The League has moved from a President-centered governance model to a Board-led nonprofit governance model.
The old life-term President structure has been replaced by annually elected Directors and annually appointed Officers.
The Board now has formal authority over corporate governance, League Policy, officer appointments, budgets, membership status, and oversight of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner remains responsible for day-to-day League administration, but now operates under Board oversight and an approved budget.
Member Franchises retain an important voice: they elect Directors, vote on Playing Rules amendments, give advisory votes on operations, and participate in confidence votes on Officers.
The current draft clarifies that Bylaws, League Policy, and Playing Rules are separate documents with different amendment processes.
The League's legal/corporate framework has been modernized to include nonprofit powers, limitations, records, deposits, registered office/agent, and dissolution provisions.
Operational rules have been moved into a dedicated League Policy document instead of being mixed throughout the old Constitution, By-Laws, and Playing Rules.
Member Franchises, Managers, Players, Good Standing, suspension, discipline, appeals, annual meetings, rosters, postseason eligibility, field administration, uniforms, forfeits, and standings are now organized in one policy document.
The Manager is now clearly identified as the sole authorized representative of a Member Franchise unless the Commissioner approves otherwise.
Good Standing is more clearly tied to financial obligations, compliance, voting rights, postseason eligibility, and League awards.
Discipline is more structured: the Commissioner may impose discipline, the Board provides oversight, committees are advisory unless specifically given authority, and appeals/Board review are defined.
Conduct rules have been strengthened around professionalism, fighting, umpire abuse, dangerous play, alcohol, facility rules, false reporting, and repeated noncompliance.
Roster administration remains familiar but has been cleaned up. The latest draft removes the face-photo roster requirement and allows roster submission through Excel, Google Sheets, or similar formats.
Forfeits, technical forfeits, standings points, postseason eligibility, field status, rescheduling, protests, and reporting obligations are now more clearly separated from Playing Rules.
Playing Rules now focus on on-field competition only, with administrative topics moved into League Policy.
Pre-game warmup guidance has been added for field sharing, batting cage use, and a suggested 20-to-30-minute overall warmup window counted from when the first team starts.
The Playing Rules expressly incorporate the Official Baseball Rules unless a League exception applies.
The draft clarifies which modern MLB rules are not adopted by description, including limits on position-player pitching, shift restrictions, extra-inning automatic runners, pitch clocks, disengagement limits, the three-batter minimum, per-game mound visit limits, mandatory 18-inch bases, and replay/specialized-equipment rules.
The League now has a clear rule hierarchy: League Policy controls first, then Playing Rules, then incorporated MLB rules.
Regular-season and postseason lineup rules are now organized as two formats: Expanded Lineup Format and Restricted Lineup Format.
Regular-season flexibility is preserved through the Expanded Lineup Format, allowing unlimited Extra Hitters, shared batting positions, free defensive substitution, Designated Runners, and Courtesy Runners.
Postseason play is treated more formally through the Restricted Lineup Format, which excludes shared batting positions and uses stricter substitution rules.
Minimum-player rules have been clarified: teams must start when both have one fewer than the required batting positions, short spots are outs, and teams falling below the minimum forfeit.
Collision, injury substitution, Designated Runner, Courtesy Runner, and umpire-dispute rules have been rewritten for clarity and consistency with incorporated baseball rules.