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Good idea. You probably don't want to set that type of precedent where collusion may be insinuated in the future.
Join the club. :(Yea tip me damn it. No one has yet. Been commish for 8 or 10 years now.
interesting. I didnt even think of the collusion angle.
agreed 6 years commish for me in 5-7 leauges and haven't received one either. They would be appreciated because their is a lot of time and dedication Commish has to put in to make the leauge go......Insein said:Yea tip me damn it. No one has yet. Been commish for 8 or 10 years now.
That means you are normal.shadyridr said:
I've commished for years and have never been offered a tip, but I'd take it in heartbeat. I deal with a lot of headaches and some owners that are a pain in my ###. Yep. I wouldn't think twice about taking it. Won't happen, but I do feel like I deserve something for the grief and effort.
Libertarian here. My rationale is that I run leagues for my enjoyment and the good of the community. When I partake in the leagues others commish, I assume they are doing the same.
There is a job waiting for you in the Phenom thread. You could get a trip to Costa Rica or the Bahamas out of it too.
I have run my league for 15+ years, and completely disagree. You are the commissioner because you want to be. If you don't want to run it, the league will suffer because it will be evident to the other owners that you don't care. The commissioner has to deal with headaches and problematic owners, yes, but that's part of the job. If all of the owners want to do something for the commissioner, like pick up his tab at the draft, that's fine, but a tip from the winner? I wouldn't take it. I certainly don't feel like I "deserve" anything.
To each his own certainly, but isn't the bolded true of virtually everyone who provides a service to you. The postman is a postman because they want to be, the person who delivers your newspaper or cuts your hair are doing it because they want to, not because they are forced to provide that service. Its all good, but ive always felt iIf the service is good you tip, that's how I roll.
I'm the same way. I've been doing it for 20+ years. I would never accept money. To each their own though.
And I've run mine for closer to 20 years and never been tipped. I get blown lots of crap on all kinds of stuff, and while i definitely do think my efforts are worth something (ie the "deserve" comment), it's never been offered, but ya, I'd take it in NY second. I commish because my league mates know I'm fair and put the interests of the league ahead of my own, often to my own detriment, but moreso because one of my strengths is organizing things - getting the website set up, the rules, schedules input, loading the rosters, setting the league calendar, but also draft day itself. Setting up a place to have it, getting out annual golf outing set up, getting the auctioneer and his fee taken care (bottle of Grey Goose), and all that kind of stuff while no one else does any of it except show up. Frankly, I don't think it would run nearly as smoothly if I didn't do it, but it's not because I necessarily want to.
I see a bottle of liquor as a gift, a "thank you". I don't just monetize it and see it the same way.
Sure, that's a nice gesture if you want to do it.GreekFreak said:
Same here. 8 years, no tip. None expected, but I'd appreciate a few bucksYea tip me damn it. No one has yet. Been commish for 8 or 10 years now.
