commish help please (1 Viewer)

[billrob]

A guy in my league picked up Miles Austin last week, and then this week he picked up somebody else but dropped Austin.

He says he meant to drop Britt and because their names are next to each other on the list he selected the wrong guy. Add in the fact that Austin was on the bye last week so he never actually used him I guess I got to believe him.

When I look at the transactions he had Britt selected, but 30 minutes later he changed it to Austin.

The competitor in me says screw him, he messed up, too bad. But as commish should I change the move?

 

[Mr. Anonymous]

Does this affect anyone? The fact that he corrected it that quickly, plus the circumstances surrounding the players at issue, all argue for his account being accurate.

The role of a commissioner for me is to make sure that things are occuring the way they ought to. There wouldn't need to be a commissioner if you were going to have the computer determine everything.

If I were commissioner, I would follow the path intended by the owner who made a mistake.

I assume this is an issue because somebody grabbed Austin in that 30 minutes? That would have just been the windfall of a technical error and isn't something that needs to be protected for purposes of the integrity of the league.

If it weren't corrected fast, and the failure to correct it fast had ripple effects (somebody cuts a player and picks up Austin, somebody else picks up that waived player, trades were made), then you would might have to evaluate this differently. But if there were no uncorrectable repercussions, even if he didn't notice what he did for a day or two, I would go ahead and let him fix it.

If a game intervened between the mistake and the correction, I would evaluate this differently. Leaning toward wanting to fix the mistake, offset by setting a precedent that might need to be applied to less clear examples that might have been influenced by the result of the intervening game.

Hope this helps. The way you've framed this one is a no-brainer to me.

 

[Black]

If he contacted you right after the transaction (or as soon as he noticed the mistake), I think you correct it... especially if there is no direct impact to the outcome of a game (like changing a roster start mid-game or after the game), if there's no real impact to the league, and if it seems like an honest mistake. ie, who are you dropping, Miles or the guy with the QB who just threw for -2 yards and was benched for V. Young.

That's why there are commish tools...I'd fix it for him and not think twice.