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Because his squads, who have undeniably varied in ability, have an impact on every other teams points and GD, not just his own. When we're playing grouped playoffs, where the playoff division may depend on the GD between teams 3&4, for example, the fact that one team played a much easier team than the other will skew that GD.
We debated this before league 1. Its the reason we had a subs rule in the first place. Honestly, if we could have found a way to limit subs to players of similar ability back then, we'd have done it, because it has an impact on every other team they play.
Sarah. Nobody expects Dave to play. But Brendan could have designated a permanent sub for either of his two missing players, and none of this would have been an issue. Sometimes its about playing within the spirit of the rules, not just the way theyre written.
Bill & Gabes are right. Its only a league, and this year we've had a lot of experiments and rule changes and debate, and its not worth the fighting over right now. i think there are a lot of rules we need to decide on before the next league though..