Rule Proposal #8 (I think)

I propose that we modify the current Injury Replacement rules to create two catagories of IR: the current form of IR would be Recallable IR in that the injured player can be brought back up by the GM should they return to health but the cost is, as it is now, your first (or subsequent) WD pick in the upcoming WD; the new catagory of IR would be Long-term IR in which the player (presumably an FP or valued and promoted Prospect) is placed on IR for the remainder of the FunHL season and can NOT be recalled by the GM until the following season. Long-term IR would not "cost" the GM anything other than the player on Long-term IR would not be available to the GM again that season.

Reasoning: Corey cites a very rare situation whereby an FP is so useless that he wants the right to waive him. Like Cam, I really don't like this but I do recognize that a GM can get handcuffed by an FP who is experiencing unchecked uselessness. The current IR rule was designed to address situations like this but there is the presumption that the player will heal and be available at some point during the season (indeed the player is returned to the roster at each WD). For a player that is coming back, this makes a lot of sense. The current IR rule is akin to an advance on the upcoming WD but where the player needing to be replaced due to injury is gone for the season is simply NOT coming back, the IR rule seems unreasonably expensive.

This is similar to the NHL in that, in cases of injury, the normal rules of bringing players up through waivers are suspended (indeed you can even recall players from the junior ranks, if needed).