Just got done reading as much of the thread as I could.
A) Nobody contacted me about joining an alternative secret shadow league. I'm really hurt by this. Is this because of the flapjack incident? Cuz that was totally not my fault. That stupid Monkey was supposed to be able to perform a pirouette on cue. Pirouette. Not a Tour en l'air. Not my fault.
B) Unrelated, but isn't this how WWI started? Didn't Franz Ferdinand like try to start a separate Scheilinkrugle league but the Serbians thought that was pretty crappy and so they had the Albanians shoot him during a hot dog eating contest? I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but this suddenly seems like unnecessarily high-stakes gaming here, and I'm not ready to broker an alliance between the UK and France right now.
3) In regards to all non-personal stuff, I do think that making a rule for activity isn't wise. Honestly, just the 75 games missed rule should be enough. If they miss too many games, have Byennie attempt to contact, and make a ruling. If people want to work their players and aren't missing games, but don't have any interest in posting here or making trades, let em have their fun their way.