oldmanhawkins
Footballguy
The commissioner of the dynasty league I'm in sent out the email below. How would you respond to something like this? I've already responded, but I'm wondering whether I went too far with my response, if I should backtrack/apologize/etc.
Sup,
It seems like we are still having a hard time with initial trade offers being "fair." Based on what I see and what people tell me, I would agree that there are a lot of bull#### initial offers. At this juncture, everyone has his own reputation as a fantasy owner, save Aaron and Scott. No one in this league is an idiot, but I agree that some owners seem to believe the trade recipient is a complete ####### moron. I have also heard from each side that the fact we don't know each other well is problematic. I don't know how to fix that. What I can do is lay out some guidelines that people won't like, but that I also don't think should be hard to achieve/follow.
1. Use this trade calculator as a baseline for initial offers . . . . http://www.dynastyfftools.com/tools/calculator
2. If your initial offer does not reach the 90% fairness, I will dock you $50 in blind-bid money
3. If your initial offer does not reach the 90% fairness a second time, I will dock you $100.
4. If your initial offer does not reach the 90% fairness a third time, you will be removed from the league. This will accumulate over time and does not reset at the end of each season.
5. Don't ask someone if they are willing to trade (insert player), and then expect them to make you an offer. If you are interested, use the calculator and present a fair offer.
6. Not all offers are made through MFL. If you receive a crappy offer via text or email, you have to let me know so I know how to respond.
If you don't like this approach, I don't care. I really want this league to continue, but I don't want it to continue if we can't make fair offers. We obviously don't all agree on value but, if we work off the same calculator as a starting point, we can have a better discussion of value as trade discussions progress.
Peace,
Jeff
Sup,
It seems like we are still having a hard time with initial trade offers being "fair." Based on what I see and what people tell me, I would agree that there are a lot of bull#### initial offers. At this juncture, everyone has his own reputation as a fantasy owner, save Aaron and Scott. No one in this league is an idiot, but I agree that some owners seem to believe the trade recipient is a complete ####### moron. I have also heard from each side that the fact we don't know each other well is problematic. I don't know how to fix that. What I can do is lay out some guidelines that people won't like, but that I also don't think should be hard to achieve/follow.
1. Use this trade calculator as a baseline for initial offers . . . . http://www.dynastyfftools.com/tools/calculator
2. If your initial offer does not reach the 90% fairness, I will dock you $50 in blind-bid money
3. If your initial offer does not reach the 90% fairness a second time, I will dock you $100.
4. If your initial offer does not reach the 90% fairness a third time, you will be removed from the league. This will accumulate over time and does not reset at the end of each season.
5. Don't ask someone if they are willing to trade (insert player), and then expect them to make you an offer. If you are interested, use the calculator and present a fair offer.
6. Not all offers are made through MFL. If you receive a crappy offer via text or email, you have to let me know so I know how to respond.
If you don't like this approach, I don't care. I really want this league to continue, but I don't want it to continue if we can't make fair offers. We obviously don't all agree on value but, if we work off the same calculator as a starting point, we can have a better discussion of value as trade discussions progress.
Peace,
Jeff
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