The N.A.C.B.L. shall have the following positions and position responsibilities:

Commissioner: The Commissioner shall be Dominic Flory until he relinquishes any or all of his duties and responsibilities. The Commissioner's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: naming the League Secretary/Statistician and the League Review Committee; determining and distributing Owner/G.M. invitations; identifying, screening and determining new members; compilation, distribution and tabulation of the Rule Challenge ballots; conducting the draft; informing the League membership of any warnings/fines, etc; maintaining and distributing the League's Rules & Regulations; development, compilation, distribution and tabulation of post-season ballots. Decisions by the Commissioner on all League matters are final.

Secretary/Statistician: The Secretary/Statistician's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: developing and distributing the League schedule; establishing deadlines for all League information; reviewing rotations; establishing, monitoring and distributing salary cap and roster information; accumulating stats; compiling League Leaders; establishing all-time statistical categories and ensuring League membership compliance and reporting; reviewing over-useage of players by teams; informing the League Review Committee of any tardiness or over- usage on the part of League membership. The Secretary/Statistician shall be Nick Flory.

League Review Committee: This Committee will be made up of three (3) members. None of the members may be the Commissioner or the League Secretary/Statistician. The League review Committee responsibilities include, but are not limited to: reviewing Rule Challenges; reviewing all violations (i.e. incidents of tardiness, incompleteness, rotation violations, over-usage, etc.) and determining any warnings or fines to be levied; reviewing and approving all trades. Decisions by the League Review Committee on all League matters are final. The League Review Committee shall be: Bob Sarcewicz, Jerome Gilles and Mike Schuhman.

Additional members shall be added on a "NEED" basis and be decided by the Commissioner

The League shall consist of twenty-four (24) teams, each owned by a separate member, divided into four (4) divisions of six (6) teams each with twelve (12) teams per League. Placement of the teams within the divisions shall be done solely at the discretion of the Commissioner.

The league shall use Strat-O-Matic built in schedule found in the league files to be supplied by the statistician. Each month in the schedule shall be a segment, a total of 6. If a series crosses from the end of one segment to the next, the entire series shall be played in the first segment that it lies in.

For pitching rotation purposes, off days will be defined directly in the built in schedule.

Players eligible for play within the N.A.C.B.L. shall be players issued Strat-O-Matic cards for that season. Each year, players will be assigned a "salary" figure which will be determined by using Major League Baseball's actual salaries as published on the ESPN web site at www.espn.com for the season in which the cards are based as the official guide. Player salaries can be found on their profile page. Players who are not listed with a salary on espn.com will be assigned a salary of $400,000.

The salary cap is calculated by adding the salaries of all of the players eligible for play in the N.A.C.B.L. for a particular season, dividing by the total number of players, multiplying this result by 40 (the maximum number of players permitted on a N.A.C.B.L. roster) and multiplying this result by 95%.

Salary cap for the 2007 N.A.C.B.L. is $100,000,000.

Teams will be assigned a yearly salary cap figure by the League Secretary/Statistician. Any fines in which a reduction in the salary figure was the punishment will be subtracted from the base cap established by the League Secretary/Statistician. Teams may exceed their yearly salary cap figure at the following times: 1) from the posting of the new salary figures (usually around November 15th) until December 30th; and 2) from the start of the draft until 8:00 PM Eastern time on the Wednesday following the draft.

The maximum roster size is forty (40) players(carded or non-carded).

Non-carded players will be defined as: a player is on a NACBL roster and that team chooses to retain those rights, but the player does not receive a Strat-O-Matic baseball card for that season due to injury or other reasons, then he may be kept on the roster as a non-carded player. His last known salary will be used as his official salary.

During the first five (5) segments of the season, each team will select an active roster of twenty-five (25) carded players and all other players will be placed on the in-active roster. During the sixth (6th) and final segment of the season, all carded players may be promoted to the active roster, at the discretion of each Owner/G.M.

For players that were issued two (2) cards, the COMBINED card generated by Strat-O-Matic using the combined statistics for both cards will be used during the season and in the playoffs.

On December 31st, each Owner/G.M. will reduce his roster to a maximum of twenty (20) (carded or non-carded) players and will send the unprotected carded players into a player pool to be selected in the next N.A.C.B.L. draft, along with all free agents and any new cards issued for that year by Strat-O-Matic. Owner/G.M.'s may report protected lists via phone or e-mail or U.S. Postal Service mail. Salaries for the players released will not be applied to the team's payroll.

The following lists the dates and roster and salary cap rules:

• January 1st to start of draft:
  • Rosters: No Restrictions.
  • Salary: Teams must be less than or equal to the coming season's salary cap.
• Start of the draft (1st weekend after January 1st) to the Wednesday after the conclusion of the draft:
  • Rosters: No restrictions.
  • Salary: No restrictions.
• Wednesday after the conclusion of the draft to the posting of the next season's salary figures (usually around November 15th):
  • Rosters: Teams must be less than or equal to 40 players.
  • Salary: Teams must be less than or equal to the coming/current/past season's salary cap.
• Posting of the next season's salary figures (usually around November 15th) to December 30th:
  • Rosters: No restrictions.
  • Salary: No restrictions.
• December 31st:
  • Rosters: Teams must have less than or equal to 20 players.
  • Salary: Teams must be less than or equal to the coming season's salary cap.

Trading shall be permitted with the following restrictions:

1. During the sixth (6th) segment of the season until the conclusion of the play-offs.REMOVED: and during the draft, no trading
2. During the off season, i.e. from the conclusion of the play-offs to the start of play for the next season), the number of trades between teams is unlimited (see numbers restriction per trade below).
3. During the first 5 segments of the season, trading is limited to 2 trades between any 2 teams.
4. The maximum number of players/draft choices per trade is ten (10) for both teams.
5. New Owner/G.M.'s may not make trades for a period of two (2) weeks from the date of their announcement as a new Member of the League.

To become effective all teams involved in a trade must report the trade to the League Secretary/Statistician. The parties involved in a trade may report the trade via phone or e-mail or U.S. Postal Service mail.

Trades may only involve players (carded or non-carded) or draft choices in the next two (2) drafts, however all clubs must be equal to or below roster and salary cap limitations when the trade is reported to the League Secretary/Statistician. Teams are not permitted to trade salary cap dollars.

No player acquired by an Owner/G.M. in a trade may be traded directly back to the previous Owner/G.M. in the current season's trading period or during the following season's trading period.

When players are traded, the player's entire yearly salary transfers to the receiving team.

Trades may not involve "player(s) to be named later". "Future considerations" may only be draft choices and must be clearly defined at the time of the trade .

Any member of the League may protest any trade by informing any member of the League Review Committee of his intention to challenge a trade.

All trades (both challenged and unchallenged) are reviewed and approved by the League Review Committee. Any trade may be voided by the League Review Committee.

The following lists the dates and trading rules:

• January 1st to start of the draft (1st weekend after January 1st): Trading permitted.
• Start of the draft to conclusion of the draft (probably March 15th): No trading.
• Conclusion of the draft (probably March 15th) to 6th segment trade deadline: Trading permitted.
• 5th segment trade deadline to posting of the next season's salary figures (usually around November 15th): No trading.
• Posting of the next season's salary figures (usually around November 15th) until December 31st: Trading permitted.

When a team exceeds the forty (40) player or salary cap limit and releases players from their team or when a player goes undrafted, these players become free agents and made available to any team in the League. Teams may indicate their desire to "sign" players from the conclusion of the draft until the conclusion of the season by informing the League Secretary/Statistician of their intention to do so (prior to the deadline for results for a particular segment). If two or more teams claim a particular player, the player(s) will be awarded to a team based upon the following:

1. Worst won-loss record thru the preceding segment of the season or the previous season's final standings in the off-season.
2. Worst record head-to-head competition.
3. Worst road record.
4. Worst record head-to-head amongst all tied teams (in case of more then two teams tied).
5. Smallest run differential (runs scored minus runs allowed).
6. Coin toss.

Players are awarded at the conclusion of a segment during the season or on March 20 following the draft. Free agents may not be claimed from the conclusion of the season through the conclusion of the draft. If a player is released from the Thursday following the conclusion of the draft until the conclusion of the season, that player's entire yearly salary still applies to the team releasing the player. Additionally, any team that "signs" a free agent will have that player's total annual salary applied to their team's payroll. Players released after the conclusion of the season until the Wednesday following the conclusion of the draft have their salary subtracted from the releasing team's payroll.

Any free agent claimed during the regular season cannot be retained at roster cut time.

The following lists the dates and free agent claim rules:

• January 1st to the Wednesday following the draft: No free agent claims permitted.
• Wednesday following the draft to the conclusion of the regular season: Free agent claims permitted.
• Conclusion of the regular season to December 31st: No free agent claims.

The following lists the dates and free agent rules:

• January 1st to January 31st: Players released become eligible to be drafted.
• February 1st to conclusion of the regular season: Players released become eligible to be selected through the free agent claiming process.
• Conclusion of the regular season to December 31st: Players released become eligible to be drafted.

Each year, after the issuance of the new set of Strat-O-Matic baseball cards, the N.A.C.B.L. draft will be held. The draft will begin via e-mail on the 1st weekend after January 1st. Should the draft not be completed by mid-March, the Commissioner will designate a "draft weekend", when the draft will be completed by phone or via a "chat room". Prior to this date, all teams must make the needed cuts to their rosters and notify the League Secretary/Statistician of which players are to be protected on their roster. Prior to the date of the draft, the League Secretary/Statistician shall publish a list of all carded players eligible for the N.A.C.B.L. draft. All carded players who are not on a N.A.C.B.L. roster are eligible for the draft. The draft will continue until all eligible players are drafted or until each team "passes".

The N.A.C.B.L. draft shall be conducted via e-mail. Teams will make their selection via e-mail and all picks will be posted on the Webpage. A draft schedule will be developed by the Commissioner and posted daily.

Teams may elect to "pass" and not select a player in a particular round(s).

If an Owner/G.M. does not wish to participate in the draft via e-mail, the team must forward, to the Commissioner, a list of the players they wish to draft, in the order they wish to make the selections, whether by position or simply by name.

Order of the draft for non-playoff teams shall be determined by a lottery. The team with the worst record in the League will have their name placed in a lottery draw sixteen (16) times, the second worst team fifteen (15) times, the third worst team fourteen (14) times, etc. The top draft positions will then be determined by a lottery draw. The worst team can draft no lower than the fourth (4th) position, the second worst team no lower than the fifth (5th), etc. The lottery sequence will apply only to the first round. All subsequent rounds will draft based on regular season records. Playoff teams draft order will determined by how far they go in the play-offs and their regular season record. Teams that lose in the first round of the play-offs will occupy spots 17 thru 20 in the draft ranked by their regular season record. The teams that lose in the second round will occupy spots 21 and 22 ranked by their regular season record. The loser of the final will draft 23 and the winner 24.

Any ties for drafting position shall be determined in the following order:

1. Worst record head-to-head competition.
2. Worst road record.
3. Worst record head-to-head amongst all tied teams (in case of more then two teams tied).
4. Smallest run differential (runs scored minus runs allowed).
5. Coin toss.

Each year, at the conclusion of the regular season, a League Champion shall be "crowned" through a process of playoffs.

In each league, the two (2) division winners and two (2) wild card teams, ie the two teams with the next best records that did not win their division, shall qualify for the post-season playoffs.

Any ties for the final qualifying spot(s) into the play-offs will be decided by a one game play-off, to be net played. Home field will be decided by a coin flip.

Once the playoff teams have been determined, the teams will be seeded from 1-4 within their own league.

Any ties for the seeding for the playoffs shall be resolved in the following order:

1. Best record head-to-head competition.
2. Best road record.
3. Best record head-to-head competition amongst all tied teams (in case of more than two teams tied).
4. Largest run differential (runs scored minus runs allowed).
5. Coin toss.

In each league, playoff match-ups will be #4 seed vs #1 and #3 vs #2. Winners in the two leagues shall meet in the league finals, the team with the higher winning percentage will get home field advantage.

All playoff series shall be best of seven (7) game series with the team with the better seed having the extra home game.

Playoff Schedule

Team 2 at Team 1 Team 2 at Team 1 "Off" Day Team 1 at Team 2 Team 1 at Team 2 Team 1 at Team 2 "Off" Day Team 2 at Team 1 Team 2 at Team 1

*** Team 1 in all series' is the team with the better seed. There are a minimum of three (3) off days at the conclusion of a series.

Play-offs are required to use netplay or face to face play. If circumstances preclude scheduling in this manner, one or both managers may select another person to play the games for them. As a last resort, games may be played solitaire with a CMI being submitted by the visitor if both managers submit consent by email to the league committee.

Owner/G.M.'s must submit a playoff roster of twenty-five (25) players prior to the start of the playoffs. These twenty-five (25) players will be the only players to play in the playoffs.

Injuries will not be used in the playoffs.

Each team shall be permitted to designate one (1) pitcher that has "STARTER" ONLY on his card to have the additional capability of "RELIEF" throughout the playoffs. The pitcher will then be considered to be a "STARTER/RELIEVER" and will be subjected to the rules in section "I" (Playing Rules) as far as rest between starts/relief appearances is concerned. (A starter being used as a reliever will automatically be given a point-of-weakness rating of three (3).

During the playoffs, players shall be limited on the following basis per series:

Batters	Limit
0-250 plate appearences  251+ plate appearences	7% of the total plate appearences on the card No limit
Pitchers	Limit
0-90 IP 91+ IP	10% of the total innings pitched on the card (See section "I" for "rest" for starters and maximums for relievers)

At-bats and innings pitched totals are from the back of the player's card.

Pitchers with less than 100 innings on their card(s) can NOT start in the playoffs.

Computer users MUST configure their game as follows for N.A.C.B.L. play:

• Use DH.
• Create/Update Subset Stats
• Super Advanced with BK/WP/PB.
• Super Advanced Stealing System.
• Use Miscellaneous Rules.
• Do NOT use injuries for the regular season.
• Allow GBA on pitcher's card.
• Ballpark/Clutch: Yes; Weather: No
• Super Advanced Strategy Chart
• Do NOT use SADV Fatigue Rules
• Use Closer Rules
• Ignore over usage
• Under Maximum Rules:
  • Bunt for base hint
  • Improve out distribution
  • Improve baserunning realism
  • Starting pitcher clutch
  • More baserunning decisision
  • Realistic throwing errors

All Strat-O-Matic advanced and super advanced rules shall apply, except where amended or altered herein...

1. All batters with an on-base percentage plus slugging percentage of .625 or more shall be limited to 100% of the number of plate appearences or at bats as shown on their card. Batters with an on-base percentage plus slugging percentage of .624 or less and 100 or more plate appearences listed on his card shall have no at-bat limitations. A pitcher, used as a hitter shall be limited to 100% of his plate appearences for the previous season. (For playoff limitations, see section H). Plate appearances will include at bats, walks, sacrifices and hit by pitch.
2. Pitchers with an ERA on their card of 4.99 or less shall be limited to 100% of the number of innings pitched shown on their card. Pitchers with an ERA of 5.00 or greater on their card shall have no innings pitched limitations. (For playoff limitations see section H).
3. Starting pitchers assigned an asterisk (*) on their Strat-O-Matic card will be permitted to start every fourth day (three days rest between starts). All other pitchers may only start every fifth day (four days rest between starts).
4. Any pitcher that has both starter and reliever on their card may NOT do both in the same segment. A pitcher may ONLY start OR relieve during a particular segment.
5. A relief pitcher may not pitch more than nine (9) innings in a four (4), five (5) or six (6) game series or seven (7) games in the playoffs.
6. Pitchers with STARTER only on their card may NOT relieve (with the exception of the playoffs, see Rule H) and pitchers with RELIEF on their card may NOT start.
7. The designated hitter will be allowed for the pitcher only.
8. Pitchers may NOT play a position other than pitcher.
9. The Strat-O-Matic ball park rating for hits and home runs shall be used. The stadium for the MLB franchise owned by an Owner/G.M. will be the stadium used for hie team in N.A.C.B.L. play.
10. Injuries shall NOT be used during the regular season, only in the playoffs (See Section 'H' for the playoff rule).
11. The following Strat-O-Matic super advanced rules will NOT be used:

1. Ballpark chart with weather conditions and months of the year.
2. Bringing a position player in to pitch.
3. Realistic pitcher usage - rules for starting pitchers.
4. Realistic pitcher usage - rules for relief pitchers.

Each Owner/G.M. shall be responsible for sending two(2) games stats files and one (1) box score file for each game played to the teams involved and to the Statistician. Box score file defaults in the game rules will include the box score, play accounts (PAC) and the scoresheet and should not be changed.

The League Secretary/Statistician will provide instructions for reporting statistics before the start of each season. The Strat-O-Matic subset stats and/or game files are the only acceptable methods of submitting statistics. Any problems compiling the statistics should be reported to the League Secretary/Statistician immediately. If files cannot be recreated, then the games will be re-played.

The statistical categories listed on the Strat-O-Matic primary computer statistics report will be the categories reported.

The league news including up-to-date standings, transactions, etc. shall be distributed by the League Secretary/Statistician on the League's Web site.

Computer manager instructions for the entire segment must be posted on the web page at the beginning of the segment by the date shown on the playing schedule. CMI's are to be distributed with the pitching rotation section being completed for the segment and the starters are required to be set to NEVER relieve. Any starter used by a home manager other than listed in the starter schedule for either the visiting or home teams is a "rotation violation" (see rule "N" for penalties and further definition of a "rotation violation").

Starting pitchers may never be set to NEVER REMOVE in the CMI.

The September segment will be divided into 2 half segments for purposes of usage control. A second due date for cmi's will be posted. Managers may not play games in the second half of the segment until they receive either a cmi for the second half or permission to use the first half cmi from their opponent.

Since we are a play-by-mail league, and therefore, strictly on the honor system, most penalties will be related to lateness, thoroughness and neatness. Violations that will result in warnings and/or penalties being levied by the League Review Committee include, but are not limited to:

1. Late Computer Manager Instructions.
2. Late rosters.
3. Late results.
4. Rotation violations (defined below).
5. Late statistics.
6. Not submitting a segment inactive list.
7. Not submitting statistics or game files.
8. Not submitting post-season ballot.
9. Exceeding both their maximum number of at-bats and plate appearances or innings pitched. Note that batters can exceed either their alloted at bats or alloted plate appearances, but not both.

Penalties are:

• 1st occurence of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 - Warning
• 2nd occurence of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 - Fined $2 million in salary cap dollars for the next season
• 3rd occurence of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 - Fined a 1st round draft choice.
• 4th occurence of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 - Expulsion from the League.
• 1st occurence of #6 or #7 - Fined a 2nd round draft choice.
• 2nd occurence of #6 or #7 - Expulsion from the League.
• 1st occurence of #8 - Fined a 1st round draft choice.
• Occurence(s) of #9 as follows
  • All players exceeding their maximums at bats/plate appearences or innings will be suspended from any further N.A.C.B.L. play during the current regular season and possibly post-season (see below).
  • Overages up to 5 pa/ab/ip's - $.5M (half a million)
  • Overages over 5 pa/ab/ip's - ineligible for post season
  • Every multiple of 5 pa/ab/ip's over - additional $.5M (half a million)
• Warnings/fines may be levied for violations not listed above, but deemed appropriate by the Executive Committee.

If a team has traded the draft choice that they would be fined, they will be fined the next highest draft choice available (i.e. a team is to be fined a 2nd round draft choice, but has traded that choice, they will be fined a 1st round draft choice.)

Fines are levied against the Owner/G.M. and not the team. (i.e. if John Smith has lost a 3rd round draft selection due to fines and he quits the N.A.C.B.L., the fine will be rescinded.)

The following constitute rotation violations:

1. Owner/G.M. does not give a pitcher on his own team the proper amount of rest between starts;
2. Owner/G.M. does not follow his or his opponent's rotation as designated for that segment.

New owner/G.M.'s will pay a franchise fees of $20 upon entry into the league. All franchise fees are to be received by the Commissioner by November 1 for the next season to be played. If, after paying the League fees and committing to the League, an Owner/G.M. decides to leave, his franchise fee for that season will NOT be refunded.

The overall league champion will be presented with the next version of the Strat-O-Matic game signifying the team's accomplishments.

The league webmaster will be paid in accordance with the standard fee being charged other leagues, $2 per team per year, to come out of the dues collected. If the rate changes, a re-vote will be required.

From sometime early November, for approximately two weeks, any Owner/G.M. may "challenge" any rule (with the exception of Rule "A"). "Challenged" rules are reviewed by the League Review Committee and, if deemed in the best interest of the League, put to a vote by the entire League membership from November 16 until November 30 with a 2/3 majority being required to change a rule. Owner/G.M.'s must notify the Commissioner of "challenges" by U.S. Postal Service mail or e-mail and must list the rule to be "challenged" and whether the proposal is to add, change or delete the rule. If the proposal is to add or change a rule, the Owner/G.M. must include the exact wording of the addition/change. The League Review Committee may reject any Rule Challenge for any reason, however, the information must be communicated to the League membership.

The League Review Committee is empowered to implement an "executive order" and make additions/changes/deletions to the R&R's at their discretion to ensure the smooth operation or statistical accuracy of the League. Any "executive order" executed must be communicated to the League membership.

Computer managers will be used. Net play is optional during the regular season. Net play is strongly encouraged for the playoffs. Opposing managers must both sign off on any exceptions.