Looking at their school website, they have finals up to the 23rd and graduation on the 24th. The should make for an interesting decision for the league playoffs. Two years ago they made the playoffs but didn't go. Any thoughts on the situation this year?

Palmer has a history of missing game commitments. I think they should either show-up for playoffs, or alert league officials they will not in advance. In this way, the fifth place team replaces them and you still have the Silver Division playoffs. Palmer would then have a respectable way of dealing with the conflict. If they simply do not show-up, that should result in dismissal from the league.

In the future, graduation conflicts should be avoided if at all possible in scheduling the playoffs. Did Palmer attend the scheduling meeting and raise this as a concern?

they were at the meeting and nothing was mentioned