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<h1 id="high-level-summary-of-changes">High-Level Summary of Changes<a class="headerlink" href="#high-level-summary-of-changes" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h1>
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<h3 id="governance">Governance<a class="headerlink" href="#governance" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
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<li>The League has moved from a President-centered governance model to a Board-led nonprofit governance model.</li>
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<li>The old life-term President structure has been replaced by annually elected Directors and annually appointed Officers.</li>
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<li>The Board now has formal authority over corporate governance, League Policy, officer appointments, budgets, membership status, and oversight of the Commissioner.</li>
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<li>The Commissioner remains responsible for day-to-day League administration, but now operates under Board oversight and an approved budget.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>The current draft clarifies that Bylaws, League Policy, and Playing Rules are separate documents with different amendment processes.</li>
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<li>The League's legal/corporate framework has been modernized to include nonprofit powers, limitations, records, deposits, registered office/agent, and dissolution provisions.</li>
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<h3 id="league-policy">League Policy<a class="headerlink" href="#league-policy" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
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<li>Operational rules have been moved into a dedicated League Policy document instead of being mixed throughout the old Constitution, By-Laws, and Playing Rules.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>The Manager is now clearly identified as the sole authorized representative of a Member Franchise unless the Commissioner approves otherwise.</li>
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<li>Good Standing is more clearly tied to financial obligations, compliance, voting rights, postseason eligibility, and League awards.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>Conduct rules have been strengthened around professionalism, fighting, umpire abuse, dangerous play, alcohol, facility rules, false reporting, and repeated noncompliance.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>Forfeits, technical forfeits, standings points, postseason eligibility, field status, rescheduling, protests, and reporting obligations are now more clearly separated from Playing Rules.</li>
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<h3 id="playing-rules">Playing Rules<a class="headerlink" href="#playing-rules" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3>
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<li>Playing Rules now focus on on-field competition only, with administrative topics moved into League Policy.</li>
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<li>Pre-game warmup guidance has been added for field sharing, batting cage use, and a suggested 20-to-30-minute overall warmup window counted from when the first team starts.</li>
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<li>The Playing Rules expressly incorporate the Official Baseball Rules unless a League exception applies.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>The League now has a clear rule hierarchy: League Policy controls first, then Playing Rules, then incorporated MLB rules.</li>
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<li>Regular-season and postseason lineup rules are now organized as two formats: Expanded Lineup Format and Restricted Lineup Format.<ul>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>Postseason play is treated more formally through the Restricted Lineup Format, which excludes shared batting positions and uses stricter substitution rules.</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>Collision, injury substitution, Designated Runner, Courtesy Runner, and umpire-dispute rules have been rewritten for clarity and consistency with incorporated baseball rules.</li>
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