ok. started reading 2004 rules again cause at the top of the sticky thread. That was my initial thought, but confused myself by reading again :-). yea, we changed that rule two years ago because it was too hard to track. as it stands now, any player who played in more than three seasons is not exempt. we are just buying a house now after our move back to California last summer. Thats what I had thought, I should have known reading was bad ;-).