MVTGA Bylaws and Rules
Table of Contents
(Rules Version: 02182010)
Section A - Bylaws
1.0 Organization Purpose
1.1 Membership Requirements
1.2 Associate Members
1.3 Official Game and Related Matters
1.3.1 Games Used
1.3.2 Frozen Game Chart
2.0 Organization Structure
2.1 Leagues
2.2 Divisions
3.0 Administrative Structure
3.1 Officers and Duties
3.1.1 Commissioner
3.1.2 League President
3.2 Executive Council
3.3 Other Positions and Duties
3.3.1 Special Assistant to the Commissioner
3.3.2 Statistician
3.3.3 Bylaw and Rule Keeper
3.3.4 Rosterkeeper
3.3.5 Scheduler
3.3.6 WebMaster
3.4 Committees
3.4.1 Verification Committee
3.4.2 Bylaw Committee
4.0 General
4.1 Meetings
4.1.1 Notices and Agendas
4.1.2 Notice of Voting
4.1.3 Quorum
4.1.4 Action at a Meeting
4.2 Official Rules
4.3 Designated Hitter
4.4 Dues
4.5 Master Diskette
4.6 Yearbook
5.0 Schedule and Season Information
5.1 Post Season
6.0 Information and Statistics
6.1 Series Results
7.0 Team Rosters
7.1 Building and Maintaining a Roster
7.2 Team Salary Limitations
7.2.1 Team Salary Cap Calculation
7.3 Player Salary Information
7.4 Expansion
8.0 Conduct
8.1 Code of Conduct
8.2 Fines
8.2.1 Deadlines
8.2.2 Exceeding Player Limits
8.3 Copyright Laws
9.0 Ballparks
9.1 Ballpark Changes
10.0 Tie Breakers
10.1 Playoff Spots
10.2 Other Ties
11.0 All-Star Game
12.0 Awards
12.1 Owner Awards
12.1.1 Voting
12.1.2 Awards
12.2 Player Awards
Section B - Rules
1.0 Rosters
1.1 Roster Sizes
1.1.1 Major League Roster
1.1.2 Minor League Roster
1.2 Staffing and Position Requirements
1.2.1 Organizational Aggregate Staffing Requirements
1.2.2 Organizational Specific Staffing Requirements
1.2.3 Major League Specific Staffing Requirements
1.3 Inactive Players
1.3.1 Class A Players
1.3.2 Class B Players
1.3.3 Time Limits for Class A and Class B Players
1.4 Roster Documentation
1.4.1 Submittal
1.4.2 September 15th Roster
2.0 In-Season Roster Maintenance
2.1 Player Movement Between Major and Minor Leagues
2.1.1 Violations
2.2 Late Season Roster Expansion
3.0 Off-Season Roster Maintenance
3.1 Releases
3.1.1 Standard Releases
3.1.2 Minor League Promostion Releases
3.1.3 Payroll Increase Releases
3.1.4 2nd Year Expansion Team Releases
3.1.5 Non-Carded Player Releases
3.1.6 Inactive Player Releases
3.1.7 Documentation of Releases
3.2 Drafts
3.2.1 Free Agent Drafts
3.2.2 Developmental Draft
3.2.3 Expansion and Dispersal Drafts
4.0 Trades
4.1 Trades during the season
4.1.1 Trade Deadlines
4.2 Inter-league Trades
4.3 Draft Picks
4.4 Major League and Minor League Cash
4.5 Salary Issues Concerning Player Movement
4.6 Travel
4.7 Developmental Picks
4.8 Trade Approval
4.9 Player to be named later
4.10 Trade Penalties
5.0 Injuries
5.1 Injury Caps
5.2 Injury Chart
5.3 Disabled Lists
5.3.1 Disabled Reinstatements
5.4 Salary Override
5.5 Playoff Injuries
6.0 Rounding
7.0 Regular Season Arrangements
8.0 Batter Requirements
8.1 MVTGA Restrictions
8.2 Completely Restricted Players
8.3 Pitcher Batting Restrictions
8.4 Catcher Fatigue
9.0 Pitcher Requirements
9.1 Number of Starts
9.1.1 "5th" Starter
9.1.2 Start Limitations
9.2 Fatigue
9.2.1 Rest Requirements
9.3 Reliever Innings Limitations
9.4 Starter and Reliever Combination Innings Limitations
9.5 Removing a Starter
10.0 Fielding Requirements
10.1 Staffing by Position
10.1.1 Games Required to Start at a Defensive Position
10.1.2 Plate Appearances Required to Start at a Defensive Position
10.2 Players with less than required games started
10.3 Playing at Unqualified Positions
10.3.1 Replacing an injured player
10.3.2 Designated Hitters
10.3.3 Promotions
10.3.4 Line-up Changes made before the 7th inning
10.3.5 Late Game Changes
10.4 DH Qualifying to start when a DH Team is visiting a Non DH Team
10.5 Violations
11.0 Post Season Play
11.1 Rosters
11.2 Schedule and Restrictions
11.3 Playoffs
11.3.1 Preliminary Round
11.3.2 Championship Series
11.3.3 World Series
12.0 Season Specific Information for 2010
12.1 Salary Caps
12.2 Play Periods
12.3 Number of Games
12.4 Starting Pitching
12.5 Relief Pitching
12.6 Formulas and Numbers for Batters
12.7 Formulas and Numbers for Fielding
12.8 Deadlines and Dates
12.9 Computer Game Settings
13.0 Playoff Specific Information for 2010
13.1 Play Periods
13.2 Number of Games
13.3 Starting Pitching
13.4 Relief Pitching
13.5 Formulas and Numbers for Batters
