All SPB Managers,  After thinking about this for some time now, and discussing it with several 
managers who have complained of this problem, I have decided to change the penalty round of 
overusage to round 2 with the random round moving to round 3.  This is the opposite of what it 
has been in the past.  This will go into effect with the coming SPB 1932 rookie draft to be held 
in February.

The main reason for doing this is because round 3 players are generally not that important and 
hereby cause no problems, or very little, for those teams incurring the overuse penaltys.  The 
whole idea behind the penalty draft was to punish teams for their overusage and round 3 picks 
were not accomplishing this.  So by moving it up to round 2, we will be taking a much stronger 
stand on the issue.  There has been quite a bit of overuse within the last few SPB seasons 
completed, some of it very flagrant.  I would have put it in for the 52 draft, but since the 
order has already been announced, I will let it pass by for the last time..  

 If a team incurrs the permanent penalty (10 points or more), the team will not be in the random 
draw for round 3.  They will drop to the bottom of this round, after all random teams have been 
posted.   If more than one team incurrs the permanent penalty, the team with the most overusage 
will pick last for round 2.

After '32 it will go into effect on each succeeding rookie draft in all SPB Leagues.  I will have 
John Turnbull update this on the webpage, in the Constitution very soon.  This notice will also 
be posted to the Newsletter section.  As Commissioner, I deem this to be in the best interest of 
our Leagues.  Thanks for your attention to this matter.

Best, Gary