yeah straight redraft league with no toilet bowl
Do you have a rule that prohibits it?If not, the owner is playing the role of "spoiler".
May want to update the rule book
That may be the case, but as commish (even if there was no rule prohibiting such an action)
I would definitely reverse the move as if it had never happened. If this is not a dynasty league and there is no toilet bowl, then there is absolutely no reason a team, whose season is over, should be permitted to make moves. It's common sense."Playing the role of spoiler" is weak sauce when the team's season is already over.
On what grounds. The "I forgot to write it into the rulebook" clause?
On the grounds that as commish, I make decisions on things in the best interest of the league as a whole. I would never even want such a clause cluttering up my rulebook. It's common sense. A team in a redraft league who has no more games and has been eliminated has no reason to make a move. Any reasonable person can see that and would not use the ultra weak argument that they should be allowed to make the move b/c the rulebook doesn't prohibit it.
Nice, act snotty because someone doesn't agree with you.
It doesn't "clutter" the rulebook to have one line saying "Unless a team is in the playoffs, you may not make WW moves"
Its obviously NOT common sense since someone did it.
Its not a weak argument, its a fact. There is nothing to prohibit it other than your opinion of it being "common sense" which obviously it isn't since it was done. And it was probably gamesmanship by one of the eliminated teams.
And yes, ultimately I do agree with the idea that eliminated teams shouldn't make moves but without a rule to stop you really shouldn't arbitrarily reverse it as a commish. That will end up leading to hard feelings unless its a very tight knit group of owners.
huh? Are we talking about the same thing?I am referring to a redraft league team whose regular season is over and did not make the playoffs and we are talking about this team making rosters add/drops once their season is officially over. I am saying these teams should not be able to make moves since it is unnecessary and serves no purpose.
I think of "playing the role of spoiler" as a team who is out of the playoff hunt and brings it to defeat a team in the playoff hunt near the end of the regular season. You think of it as a team whose season is over trying to pick up players to screw the teams who are in the playoffs? That's horrible gamesmanship and in extremely poor taste.
For a commish to reverse these type of moves is a good thing since there is no justifiable point in them. This won't lead to hard feelings. What will lead to hard feelings is allowing this BS to take place and having the playoff teams wondering why a team whose season is over is still making add/drops of viable players in a redraft league.
I understand you strongly disagree with me, but your argument couldn't be more ridiculous. Just b/c there is not an official rule? If the team was serving it's own best interest with a pickup then I could see your point, but a team whose season is over has no business making add/drops in a redraft league. Common sense trumps the lack of a rule prohibiting it. Sometimes the commish needs to make a fair and unbiased call for the good of the league --- this is one of those times.
Like others have said previously, I make sure I lock the teams whose season are over from making add/drops so that this doesn't become an issue.
I do the same thing. They have nothing to play for so there's no reason to make transactions (Redraft/No Loser Bracket)
I wouldn't stay in this league. Unless maybe all WW picks when the non-playoff teams can't get them go back to the draft pool.
It doesn't "clutter" the rulebook to have one line saying "Unless a team is in the playoffs, you may not make WW moves"
It doesn't "clutter" the rulebook to have one line saying "Unless a team is in the playoffs, you may not make WW moves"
