From f90ec3622e9e2fd06daf4d2772c54de32739c5d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Correa Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:35:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] summary of changes --- docs/index.md | 4 ++++ docs/summary-of-changes.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/summary-of-changes.md diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 7d5ca61..b07f0ba 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ For on-field administration, the Playing Rules also incorporate the Official Bas ## About the CMBA The Chicago Metropolitan Baseball Association exists to provide strong amateur baseball competition in Illinois and the Midwest, with an emphasis on competitive play, sportsmanship, and league continuity. + +## Additional Resources + +- [Summary of High Level Changes for 2026](summary-of-changes.md) diff --git a/docs/summary-of-changes.md b/docs/summary-of-changes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d400ab --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/summary-of-changes.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# High-Level Summary of Changes + +### Governance + +- The League has moved from a President-centered governance model to a Board-led nonprofit governance model. +- The old life-term President structure has been replaced by annually elected Directors and annually appointed Officers. +- The Board now has formal authority over corporate governance, League Policy, officer appointments, budgets, membership status, and oversight of the Commissioner. +- The Commissioner remains responsible for day-to-day League administration, but now operates under Board oversight and an approved budget. +- Member Franchises retain an important voice: they elect Directors, vote on Playing Rules amendments, give advisory votes on operations, and participate in confidence votes on Officers. +- The current draft clarifies that Bylaws, League Policy, and Playing Rules are separate documents with different amendment processes. +- The League's legal/corporate framework has been modernized to include nonprofit powers, limitations, records, deposits, registered office/agent, and dissolution provisions. + +### League Policy + +- Operational rules have been moved into a dedicated League Policy document instead of being mixed throughout the old Constitution, By-Laws, and Playing Rules. +- Member Franchises, Managers, Players, Good Standing, suspension, discipline, appeals, annual meetings, rosters, postseason eligibility, field administration, uniforms, forfeits, and standings are now organized in one policy document. +- The Manager is now clearly identified as the sole authorized representative of a Member Franchise unless the Commissioner approves otherwise. +- Good Standing is more clearly tied to financial obligations, compliance, voting rights, postseason eligibility, and League awards. +- Discipline is more structured: the Commissioner may impose discipline, the Board provides oversight, committees are advisory unless specifically given authority, and appeals/Board review are defined. +- Conduct rules have been strengthened around professionalism, fighting, umpire abuse, dangerous play, alcohol, facility rules, false reporting, and repeated noncompliance. +- Roster administration remains familiar but has been cleaned up. The latest draft removes the face-photo roster requirement and allows roster submission through Excel, Google Sheets, or similar formats. +- Forfeits, technical forfeits, standings points, postseason eligibility, field status, rescheduling, protests, and reporting obligations are now more clearly separated from Playing Rules. + +### Playing Rules + +- Playing Rules now focus on on-field competition only, with administrative topics moved into League Policy. +- The Playing Rules expressly incorporate the Official Baseball Rules unless a League exception applies. +- The draft clarifies which modern MLB rules are not adopted by description, including limits on position-player pitching, shift restrictions, extra-inning automatic runners, pitch clocks, disengagement limits, the three-batter minimum, per-game mound visit limits, mandatory 18-inch bases, and replay/specialized-equipment rules. +- The League now has a clear rule hierarchy: League Policy controls first, then Playing Rules, then incorporated MLB rules. +- Regular-season and postseason lineup rules are now organized as two formats: Expanded Lineup Format and Restricted Lineup Format. + - Regular-season flexibility is preserved through the Expanded Lineup Format, allowing unlimited Extra Hitters, shared batting positions, free defensive substitution, Designated Runners, and Courtesy Runners. + - Postseason play is treated more formally through the Restricted Lineup Format, which excludes shared batting positions and uses stricter substitution rules. +- Minimum-player rules have been clarified: teams must start when both have one fewer than the required batting positions, short spots are outs, and teams falling below the minimum forfeit. +- Collision, injury substitution, Designated Runner, Courtesy Runner, and umpire-dispute rules have been rewritten for clarity and consistency with incorporated baseball rules. \ No newline at end of file