Murphy wrote:
Rule 698 (Always an Eligible Judge) was silent on the eligibility of non-active players before the adoption of Proposal 4867, and remained silent after its adoption.
Whups! Missed deleting the word "active" in several places, and now there's no ruleset definition. CFJs 1500 and 1502 may be relevant, though those precendents would make whether each player was active or not a matter of judgement for the courts... interesting! -Goethe