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Zee Rechs Retirement Appeal - Attopax - 09-06-2021 This is an appeal of a violation of Rule IV(E)(1) by user ZootTX which was not published since it carried no punitive punishment; however, it remains appealable. The Rule reads: “If an ISFL player retires during the off-season, that player will play one final season, and the user is free to recreate, thus having two players in the league for the retired player's final season without violating the anti-multi provision.” ZootTX retired his player, Zee Rechs, on August 27. Immediately over the following days, Zoot posted final regression, and then accepted a contract for the player’s final year in the league. Head Office blocked this contract stating that it was longstanding precedent that a user cannot re-sign a player after retirement because the player surrenders control of the player at retirement. They cited precedent from early in the league’s years (<S12) that there is no record of and a similar scenario in July 2020 concerning re-signing a retiring player during an expansion draft year, which was ultimately upholding the prior precedent. During its discussion, Appeals Team uncovered additional precedent in May 2020 where Head Office permitted a retired player to enter free agency and re-sign with a different team after making his retirement post.  Given this May 2020 incident is a fact pattern that arguably is permissive of *greater* player autonomy compared with re-signing with your existing team post-retirement, Appeals Team overturns the decision from Head Office to keep the application of relevant and recent precedent consistent. Because Head Office stated they will be amending the rules to clarify this even before this appeal occurred, Appeals Team has declined to interpret Rule IV(E)(1) further since this will be addressed in the rules moving forward and any interpretation of this rule now will soon be moot. The vote on this decision was unanimous. RE: Zee Rechs Retirement Appeal - zaynzk - 09-06-2021 I am about to rant about the shit that goes on in this league that is unacceptable. I am putting it in discussion because it is not something for everyone to see but this is my journal so I get to write what I want. The power in this league is mishandled and blatantly abused. The biggest bully in the league, better known as Zoot, is continuously put on a pedestal by those in head office and others around the league. He has bullied multiple people out of the league and accused many more of cheating. He is the biggest problem in ISFL, yet somehow no one does anything about it. He has publicly bullied anyone and everyone who has said something he even slightly disagrees with. He also claims to care about things like using the word "Stinky" or other social justice warrior stuff. His attempt to silence those who disagree with him is no more than a power trip and an attempt to continue his grasp on this league. I would love to give specific examples but that would mean quoting from management chat and slm will probably report me for "leaking" the chat. We all know he has reported multiple people because of his own attempt to come off as the nice guy. Do not let him fool you, he is not a nice guy, he enjoys inflicting mental abuse and pain upon others, especially those who may have a different sense of humor or a different view from his. He has relentlessly picked on me because I made a suggestion to management about the league that he did not like. Honestly it was probably not something that could be implemented anyways but this was over a month ago and I still hear about how I only make bad suggestions and have bad ideas. Sure I do not make the best suggestions every time and there are always flaws in any idea but I have been disregarded and told my ideas are terrible by Zoot and his cult followers, as well as being told they have zero respect for me. Fuck you Zoot. RE: Zee Rechs Retirement Appeal - 124715 - 09-06-2021 ultra-common appeals team W