[IBL] Opening Day Newsletter

[Robert Barnes]

Also, the card overlays will be completed tonight.

Rob

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 11:59 PM Russell Peltz via Members <
members at lists.ibl.org> wrote:

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