It is with a heavy heart that we have announce this. The rules against tampering don't leave much room with lenience here, but it has to be done.

The Buffalo Stampede have been found tampering with a player under contract with another team. With Portland's buyout of GroupMeIsKindOfOkay's player, Reed Laing, TDW sought out to ask how much money his player is looking for in free agency. Reed Laing is still under contract to the Admirals at this time. Buffalo's GM ThatDamnWalrus got permission from RomanesEuntDomus to talk to Alex, and while he did his due diligence, the rule is very clear - you cannot reach out to any player on another contract to search for contract demands that player might have in free agency.

The punishment for tampering is harsh. However, due to the circumstances of TDW following due dilligence to see if Alex's player was a free agent, we have lowered the punishment against the Stampede.

We know that TDW has done an excellent job managing the franchise, and we have no doubts that he and his team will be able to bring success to the Buffalo Stampede in spite of this ruling.

Punishment (Voting: 4-1-1 in favor)
Loss of either S34 or S35 1st round pick (Buffalo's choice)
Loss of S35 2nd round pick
Loss of S36 2nd round pick.
RED's player (Nicolas Winter) to be suspended for half of the S34 Regular Season.

edit: wording