Las Vegas Legion Cap Hit and KCKolbe Bet

[ItsJustBarry]

It isn't an issue of unenforced rules. The teams that previously violated this rule did not receive THIS punishment (and in reality no real punishment). All 3 instances of cap space abuse occurred under the same set of rules, but one team is receiving a different punishment.  I am completely on board with harsher rules being put in place for failing to abide by the salary cap, but these changes should be done proactively, not retroactively. For example, the Legion broke a rule. They will receive the same punishment as the other teams that broke the rule. Going forward, this is going to be the new punishment for breaking this rule.  The "necessary step" still occurs without the "unfortunate side effect."

This is just like driving a car. You may speed every day and never get caught. You may be speeding with everyone else on the road and be singled out, pulled over, and punished with a traffic citation. Should you get away with it because every car on the road got away with it? No, today was just your unlucky day. You were breaking the rules and you were caught. Pay your fine and move on.

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*Source - I have more speeding tickets than many of you have been alive.

I understand there's a salary cap and that it is against the rules in the rulebook.  However, unless I missed it in the rulebook somewhere, there was never a stated punishment for going over.
If the rulebook specifically said "Going over the cap will result in X% salary cap penalties in X number of following seasons" I can totally get behind punishing LVL.
The rulebook says no such thing (that I was able to find), so I don't think LVL should be punished.  The rulebook SHOULD be amended and any future transgressions should face the punishment. The differing punishments for breaking the same rule without an announcement of the change is poor.

Well, this logic is flawed. There were no punishment guidelines for a player claiming unearned TPE but the HO determined a penalty and enforced it. Many even said that punishment wasn’t harsh enough. There was no rule for deleting a user’s posts but someone did that specific action and being punished. There's also not any rules regarding having secret Co-GMs (really, like WTF?) that play on another team. Guess what? Someone tried doing that, and all guilty parties were punished. Sometimes, the rules won’t be all encompassing and, as I’m sure you are aware, the league will have to adjust and overcome. If you are caught breaking a rule you should expect to be punished.