Timetable
Expansion teams will begin play in 1955 or 1956, to be determined by vote of owners.
July 31 - trading deadline
Aug. 15 - protected lists due
Sep. 1 - expansion draft
Sep. 15 - Contracts due (expansion teams exempt from 50% renewal rule, may renew 100% of expiring contracts)
Offseason - Reentry Draft (expansion teams will be entered in the draft lottery)
Rookie Draft

Protected lists
- Each organization will submit a list of 15 players (maximum), who are exempt from the Expansion Draft.
- Remaining "unprotected" players in each organization will be ranked by salary (players will same salary will be ranked in order of the OOTP Salary Report screen) (Minor league players to be sorted by age/alphabetically/minor league level? - TBD)
- Team-by-team, players are grouped into 8 salary "tiers" (Tiers A-H).
- There will be roughly 4 players in each salary tier, but could be more or less depending on the number of unprotected players.

Expansion Draft
- Draft pool consists of every unprotected player in the league
- 64 players will be drafted in 32 rounds
- First pick will be determined by coin toss
- Each existing team will lose exactly 8 players in the Expansion Draft, but only one from each salary tier
- After a player has been drafted, all other players in that salary tier become protected
- After the Expansion Draft, each expansion team will have a roster of 32 players, which will be augmented by the Reentry and Rookie drafts

General Principles
- Each team loses the same number of players (8).
- Each team loses approximately the same payroll amount.
- Expansion teams and existing teams should end up with approximately the same number of players.
- Expansion teams will lack the premier stars of the league, but will have many older stars, lesser stars, and young prospects.
- Expansion teams will probably have smaller payrolls than existing teams, allowing for future signings.

Realignment
Option A: 10-team league, no divisions, no postseason (status quo)
Option B: 10-team league, no divisions, top two teams play in World Series
Option C: two 5-team divisions, winners meet in World Series
- must split expansion teams, one in each division
- if expansion teams are both Western cities, shift to divisional play must wait three seasons
- if expansion teams are West/East, then divisional play may begin immediately

Further Expansion
League will expand to 12 teams around 1960-1962.
League will expand further, according to will of the owners and the available player pool.
Expansions must be at least five years apart.