MTBKR, I figured it was be something like that as you have been a reliable player in past leagues. I hope things work out in your new career choice. My point is that this is supposed to be a competitive fun league. Fun doesn't mean drop in whenever you feel like. We have 5-6 members that have vanished for 3 weeks to 3 months at a time. Is there an effect on other teams ? Absolutely, their opponents are playing a phantom team. One that is usually riddled with starting players on the DL or NA, with bench players that never play. So the teams that get to play the phantoms pad their record. Lo and behold the phantom appears and dumps his D'L's, NA's, and other non-performers and replaces them from the FA pool. The FA pool becomes further depleted and additional talent is locked up.
I don't konw if sending a PM would have much of an effect. Freezing might help. Better member selection would help, even if it meant a smaller league.