An unexpected event from a very long time ago actually ended up becoming a codified rule here in the SHL. It was the Jack Crasher incident. Way, way, WAY back in ye old days of the SHL, almost ten years ago. It was so long ago that I'd wager less than 50 people who are still active on the forum would have been present for it. So long ago that I barely remember it, but it sticks in my memory just enough because of the absolute freak out that everyone had over it at the time. Jack Crasher had always been... a character. I didn't know him very well personally and I don't think we were ever in the same LR but when the community is so small, big personalities stand out. He decided to test free agency and the jist of it was that he promised every team he spoke too that he'd sign with them. Queue all of them announcing or ready to announce the big free-agent signing of the season and everyone finding out that he'd fucked with them all. He got banned for it but it was pretty damn funny, a huge surprise to everyone, and he has the lasting legacy of having a rule made up because of him. How many more players can say they make that much of an imprint on the league?

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