Priorities: John M is the only person able to fix the playoff problem and he is not the person updating the system and doing the bulk of the work on the infrastructure. So one thing has nothing to do with the other.

John M will fix the TRAD WS problem as soon as he finds the time to do it and he is both swamped at work and otherwise right now. The error should not have occured but we can count ourself lucky that it has not in the past because the the system is maual and errors can happen at any time that can be very difficult to fix.

Playoffs in TRAD: We want and intend on playing these series as soon as we can.

Next season: it will go on no matter what is being done in the background to improve the future system. We are not destroying the old system--just retooling the infrastructure that holds it all up. From there we will "hang" modules on it that will replace the old ones.

Trades held up by teasm in WS. Nothing can be done until the games are played or cancelled.

Trades with UNM in WS. I will try to tell you if the trades will be approved when WS in the books.

Mike B
PB