Waiver Wire Rules

Should we use a modified version of last year's waiver wire rules, or the new Yahoo version. Both versions are explained...

2006 Waiver Wire Rules
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1) All players not currently on a roster are free agents.
2) Each manager has 5 free roster moves during the season.
3) Roster moves for players out 4+ weeks due to injury are free.
4) Players injured in Week 13+ are not eligible for a free roster move.
5) Suspensions are not considered injuries.
6) Championship and Toilet Bowl games are during Week 16.

Waiver Wire Rules

Su 12:00 PM - Free injury pickup period begins
T 11:59 PM - Free injury pickup period ends, waiver process begins
W 12:00 PM - First waiver priority expires
W 11:59 PM - Second waiver priority expires
R 12:00 PM - Third waiver priority expires
R 11:59 PM - Fourth waiver prioirty expires, free drop/add begins
Su 12:00 PM - Free drop/add ends

* all times EST
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2007 Potential Yahoo Rules
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I'd like to suggest going to a system where extraneous rules are not necessary and allow Yahoo to manage the entire thing. It will also be more difficult to sort out the waiver start/end times with 6 teams.

Here is what is built into Yahoo:

ALL players not on rosters are placed on waivers Sun-Tue. In order to claim a player you must claim him during that time and also have the highest waiver priority. The waiver claims are processed at the end of Tue.

The waiver priority list is determined by the current week-to-week standings. So it will be different every week. It will go in reverse order of standing (the best team is last on the list).

After Tues and the processing of all waiver claims, then all players are free agents. Any manager can pick any player up at any time.

I AM PROPOSING TO DO AWAY WITH THE LIMITS ON NUMBER OF PICKUPS AND FREE INJURY PICKUPS.

I think pickups will be more important with more teams and therefore there should be more freedom to tinker with rosters. An extra 38 players will be drafted this year, certainly more than a few will be busts.
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From email and other discussions it appears the vote on this is as follows so far:

Chris - Yahoo
Ben - Yahoo
Baxter - Yahoo
Brian - Yahoo