HFNHL Commish
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- Feb 28, 2002
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Gentlemen,
I'll make this short - on more than one occasion lately, it has come to my attention that there have been GMs that are benching or relegating to the 4th line some of their best players seemingly for no other reason than losing hockey games. This is patently unacceptable.
The HFNHL has always had an anti-tanking policy, even if it's an unwritten one. Everyone who's been around the league long enough knows this, and everyone with an ounce of common sense should be able to figure it out. In any sport, throwing games is unacceptable, no matter how bad you want draft position. You compete hard, and you lose fair and square.
I'm not in the business of telling people how to run their teams. If you bench a 70 OV player for a 65 OV player, you probably have your reasons. That's your prerogative. What I'm talking about are those blatant instances where healthy star players are benched in favor of scrubs.
Enough. No more. The anti-tanking policy has always been unwritten because, quite frankly, we should all know better. There are some things that just shouldn't have to be spelled out.
Don't push me on this - it won't work out in your favor.
Public service announcement over.
Matt Gledhill
HFNHL Commissioner
I'll make this short - on more than one occasion lately, it has come to my attention that there have been GMs that are benching or relegating to the 4th line some of their best players seemingly for no other reason than losing hockey games. This is patently unacceptable.
The HFNHL has always had an anti-tanking policy, even if it's an unwritten one. Everyone who's been around the league long enough knows this, and everyone with an ounce of common sense should be able to figure it out. In any sport, throwing games is unacceptable, no matter how bad you want draft position. You compete hard, and you lose fair and square.
I'm not in the business of telling people how to run their teams. If you bench a 70 OV player for a 65 OV player, you probably have your reasons. That's your prerogative. What I'm talking about are those blatant instances where healthy star players are benched in favor of scrubs.
Enough. No more. The anti-tanking policy has always been unwritten because, quite frankly, we should all know better. There are some things that just shouldn't have to be spelled out.
Don't push me on this - it won't work out in your favor.
Public service announcement over.
Matt Gledhill
HFNHL Commissioner