Monday's long awaited Biogenesis suspensions created an interesting and unusual problem for fantasy owners and commissioners.

While most sites have separate designations for DLed players and players in the minor leagues, aside from a possible S next to a player’s name, most league hosting sites do not have a way for you to move a suspended player to a separate status.

While there are very few suspended players, there still needs to be a way to deal with them.

What does YOUR league do?

Yes, you can move them to the bench/reserve, but if you have limits on those spots, should a suspended player even be legally allowed there? Should the fantasy owner have to cut a suspended player? If not, how do they keep them on their roster?

And what if an owner didn’t replace Nelson Cruz or Jhonny Peralta in their lineup Monday before game time? It may not be critical, although some leagues have rules requiring active lineups, but the point is your league should have rules for this.

In my Great American Rotissileague, which I started in the mid-1980's, we allow suspended players to be put into a DL slot – largely because that is an available option on CBS Sportsline. But as I told the league yesterday in a commissioner’s email, if they weren’t put there before game time on Monday, I would not allow a mid-week replacement for them.

Not all league hosting sites have a convenient way to deal with issues like this, which again means your league needs to have a rule. Speaking of league hosting sites, next week’s column will deal with a review of the good and bad of the major sites where fantasy leagues are set up, so if you have a site you would like included or have problems in some area with a site, please send me an email or PM or leave a comment or question in the Commissioner’s Forum on the Mastersball Fantasy Forums. {jcomments on}