Was nearly removed from the league prior to the start of the 2016 season. Eric Miele was set to rejoin the league due to a prior agreement with the commissioner, but there were not any available spots. Jason had spoken to Mike and informed him he was unfortunately going to lose his spot. However, Eric Hannmann, Ryan Florentine, Tony Pagliaro, and Jason talked it over and decided he provided too much consistent competition to leave out, so the league opted to operate with 16 teams for the first time in its history, with the mindset that two managers would be removed before the start of the 2017 season.