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PsychoMan
Footballguy
I did something dumber, but it didn't affect me as much as it would to take the wrong Steve Smith. I scrambeld with a few seconds left in an online draft and grabbed Drew Bennett instead of Drew Carter. It was a later pick and really not that big of a deal, but I was super annoyed when I did it because Bennett had the same bye as a couple other receivers and I wanted Drew Carter to help insure my earlier Steve Smith (Carolina) pick.
JerseyEagles
Footballguy
A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year.
In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
Indy's Tony Gonzalez is Anthony Gonzalez. Not sure why that would cause any confusion.
hephner
Footballguy
The pick should have stood.We had an auction draft at fantasyauctioneer.com a few weeks ago, and the commish had sent warnings in just about every email leading up to the draft to be careful about steve smith, adrian peterson, etc. Sure enough, Steve Smith is about the 15th player nominated, and one of the first WRs on the board, and people are bidding left and right. Then all of a sudden about half the league is posting on the chat: "WRONG STEVE SMITH!!!", but some don't notice and keep bidding. Someone wins him for $25 (in a $200 cap league), and the pick stood. After all, there were numerous warnings, both before, and even during the draft. The winning owner was ok with with it, although I'm sure he was kicking himself.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year. In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
JerseyEagles
Footballguy
Problem is our commissioner is known far and wide as a scoundrel, so no one was willing to jump to his side, especially given his history of making decisions to only benefit his team. That didn't help his case. We all saw it as an honest mistake and since we're all friends, the technicality of the sticker mistake was overridden. I'm fairly certain our commish is furiously writing new bylaws in this week, he won't be outmaneuvered again.The pick should have stood.We had an auction draft at fantasyauctioneer.com a few weeks ago, and the commish had sent warnings in just about every email leading up to the draft to be careful about steve smith, adrian peterson, etc. Sure enough, Steve Smith is about the 15th player nominated, and one of the first WRs on the board, and people are bidding left and right. Then all of a sudden about half the league is posting on the chat: "WRONG STEVE SMITH!!!", but some don't notice and keep bidding. Someone wins him for $25 (in a $200 cap league), and the pick stood. After all, there were numerous warnings, both before, and even during the draft. The winning owner was ok with with it, although I'm sure he was kicking himself.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year. In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
Phurfur
Footballguy
Why would you play in that league?Problem is our commissioner is known far and wide as a scoundrel, so no one was willing to jump to his side, especially given his history of making decisions to only benefit his team. That didn't help his case. We all saw it as an honest mistake and since we're all friends, the technicality of the sticker mistake was overridden. I'm fairly certain our commish is furiously writing new bylaws in this week, he won't be outmaneuvered again.The pick should have stood.We had an auction draft at fantasyauctioneer.com a few weeks ago, and the commish had sent warnings in just about every email leading up to the draft to be careful about steve smith, adrian peterson, etc. Sure enough, Steve Smith is about the 15th player nominated, and one of the first WRs on the board, and people are bidding left and right. Then all of a sudden about half the league is posting on the chat: "WRONG STEVE SMITH!!!", but some don't notice and keep bidding. Someone wins him for $25 (in a $200 cap league), and the pick stood. After all, there were numerous warnings, both before, and even during the draft. The winning owner was ok with with it, although I'm sure he was kicking himself.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year.
In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
My daughters are in one of the YouthFF Leagues (thanks TC) and the kid picking second picked the wrong Steven Jackson (oops). The girls were picking third and swooped in and grabbed the real S-Jax. The commish stepped in and changed the 1st Jackson pick to the best RB available at the time (T Henry).
New bylaw? Your commish now has to make a rule that says "The player you pick is the player you pick"?The pick should have stood.Problem is our commissioner is known far and wide as a scoundrel, so no one was willing to jump to his side, especially given his history of making decisions to only benefit his team. That didn't help his case. We all saw it as an honest mistake and since we're all friends, the technicality of the sticker mistake was overridden. I'm fairly certain our commish is furiously writing new bylaws in this week, he won't be outmaneuvered again.The pick should have stood.We had an auction draft at fantasyauctioneer.com a few weeks ago, and the commish had sent warnings in just about every email leading up to the draft to be careful about steve smith, adrian peterson, etc. Sure enough, Steve Smith is about the 15th player nominated, and one of the first WRs on the board, and people are bidding left and right. Then all of a sudden about half the league is posting on the chat: "WRONG STEVE SMITH!!!", but some don't notice and keep bidding. Someone wins him for $25 (in a $200 cap league), and the pick stood. After all, there were numerous warnings, both before, and even during the draft. The winning owner was ok with with it, although I'm sure he was kicking himself.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year. In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
What a stupid way to win a league.I beat ____'s team because he picked the wrong steve smith by mistake...The pick should have stood.We had an auction draft at fantasyauctioneer.com a few weeks ago, and the commish had sent warnings in just about every email leading up to the draft to be careful about steve smith, adrian peterson, etc. Sure enough, Steve Smith is about the 15th player nominated, and one of the first WRs on the board, and people are bidding left and right. Then all of a sudden about half the league is posting on the chat: "WRONG STEVE SMITH!!!", but some don't notice and keep bidding. Someone wins him for $25 (in a $200 cap league), and the pick stood. After all, there were numerous warnings, both before, and even during the draft. The winning owner was ok with with it, although I'm sure he was kicking himself.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year. In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
JerseyEagles
Footballguy
The player you intended to pick is the player you pick, not the player the sticker says you pick. Stickers are the method by which a player's intent is representative of your draft pick. If the sticker doesn't represent who you've selected in your mind, the mind's intent overides.New bylaw? Your commish now has to make a rule that says "The player you pick is the player you pick"?The pick should have stood.Problem is our commissioner is known far and wide as a scoundrel, so no one was willing to jump to his side, especially given his history of making decisions to only benefit his team. That didn't help his case. We all saw it as an honest mistake and since we're all friends, the technicality of the sticker mistake was overridden. I'm fairly certain our commish is furiously writing new bylaws in this week, he won't be outmaneuvered again.
Sounds more like a stupid way to lose a league. We should not protect people from their own stupidity, it only encourages them to be just as stupid in the future.What a stupid way to win a league.I beat ____'s team because he picked the wrong steve smith by mistake...The pick should have stood.We had an auction draft at fantasyauctioneer.com a few weeks ago, and the commish had sent warnings in just about every email leading up to the draft to be careful about steve smith, adrian peterson, etc. Sure enough, Steve Smith is about the 15th player nominated, and one of the first WRs on the board, and people are bidding left and right. Then all of a sudden about half the league is posting on the chat: "WRONG STEVE SMITH!!!", but some don't notice and keep bidding. Someone wins him for $25 (in a $200 cap league), and the pick stood. After all, there were numerous warnings, both before, and even during the draft. The winning owner was ok with with it, although I'm sure he was kicking himself.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year.
In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
I would rather the rule read "Don't be an idiot and pick the wrong sticker." Is it really that hard to pay attention?
Ron_Mexico
I Love Doggies
JerseyEagles
Footballguy
right, well the guy who goofed is an idiot, but weren't about to let our scoundrel commish be the beneficiary. He's on temporary 1 year appointment because our real commish doesn't have the time this year.
kensat30
Footballguy
It's a stupid mistake to make, but it should be corrected.
Honestly, I could not see any of my leagues making such an obvious mistake final. And if I was in a league that would try to capitalize on someone's mistake to everyone else's benefit, I would call them out as a bunch of punks. Be men and play the game how it is supposedly to be play. Is it really that hard to be a man nowadays? Ever heard of honor or integrity? ### ####. Why would you try to take advantage of an obvious mistake? That is pathetic.
Kudos to the guy owning up to his mistake in the Steve Smith auction. But if I was in that league, I wouldn't let it happen. God knows some people do some drinking on draft day, and I'm not out to take advantage or let other people take advantage of their mistakes.
Honestly, I could not see any of my leagues making such an obvious mistake final. And if I was in a league that would try to capitalize on someone's mistake to everyone else's benefit, I would call them out as a bunch of punks. Be men and play the game how it is supposedly to be play. Is it really that hard to be a man nowadays? Ever heard of honor or integrity? ### ####. Why would you try to take advantage of an obvious mistake? That is pathetic.
Kudos to the guy owning up to his mistake in the Steve Smith auction. But if I was in that league, I wouldn't let it happen. God knows some people do some drinking on draft day, and I'm not out to take advantage or let other people take advantage of their mistakes.
Eviloutsider
Footballguy
My uncle a couple years ago took Anthony Jones. Some sort of mesh between Anthomy Thomas and Thomas Jones. I guess thats one way to make sure you have the RBBC locked up.
Prof. Chaos
Footballguy
Several years ago the j/o in my local league posted K.Faulk as the first pick in the draft. The commish had the 2nd pick and ran to the board and posted the M. Faulk sticker. The bedlam that ensued was hilarious. Leaue rule, once you post a sticker the player is yours.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
I had a money auction draft last yr.... we had 2 situations.
1) The team name was Larry Johnsons... he nominated Dom Davis (right before he was IR) 1st.... sure enough half the league thought they were bidding on LJ. I reversed it.
2) Roy Williams Dal DB.... people thought he was R Williams WR (the player was already nominated and won).
The owner won him for $15 (that was an high amount for IDPs). I let it stand.
1) The team name was Larry Johnsons... he nominated Dom Davis (right before he was IR) 1st.... sure enough half the league thought they were bidding on LJ. I reversed it.
2) Roy Williams Dal DB.... people thought he was R Williams WR (the player was already nominated and won).
The owner won him for $15 (that was an high amount for IDPs). I let it stand.
When drafting online I avoid this error (when possible) by first filtering the available players by team. In other words, many online drafting applications allow you to list only those players available from team CAROLINA. Thus, you make sure that a mis-click does not inadvertently land you the wrong STEVE SMITH.
Brides Maids
Footballguy
This would make such a great commercial..... Can you just imagine it along the lines of the Housh commercial??Championship!!no mix ups quite like the ones previously mentioned, but we had a guy in round 21 take Steve Smith and announced it as the "steal of the draft baby...I can't believe he wasn't taken yet. "...needless to say it was the NYG version.
strong
Footballguy
I hadn't noticed this... but the RB is spelled Scobey
Challenge Everything
Footballguy
I dont believe the amount of people who are anal enough to not reverse a dumb mistake if the wrong name is placed on a board, auctioned and won, or drafted. Some people do not follow the NFL all that much and play this game for fun. To have that ruined by some dumb friends at a draft by not allowing, or even clarifying at the time, who is actually being picked is pretty sad.
Sammy B
Footballguy
It all depends on how intense the league is. I'm in various leagues from easy going friends leagues to shark infested auctions. I'd let it slide in the relaxed leagues but it would definitely stand in the tougher leagues. Sharks SHOULD know what they're doing.Challenge Everything said:
hellz_fireflies
Footballguy
This is a repeated topic from 3 weeks ago..do a search before you make a topic!!! 
Pnishthm
Footballguy
Yet you still felt the need to read the post and reply.This is a repeated topic from 3 weeks ago..do a search before you make a topic!!!
hellz_fireflies
Footballguy
Only way they will learn!Yet you still felt the need to read the post and reply.This is a repeated topic from 3 weeks ago..do a search before you make a topic!!!
moleculo
Footballguy
too many repeated threads and the innernet will get all clogged up, huh?Only way they will learn!Yet you still felt the need to read the post and reply.This is a repeated topic from 3 weeks ago..do a search before you make a topic!!!
Well it isn't a truck you can just dump stuff on. It is more like a series of tubes...too many repeated threads and the innernet will get all clogged up, huh?Only way they will learn!Yet you still felt the need to read the post and reply.This is a repeated topic from 3 weeks ago..do a search before you make a topic!!!
moleculo
Footballguy
Varmint
Footballguy
This is why, in our auction league, when each player is introduced, he is introduced with a draft sheet where the player is listed by NAME, POSITION, and NFL TEAM.It eliminates any confusion and if you screw it up using this format...you deserve to suffer.A guy in our league stickered S. Smith from the Giants early, then in Rd. 15, the Commish discovered the mistake and drafted the real S. Smith. The rest of the league immediately let the original mistake go, but as the commish drank later into the day, he became more assured that he should have been able to retain the real Steve Smith. We almost ended in a fist fight, but finally cooler heads prevailed and the commish decided to do the "right thing" and let the original mistake stand. Nothing in our bylaws about goofing up on stickers, sorry commish, maybe write the situation in next year. In a court of law, a man's intent is still important, not dumb stickers.
Mungo Burrows
Footballguy
Can't believe this thread has gone on this long without"sharks" would never do that, right?
moleculo
Footballguy
gotta be some kind of record, right?Can't believe this thread has gone on this long without"sharks" would never do that, right?
