating the card set!<br><br>The cards are available here:<br><a href="https://www.ibl.org/~sweda/iblgame/download" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ibl.org/~sweda/iblgame/download</a><br><br>IBL Opening Day will be Wednesday, April 2, with week one results due Monday, <br>April 7. Transactions will be processed every Tuesday as usual, right up until <br>opening day and during the season. You may start before April 2 if you and your<br>opponent are ready early and don't need to wait for transactions.<br><br>This year's schedule is once again 25 weeks, with some weeks consisting of <br>four-game series. The first three weeks of the season are three-game series. <br>Results are due every Monday night, and the transaction deadline is every <br>Tuesday night.<br><br>In preparation for the start of the season, please send your opening day rosters <br>and week one home starting rotations to <a href="mailto:transactions@ibl.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">transactions@ibl.org</a>. You only need to <br>send a list of the ten players who will begin the season inactive. Remember <br>that players who were uncarded last year and now have a card must be active <br>until at least week 8 (unless injured, see rule 3.1.2.)<br><br>Also please upload a default MIS to Dropbox.<br><br>Schedule:<br>April 1: Last preseason transaction deadline<br>April 2: Opening Day<br>April 7: Week 1 results due<br>April 8: Transaction deadline<br>April 14: Week 2 results due<br>April 15: Transactions and U.S. income taxes due<br><br>Have a great season! Play ball!<br><br>-Rusty<br><br><br></div>
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