# Plan: Commissioner Without a Team

## Current State

**At the database level**, commissioners and teams are already independent:
- Commissioners are stored in the `commissioners` table (league-level, keyed by `leagueId` + `userId`)
- Teams are stored in the `teams` table (season-level, keyed by `seasonId` + `ownerId`)
- A commissioner does NOT need a team to access the league homepage or draft room — this already works

**The actual problem** is that there's no way to *become* a commissioner without also getting a team:
1. **League creation** (`app/routes/leagues/new.tsx:198-201`): The creator is always assigned the first team (`ownerId: i === 0 ? userId : null`)
2. **No "Add Commissioner" UI**: There's no way for a league creator to add additional commissioners at all
3. **Invite link flow** (`app/routes/i.$inviteCode.tsx`): Joining always assigns a team — there's no option to join as commissioner-only

**Also**, the league creation flow has no opt-out for team ownership — the creator always gets Team 1.

## Changes

### 1. League creation: Add "Join as player" checkbox
**File**: `app/routes/leagues/new.tsx`

- Add a checkbox: "I want to play in this league" (checked by default)
- When unchecked, skip assigning the creator to the first team (all teams get `ownerId: null`)
- When checked, behavior stays the same (creator gets first team)

### 2. Add Commissioner Management UI to League Settings
**File**: `app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.settings.tsx`

- Add a new "Commissioner Management" card section
- Show current commissioners with a "Remove" button (cannot remove if they're the last commissioner)
- Add an "Add Commissioner" form with a user search/select dropdown
  - Only show users who are already members of the league (team owners) OR allow adding by searching all users
  - Since only the site admin can currently assign users to teams, let's keep it simple: commissioners can add any registered user as a commissioner
- Backend actions: `add-commissioner` and `remove-commissioner` intents

### 3. Model changes
**File**: `app/models/commissioner.ts`

- Already has `createCommissioner`, `deleteCommissioner`, `removeCommissionerByLeagueAndUser` — these are sufficient
- Add `countCommissionersByLeagueId` to prevent removing the last commissioner

### 4. Settings loader changes
**File**: `app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.settings.tsx`

- Load commissioners list and user data for display
- Load all users list for the "add commissioner" dropdown (reuse existing `allUsers` pattern but make it available to commissioners, not just admins)

### 5. League homepage: Show commissioner-only indicator
**File**: `app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.tsx`

- In the commissioners list, if a commissioner doesn't own a team in the current season, show a "(No team)" indicator next to their name
- This helps distinguish playing commissioners from non-playing commissioners

## Files to modify

1. `app/routes/leagues/new.tsx` — Add "play in league" checkbox, conditionally assign first team
2. `app/models/commissioner.ts` — Add `countCommissionersByLeagueId` helper
3. `app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.settings.tsx` — Add commissioner management card (loader + action + UI)
4. `app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.server.ts` — Pass team ownership info for commissioners to the homepage
5. `app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.tsx` — Show "(No team)" indicator for commissioners without teams

## Out of scope (not changing)

- The invite link flow — this is for players joining, not commissioners. Commissioners should be added through settings.
- The `createdBy` vs commissioners table inconsistency in draft control endpoints — that's a separate bug
- Adding a way for a commissioner to later claim/release a team mid-season — possible future work but not needed here
