Maintain IL eligibility after an absence
The new IL system is causing chaos. Recent example: Scottie Barnes. He sat out on 11/6, but immediately after the game his status was updated from O to Q. This made no sense as his next game was not until 11/9. Surprise: he didn't play on 11/9 either; his status was changed from Q to O shortly before the game. However, once again, his status was reverted to Q immediately after. Situations like this substantially undermine the supposed benefit of an IL spot. Over the course of four days, during which Barnes was inactive for the whole time, I was only able to use that IL spot for about 12 total hours.
My suggestion would be to keep players tagged O IL eligible until they are 100% confirmed playing their next game. Even if they are tagged P, Q, or D after an absence, they should remain IL eligible until their return. Otherwise we have situations like the above, where a lack of timeline is inadvertently prejudicial to roster management.
Nick Hollard
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