This is the kind of thing I open up to the league because feelings on this are going to be diverse. I'm not sure if it's possible per your leagues particular setup but since the guy wants to drop him (presumably to pick up someone he believes to be useful to himself right now) you consider adding him to IR manually until the league decides what action to take. It puts him out of the player pool and allows the guy who owns him to have the extra spot.
Excellent. Problem solved. Let this guy snag whoever he wants and just say this is a special case and we need to make sure everyone is treated with respect here including the other 11 owners.
no it's not a good solution at all. ADP's situation is not at all unique. This is not the first time an active player is facing a suspension.
How often does a player drafted in the top 5 have this hanging over their head after 1 week of football? He doesn't want him to be able to drop AP because if he plays, the person who picks him up gets a huge advantage for being top waiver priority, but the guy wants to drop him. To open up a slot. I mean you could allow the drop and put out a league wide message stating no one can pick him up until a league wide vote too. Does the same thing.The guy with AP probably will not be able to pick up much of anyone in a waivers priority system at this point anyways. Both AP backups are probably already rostered considering waivers already processed and this broke last night. He's almost certainly not going to get anyone he can play this week. In the meantime you are not allowing him on waivers for someone to "accidentally" pick up
The guy that has the top waiver priority has earned the right to pick up any free agent or any player that is dropped. That's how rolling waivers works. He didn't jump at the first waive of waiver wire all stars and therefore he gets the benefit. Simple as that.The best commisioners are the ones that let everyone run their team the way they want to and doesn't step in unnecessisarily when there are clear rules/proceudres in place.
I have already stated their is no waiver priority after initial waiver run Wed am......
Dropped players midweek don't go on waivers for a day or 2? You need to really go over your league rules for next year, it's a bit of a mess.
This.You have already failed as the commish of your league if dropped layers go straight to free agents as a free for all.
This problem is on you, if that's the case. And I don't know what the answer to that is, because it's going to be a continuous season long problem, but making rule changes mid-season is best avoided.
Maybe if he drops Peterson you set it so that Peterson runs with the waivers at the end of week 2 (this Tue night likely), that way waiver priority determines who gets him, everybody is pretty much guaranteed to have plenty of time and opportunity to know he is out there, and whoever does put a claim in for him will do so at the expense of other players that emerge after week 2.