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Ward is 31. Lots of all-star WRs are productive into their mid-30s. Joe Horn had his best season at 32 1/2. Issac Bruce and Jerry Rice were top-10 fantasy WRs at 34 and 39. Marvin Harrison was the #1 fantasy WR last year at the age of 34.
Other players' careers have nothing to do with Ward. He beats himself up in the blocking game so it would not shock me if he starts to have lingering injuries.
Over Drew Carter and Anthony Gonzalez?
Why in the world would you need to do this and why would the owners allow you to do this?I cannot imagine one good thing coming out of a commish having blanket authority over an owner shaping his roster.
What if Ward ends up being unproductive the rest of the year?Even worse, what if Washington does well?
Talk to the guy? Nah.Find out why he's dropping the player? No way.Kick him out of the league? Too easy.LET'S GET MORE POWER!!! YEAH!
HIGHLY unlikely. Ward will be solid after the bye.
if the owner paid his $ then let him manage his team the way he wants to. between this thread and the other thread, you are giving us commissioners a bad name
The only good thing I can think of is to give me a clear signal that I should find a new league to play in. This came up in another thread and a commish with add/drop approval is possibly the worst rule ever. You have a waiver system in place. This is exactly why people put a waiver system in place.(Off Topic) The other bad thing is using Yahoo's Can't Cut List for a private league. It doesn't react fast enough to address injuries and such.
I do this as well... I do not see it as "blanket authority" as much as it is simply for running our Waivers system properly. CBS does not have a "Priority Waivers Process" by which you pick up a player and drop to the bottom of the priority list which in turn rolls to the next week. (Their system is either based on reverse order of the standings OR it never resets based on the 1st week's order of the season. I need it to reset based on priority...). My league understands the need for the commish to approve the Add/Drops... as it's ONLY used for our Waiver System.Personally, I think the phrase "approve of Add/Drop" is misleading. A commish doesn't "approve" add/drops per se... we simply execute the transaction based on our league set-up. In our case, waivers run Tues-Thurs based on priority and first come, first served any time after 5pm on Thursday... hence the need for the "approve of add/drop" feature.
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I don't get where people get off trying to manage other people's teams. In addition to that you have to wonder about the quality of a league when someone is dropping Ward for Washington. 
That is why you let managers manage.
You don't deserve to be the commish of your league if you're even considering the things you've been posting about.I've read enough. This is my thought exactly. You're commissioner, not king. YOu don't get to regulate the rosters. What's next, draft all the teams? You're wanting to control the competition. That's not your job. Ward will be #2 on a team that doesn't pass much? That's if he can come back and perform well. Would I have made the move? Not likely. But, I worry about my team. To me, it sounds like the original commish is po'd, because he spent his cash, and the BEST team (four weeks in?) is going to look better. Not a valid reason to dislike the move.
I can see this logic actually and naturally I will tell you to move to MFL or another service that allows these type of configurations.
The best thing to happen to your league might be for this owner to get Ward. He may not be 100% until close to November, if not ever this season. He may end up causing lineup decisions between close players, and perhaps this owner will choose wrong more than right. Or he may end up not being nearly as productive as most people suspected when the season began. It's very easy to imagine Hines Ward finishing around the #30 WR for the rest of the season. I fail to see how he will make this mystery team a juggernaut.
Yeah ultimately it might not mean much. The problem I have is more the original owner dropping him over Drew Carter or Najeh Davenport moreso than the new owner picking him up. But of course its not my place to run him team. I just wonder what wouldve happened if say he dropped Marvin Harrison and what the reaction in this thread wouldve been.
Resident ##### is the guy who is really getting called out for his commish skills.You are getting called out for your player evaluation skills.ETA: How come Resident ##### can use ##### in his username but we can't use it to refer to him in a post? Might be time for me to explore a new alias.at people calling me out on my commish skills cuz I started a thread on a fantasy football message board. Its not like I did anything regarding this drop.
at people calling me out on my commish skills cuz I started a thread on a fantasy football message board. Its not like I did anything regarding this drop.
because you are upset people do not agree with you. The fact that you try to manage other people's teams does reflect bad on you as a commish.
Its not like I managed his team or anything. Ward is on waivers in my league ready to be bid on next week and will stay there. I was just curious what happens in other leagues. Is there really any harm in starting a thread about it? What if he dropped Marvin instead of Hines? That would cause a frenzy in any league.
Is there really a single person on here who can make an argument that Drew Carter is more valuable this year going forward than Hines Ward?Resident ##### is the guy who is really getting called out for his commish skills.You are getting called out for your player evaluation skills.
ETA: How come Resident ##### can use ##### in his username but we can't use it to refer to him in a post? Might be time for me to explore a new alias.
What if?Its not like I managed his team or anything. Ward is on waivers in my league ready to be bid on next week and will stay there. I was just curious what happens in other leagues. Is there really any harm in starting a thread about it? What if he dropped Marvin instead of Hines? That would cause a frenzy in any league.
I will still say any reasonable person shouldve dropped Drew Carter on the chance Ward does recover from his injuries
What if?Its not like I managed his team or anything. Ward is on waivers in my league ready to be bid on next week and will stay there. I was just curious what happens in other leagues. Is there really any harm in starting a thread about it? What if he dropped Marvin instead of Hines? That would cause a frenzy in any league.
The way this guys been doing things the last 2 years, dont be surprised if I bump this saying that he did in fact drop Harrison soon. 
It doesnt matter if you did anything, its the problem of your thinking. Your just waiting in the wings to pounce, because for some reason you dont think he is up to your standards. Not everyone is a shark, some guppies like to play because they find enjoyment out of it, and are not in it to compete. This guy has done nothing to disrobe the integrity of this league, yet your just itching to replace him. That right there calls in your commisioner skills. If your that kinda commisioner get rid of all the last place finishers, then replace them with owners that pass your test. Interview them and see how great their knowledge of the game is. Place scenarios "Your team is 3-1, and your slacking at wide reciever what do you do?" If there answer is drop Hines Ward, then most likely they failed the interview.
It doesnt matter if you did anything, its the problem of your thinking. Your just waiting in the wings to pounce, because for some reason you dont think he is up to your standards. Not everyone is a shark, some guppies like to play because they find enjoyment out of it, and are not in it to compete. This guy has done nothing to disrobe the integrity of this league, yet your just itching to replace him. That right there calls in your commisioner skills. If your that kinda commisioner get rid of all the last place finishers, then replace them with owners that pass your test. Interview them and see how great their knowledge of the game is. Place scenarios "Your team is 3-1, and your slacking at wide reciever what do you do?" If there answer is drop Hines Ward, then most likely they failed the interview.
I dont think there's anything wrong with trying to get 12 owners who make the league as competitive as possible. I guess thats just my line of thinking though. If the other 11 owners were idiots and I was the only smart one the league wouldnt be very fun.
There is nothing wrong with making competitve, but what are you going to tell the other owners, I kicked this guy out of the league becasue he dropped Ward? Id would then tell myself, Id better watch every move I make, or im going to be next, now what kind of fun is that? It isnt, Id be looking for another league.It doesnt matter if you did anything, its the problem of your thinking. Your just waiting in the wings to pounce, because for some reason you dont think he is up to your standards. Not everyone is a shark, some guppies like to play because they find enjoyment out of it, and are not in it to compete. This guy has done nothing to disrobe the integrity of this league, yet your just itching to replace him. That right there calls in your commisioner skills. If your that kinda commisioner get rid of all the last place finishers, then replace them with owners that pass your test. Interview them and see how great their knowledge of the game is. Place scenarios "Your team is 3-1, and your slacking at wide reciever what do you do?" If there answer is drop Hines Ward, then most likely they failed the interview.
Stupid people do stupid things and every league's got a couple chumps.I had a guy give me Larry Johnson for Jason Witten. 
