I don't agree that it is the same as intercepting a pass. The word they use is two seasons but the mechanic make it three... this is clearly different from the interception mechanic which never state one thing and do another with the mechanic in that way. It is only same in that it is illogical.dode74 wrote:Then tell them what it is! And the fact that they don't know what it is doesn't change the fact that there are plenty of rules which require clarification.
First, I think you are making assumptions about how people read the rules - some will read one way, others will read another. That simply shows that clarity is needed.allot of people will not read the rules as literally as you do and instead go by what the text infer
Second, we infer and the rules imply. You are inferring 2 seasons, the rules do not imply it. In fact, they fairly clearly state when you check (first part of Downtime) and when you add one to the number (last part of Downtime) - it states quite clearly that you "add 1 to the number of seasons they have completed" at the redrafting stage, yet you are somehow concluding that one should be added before that stage.It makes perfectly logical sense to roll for the pass before the interception, and yet...The reason is that it make perfectly logical sense to do it that way.
I have to ask, though: why is it illogical that a player should want to retire after 3 instead of 2 seasons? Seems to me the number of seasons is arbitrary.
I still believe that the intent is for it to be two seasons and not three. I firmly believe that they just did not consider the ramification of how it work as worded if rules lawyered.
In my opinion they should have clearly explained that a player only roll once three seasons have passed since that is when they completed two seasons (first season never counts). Because currently it make no sense and not in the way that a pass work, this is much worse. But as I said, I don't think they did becasue it was never the intention.
I can be wrong... until the matter is cleared I will advocate two season and not three. I see the start of the Downtown phase as the off-season which is in between two seasons thus I add one to the value on the roster when I roll for the WTR. That is how I interpret the rules as written.
Why mention the number of complete seasons at all, it just confuses the matter. They should just have stuck with roll less than the value in Completed Season on the roster. But I don't think they actually intended it this way... but again I can be wrong.