Sad to say, we need to have a common method for handling this issue in both leagues for consistency sake.
We have one player already inactive for 19 days and this weekend that team has inactive players.. so for fairness sake, we need to have a method for dealing with this situation out front.
My recommendation is this, freeze the roster at this point and have the league commissioner set the starting lineup for said team. No player transactions can be made from this team until the owner returns or a new player can be found to replace it.
Publish in the comment section that the roster lineup has been set by the commissioner for transparency sake.. if there is any disagreement with the lineups, they can be suggested before the weeks schedule has started.
The point here is to try and avoid basic forfeit weeks to any teams.
Thoughts?
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"