Has anyone ever tried this? (1 Viewer)

[MLBrandow]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...

What would you do if this happened in your league?

Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

 

[nerangers]

Yahoo has prepared for you....you can't pickup and drop the same player on the same day....he will not end up on waivers.

 

[HULLOBUDMAN]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...What would you do if this happened in your league?Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

Our waivers are $5 a piece. I would love for you to do it.

 

[rgmnchr]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...What would you do if this happened in your league?Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

this is just one of those loopholes that only a holes exploit!is it legal? i guess.is it wrong and childish? ya

 

[Ozymandias]

Somewhat shady. You won't win any popularity contests, and if you did that to me I wouldn't invite you back.

 

[gman8343]

that would be hilarious!!!

 

[Rogi]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...What would you do if this happened in your league?Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

Our waivers are $5 a piece. I would love for you to do it.

We charge $$ also. It makes you think twice before you hit the waiver wire.

 

[faulkfan]

We have a limited number of roster moves so it would hurt you more than help you.

If your league doesn't have that type of system set up then you can do it, but expect some sort of retaliation.

 

[Construction Man Jim]

If you pulled a mickey mouse, BS stunt like that in one of the leagues where I serve as commissioner your team would be locked down for the rest of the season, you'd forfeit any wins to date, all those players would be back in the FA pool immediately and you would be looking for a new league next year.

 

[wannabee]

the only way to pull this off would be for the kickers. Let's say it is Saturday and you notice that your opponent only has one kicker and that kicker is on bye. And, being a 12 team league, 18 kickers are on rosters and another 2 (that are free agents) are on bye. You could pick up and drop the remaining 10 kickers and leave your opponent with no kicker available. Can you imagine the look on his face when he realizes that no kickers are available.

 

[AcousticNut]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...What would you do if this happened in your league?Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

Our waivers are $5 a piece. I would love for you to do it.

We charge $$ also. It makes you think twice before you hit the waiver wire.

Same here, except $2 per waiver move. Add you $400 to the pot and I don't care if I don't get a player of the WW that week.

 

[dlptown]

We provide 15 free moves for the season and lock out the fantasy league playoffs which protect teams with depth to account for the players sitting on those games where they are being saved for their playoffs. All subsequent we deduct points for.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

If you pulled a mickey mouse, BS stunt like that in one of the leagues where I serve as commissioner you're team would be locked down for the rest of the season, you'd forfeit any wins to date, all those players would be back in the FA pool immediately and you would be looking for a new league next year.

Ease up there tough guy.

 

[Lauryn]

If you pulled a mickey mouse, BS stunt like that in one of the leagues where I serve as commissioner you're team would be locked down for the rest of the season, you'd forfeit any wins to date, all those players would be back in the FA pool immediately and you would be looking for a new league next year.

oh calm down...i did this once, picked up every kicker on the waiver wire, one at a time after dropping the previous one, so my opponent didn't have one for the week. shortly after that we instituted a rule change.

 

[Mario Kart]

Seeing who posted this and actually contemplating doing it... doesnt surprise me at all.

 

[Loan Sharks]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...What would you do if this happened in your league?Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

Has anyone ever tried this? Wow what a innovative idea. This is as fresh as Vanilla Ice, and not the new heavy metal Vanilla Ice. Lame and copying the lameness that has been done ever since computerization is even lamer.

 

[bjabrad]

I think this is the third time I've seen this particular light bulb come on in somebody's head this year but some things dont get old for me I guess.

I think rules aren't meant to be broken and that you should do everything within the rules to further your cause including tax deductions, coupons at McDonalds, fouls in sports, speeding as long as you don't mind the cost of the ticket and working every lack of rule (loophole) that you can find in fantasy sports that will allow you to gain an advantage. It's great for you and healthy for the league in that it will force a rule change and kick up the volume of the whole fantasy season. Have some fun, piss some people off, change some rules and win your league.

 

[JohnnyU]

If you pulled a mickey mouse, BS stunt like that in one of the leagues where I serve as commissioner you're team would be locked down for the rest of the season, you'd forfeit any wins to date, all those players would be back in the FA pool immediately and you would be looking for a new league next year.

oh calm down...i did this once, picked up every kicker on the waiver wire, one at a time after dropping the previous one, so my opponent didn't have one for the week. shortly after that we instituted a rule change.

Loophole or not, if someone did that in a league I commish, I would let the guy that didn't have a kicker have any one he wanted that was previously available, as long as he told me who he wanted before their game started. I would then manually apply his points to his score that week.

 

[Construction Man Jim]

If you pulled a mickey mouse, BS stunt like that in one of the leagues where I serve as commissioner you're team would be locked down for the rest of the season, you'd forfeit any wins to date, all those players would be back in the FA pool immediately and you would be looking for a new league next year.

Ease up there tough guy.

He asked. It's got nothing to do with being tough. We adhere to Yahoo's rules of fair play and sportsmanship. This kind of move blatantly violates four of the five basic tenets of said rules:1. All league-related transactions will be executed with the intent of improving the owner's team or its standing within the league.

2. No owner may drop or "dump" players from their team for any reason other than improving their own team or its standing within the league.

3. No owner will engage in any action that might be deemed to be collusive (two or more owners agreeing to make moves that benefit one team, but not the other).

4. No owner will make any roster moves (including waiver claims, trade proposals, etc.) whose sole purpose is to hamper the play of other owners.

5. No owner will take any action whose purpose is to, in any way, interfere with fair play in a league.

The fact that everyone knows the rules, and consequences for violating them ahead of time, prevents this kind of crap from happening in the first place.

 

[BaBastage]

We have a rule that says any players that are picked up and dropped before the weekend games are excluded from the waivers process.

The rule is designed to help out when owners change their minds.

But seriously, any owner in our league pulling a jackarse move just because they saw a loophole would rightfully get kicked out.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

In our league you get one "free" roster move per week. Everything above that, you pay per move.

 

[Mighty Bruin]

Most leagues have rules in place to prevent blocking. In ESPN leagues, like Yahoo, a player dropped within 24 hours of being picked up is dropped to free agency (not waivers).

 

[MLBrandow]

I think rules aren't meant to be broken and that you should do everything within the rules to further your cause including tax deductions, coupons at McDonalds, fouls in sports, speeding as long as you don't mind the cost of the ticket and working every lack of rule (loophole) that you can find in fantasy sports that will allow you to gain an advantage. It's great for you and healthy for the league in that it will force a rule change and kick up the volume of the whole fantasy season. Have some fun, piss some people off, change some rules and win your league.

great quote here.

 

[FBGPoker]

I would murder anyone who did this.

 

[radballs]

I would murder anyone who did this.

Really?

 

[strong]

I suppose it depends on the dynamic of the league. In one small money league I'm in with a bunch of friends I did this to a good buddy of mine two days before I played him... His team was undefeated and I was struggling. He hadn't replaced his kicker yet and I thought, why the hell not.

He called me on Saturday after he saw it, laughing. He thought it was a funny move... and claimed he had secretly waited to do it to someone else.

Then he beat me handily.

But I wouldn't pull this in any larger money league. Although I can't believe how serious people are taking this... Perhaps if it was a playoff game... but then again, if you're sitting without a kicker late in the week aren't you just not paying attention or asking for it?

 

[Boxer]

we don't allow dingle butts in the league, so this would never happen. then again, could just be that we use blind bid waivers.

 

[shadow2k]

It's called "churning the wire". You'd get kicked from my league that day, without a refund.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

If a league I was running didn't have a specific rule against it, I'd still disallow it. It goes against the spirit of the rules.

If the owner didn't like my decision and said "I couldn't do that," I'd inform them that I just did it. Owners like that aren't good for a league anyway. If they quit everyone would be better off.

 

[faulkfan]

If a league I was running didn't have a specific rule against it, I'd still disallow it. It goes against the spirit of the rules.

If the owner didn't like my decision and said "I couldn't do that," I'd inform them that I just did it. Owners like that aren't good for a league anyway. If they quit everyone would be better off.

I think there are social repercussions that would kick in if an owner attempted a boneheaded stunt like this, however, if you are going to suggest that a certain action "goes against the spirit of the rules" then you are opening up an ambigious gray area that could cause problems later on. There is power in setting precedent and if you apply a broad and nonspecific rule like this you'll have trouble in your hands as any move or creative action taken by an owner can be called into question as breaking the spirit of the rules.I just think this is a slippery slope.

If this happened in my league I would just badger the guy with so many crappy trade offers that he'd be so busy rejecting them that he'd have no time to even look at the WW. I'd also e-mail him about a thousand times a day and post my greivances on the league board which would also keep him busy defending himself.

 

[cr8f]

Some leagues allow such players to be picked up right away.

 

[thayman]

If you pulled a mickey mouse, BS stunt like that in one of the leagues where I serve as commissioner you're team would be locked down for the rest of the season, you'd forfeit any wins to date, all those players would be back in the FA pool immediately and you would be looking for a new league next year.

Ease up there tough guy.

He asked. It's got nothing to do with being tough. We adhere to Yahoo's rules of fair play and sportsmanship. This kind of move blatantly violates four of the five basic tenets of said rules:1. All league-related transactions will be executed with the intent of improving the owner's team or its standing within the league.

2. No owner may drop or "dump" players from their team for any reason other than improving their own team or its standing within the league.

3. No owner will engage in any action that might be deemed to be collusive (two or more owners agreeing to make moves that benefit one team, but not the other).

4. No owner will make any roster moves (including waiver claims, trade proposals, etc.) whose sole purpose is to hamper the play of other owners.

5. No owner will take any action whose purpose is to, in any way, interfere with fair play in a league.

that is why you have rules. You can't just change rules in the middle of the year, personally if I was in a leauge where a move like this was done would I be pissed? Yeah I would, but I would get together with my league mates at the end of the year and create a new rule. If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

If a league I was running didn't have a specific rule against it, I'd still disallow it. It goes against the spirit of the rules.

If the owner didn't like my decision and said "I couldn't do that," I'd inform them that I just did it. Owners like that aren't good for a league anyway. If they quit everyone would be better off.

I think there are social repercussions that would kick in if an owner attempted a boneheaded stunt like this, however, if you are going to suggest that a certain action "goes against the spirit of the rules" then you are opening up an ambigious gray area that could cause problems later on. There is power in setting precedent and if you apply a broad and nonspecific rule like this you'll have trouble in your hands as any move or creative action taken by an owner can be called into question as breaking the spirit of the rules.I just think this is a slippery slope.

If this happened in my league I would just badger the guy with so many crappy trade offers that he'd be so busy rejecting them that he'd have no time to even look at the WW. I'd also e-mail him about a thousand times a day and post my greivances on the league board which would also keep him busy defending himself.

Your solution sounds like being a jerk to combat being a jerk. I understand the thinking, but it would turn into a sandbox league quickly.I agree that "in the spirit" is broad and non-specific, but that's how it has to be to ensure the integrity of the league. Look, you either trust your commissioner or you don't. If the commish is a clown who uses his power to benefit his own team...then you need to give him the boot or quit the league. But if he truly has the league's best interests at heart, everything will run smoothly. In fact, there's less turmoil because jerkwad owners don't even try to go around the rules...because they know it won't fly.

I never bought into the idea that if it isn't spelled out in the rules, you're powerless to stop it. You can do anything you want to do to protect your season. Everyone knows that adding and dropping 25 guys is taking advantage of the site's software program that puts a hold on players. You can either let an owner like that hold the league hostage and turn it into a game of "how can I slide by the rules," or you can cover lame moves like that with a "spirit" clause. After a while, people don't even try it. And if they thrive on finding loopholes, they end up leaving the league and going where they can exploit the system. Either way, your league wins.

 

[Wooderson]

No.. No way man... I figure you would get your ### kicked for doing something like that.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I think this is the third time I've seen this particular light bulb come on in somebody's head this year but some things dont get old for me I guess. I think rules aren't meant to be broken and that you should do everything within the rules to further your cause including tax deductions, coupons at McDonalds, fouls in sports, speeding as long as you don't mind the cost of the ticket and working every lack of rule (loophole) that you can find in fantasy sports that will allow you to gain an advantage. It's great for you and healthy for the league in that it will force a rule change and kick up the volume of the whole fantasy season. Have some fun, piss some people off, change some rules and win your league.

If you're playing just to "piss some people off" and have owners running to change rules every off-season, all you need to do is find a league where that's tolerated. In some leagues if you're playing a different game than fantasy football-- namely, find the loophole-- then you get shown the door and they move on without you. Good for you because you get to find a league that puts up with that. Good for them because they don't have to deal with those shananigans. Everybody wins. You wouldn't get to win the league because you wouldn't be around for the playoffs, but it's no big deal. Both parties can move on.

 

[Construction Man Jim]

If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

You'd bail on a league if the commissioner enforced established rules?

 

[nygiants56]

I had this idea, just to be a jerk.... what if someone added and dropped like the top 200 WW players, so no one could pick anyone up for the weekend...

What would you do if this happened in your league?

Most leagues I know of don't have limitations on how many players you can add or drop (some do, but most don't), and the standard WW period is like 2-3 days of holding.

got a rule in my league that any player picked up and dropped in the same week, is still available on waivers for the rest of the league, to prevent a guy from dropping/adding players ad nauseum , to keep WW pickups in limbo every week..also,any player you drop or trade, can't be back on your roster for 3 full weeks, to prevent collusion..so if you trade benson away, you can't have him back on your team until 3 games have passed..

you could also limit the amount of WW pickups allowed/week...

use a waiver system,worst-to-first to prevent top teams from getting the best players every week..

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

that is why you have rules. You can't just change rules in the middle of the year, personally if I was in a leauge where a move like this was done would I be pissed? Yeah I would, but I would get together with my league mates at the end of the year and create a new rule. If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

No offense, but the league is probably better off without you, too. An enabler is just as bad as a jerk who wants to skirt the rules. You don't have to be helpless when an owner is obviously messing with your league. You don't have to sacrifice the current season because some jerk spent too much time trying to cheat the system.I think owners depend on the commissioner to defend the interity of the league. You either have someone capable of that job or you don't. I believe in "trust, but verify" when it comes to a commissioner...but some leagues treat theirs like a sex offender who just moved into their neighborhood. They distrust every move they make and the commish has to bend over backwards to prove they aren't doing anything wrong. The assumption is that they're not to be trusted.Now, some commisisoners take pride in announcing all the times they've purposely hurt their own team just to prove they're above board. If you can find a mule like that, hitch a wagon to him and ride that idiot into the ground. But if you have a fair person who honestly thinks about what's best for the league as a whole, and has a track record of proving that, you should support them and believe that they are capable of doing the right thing.If you don't have someone like that, then you should leave the league. A jerky owner + enabling wimpy owners + a suspect commissioner= fantasy football disaster.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

#######s always think they are clever and can justify their behavior. They think they are the first to think of this kind of stuff. The reality is that it has occured to the rest of us, but we understand sportsmanship and clean competition.

 

[dagogrease]

that is why you have rules. You can't just change rules in the middle of the year, personally if I was in a leauge where a move like this was done would I be pissed? Yeah I would, but I would get together with my league mates at the end of the year and create a new rule. If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

No offense, but the league is probably better off without you, too. An enabler is just as bad as a jerk who wants to skirt the rules. You don't have to be helpless when an owner is obviously messing with your league. You don't have to sacrifice the current season because some jerk spent too much time trying to cheat the system.I think owners depend on the commissioner to defend the interity of the league. You either have someone capable of that job or you don't. I believe in "trust, but verify" when it comes to a commissioner...but some leagues treat theirs like a sex offender who just moved into their neighborhood. They distrust every move they make and the commish has to bend over backwards to prove they aren't doing anything wrong. The assumption is that they're not to be trusted.Now, some commisisoners take pride in announcing all the times they've purposely hurt their own team just to prove they're above board. If you can find a mule like that, hitch a wagon to him and ride that idiot into the ground. But if you have a fair person who honestly thinks about what's best for the league as a whole, and has a track record of proving that, you should support them and believe that they are capable of doing the right thing.If you don't have someone like that, then you should leave the league. A jerky owner + enabling wimpy owners + a suspect commissioner= fantasy football disaster.

 

[bjabrad]

I think this is the third time I've seen this particular light bulb come on in somebody's head this year but some things dont get old for me I guess. I think rules aren't meant to be broken and that you should do everything within the rules to further your cause including tax deductions, coupons at McDonalds, fouls in sports, speeding as long as you don't mind the cost of the ticket and working every lack of rule (loophole) that you can find in fantasy sports that will allow you to gain an advantage. It's great for you and healthy for the league in that it will force a rule change and kick up the volume of the whole fantasy season. Have some fun, piss some people off, change some rules and win your league.

If you're playing just to "piss some people off" and have owners running to change rules every off-season, all you need to do is find a league where that's tolerated. In some leagues if you're playing a different game than fantasy football-- namely, find the loophole-- then you get shown the door and they move on without you. Good for you because you get to find a league that puts up with that. Good for them because they don't have to deal with those shananigans. Everybody wins. You wouldn't get to win the league because you wouldn't be around for the playoffs, but it's no big deal. Both parties can move on.

I'm not playing just to piss people off and I have never done this nor would I, but I like people in my league that are active, try to test the limits, keep people on their toes, add a new dimension of tension/drama, stir up rivalry's and make it a more fun league as opposed to a league where nobody communicates and you're wondering if you are the only one who is really trying to win. I like a very competitive league. In my league, churning violates the Yahoo sportsmanship rules, Yahoo has already taken steps to eliminate this with their software and we have $2 and $5 player acquisition fees to boost the pot. But if there weren't any safeguards or rules in place to prevent this then I would call for a league vote and state my opinion as commish. I'd say that I want to change a rule in the middle of the season to prevent this and unless I recieve a certain number of objections that I will make the change. Even though I wouldn't allow it doesn't mean I don't want somebody to test the limits.Fantasy Football,,,I love it!!!

 

[thayman]

If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

You'd bail on a league if the commissioner enforced established rules?

no my point is that I would quit a league where the commish is enforcing non-established rules. If there is a loop-hole in your rules then after the season is the time to fix it, not during.

 

[thayman]

that is why you have rules. You can't just change rules in the middle of the year, personally if I was in a leauge where a move like this was done would I be pissed? Yeah I would, but I would get together with my league mates at the end of the year and create a new rule. If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

No offense, but the league is probably better off without you, too. An enabler is just as bad as a jerk who wants to skirt the rules. You don't have to be helpless when an owner is obviously messing with your league. You don't have to sacrifice the current season because some jerk spent too much time trying to cheat the system.I think owners depend on the commissioner to defend the interity of the league. You either have someone capable of that job or you don't. I believe in "trust, but verify" when it comes to a commissioner...but some leagues treat theirs like a sex offender who just moved into their neighborhood. They distrust every move they make and the commish has to bend over backwards to prove they aren't doing anything wrong. The assumption is that they're not to be trusted.Now, some commisisoners take pride in announcing all the times they've purposely hurt their own team just to prove they're above board. If you can find a mule like that, hitch a wagon to him and ride that idiot into the ground. But if you have a fair person who honestly thinks about what's best for the league as a whole, and has a track record of proving that, you should support them and believe that they are capable of doing the right thing.If you don't have someone like that, then you should leave the league. A jerky owner + enabling wimpy owners + a suspect commissioner= fantasy football disaster.

No offense taken. My problem is it isn't the commish's decison to make. If you as the commish decide this is a BS move, and wants to dissolve a team mid-season for basically being a jerk, everyone has been in a league with a jerk who pulls this kinda stuff, it really takes away from the fun of the game, but you get rid of him after the season not during. If your going to kick a guy out of a league, and forfeit all wins that is a league wide decision, not one that a commish should be making.

 

[posty]

Have a rule that any player that is picked up that week must be in the starting lineup for the week, otherwise the game ends in a forfeit...

 

[mlball77]

#######s always think they are clever and can justify their behavior. They think they are the first to think of this kind of stuff. The reality is that it has occured to the rest of us, but we understand sportsmanship and clean competition.

 

[rowediggy]

that is why you have rules. You can't just change rules in the middle of the year, personally if I was in a leauge where a move like this was done would I be pissed? Yeah I would, but I would get together with my league mates at the end of the year and create a new rule. If I was in a league and you as the commish jettisoned this guys team, I'd bail on the spot. The only thing worse than a owner that pulls crap like this WW move is a Commish on a power trip.

Amen, brother. There's a ton of jackass moves that an owner can make, but I notice that in these forums there are a bunch of commishs with quick trigger fingers and no rules to justify it (see thread: "Someone in my league benched his kicker for Monday Night, even though there's no rule against it, I want him banned!" )

We commish's are here to grease the skids, only, and police the set in stone rules and that's about it. An annoying owner can be dealt with in the offseason, but a power-tripping commish renders the league unplayable.

 

[GregR_2]

No offense taken. My problem is it isn't the commish's decison to make. If you as the commish decide this is a BS move, and wants to dissolve a team mid-season for basically being a jerk, everyone has been in a league with a jerk who pulls this kinda stuff, it really takes away from the fun of the game, but you get rid of him after the season not during. If your going to kick a guy out of a league, and forfeit all wins that is a league wide decision, not one that a commish should be making.

If that is how you feel then you and I must believe the commish has a different set of responsibilities. I believe part of any commish's job is ensuring that any transaction meets the requirement that a reasonable person could believe it would be a net benefit to their team's gametime performances. That doesn't mean "think it was a wise move". That means, do I think it's believable that someone else could think it was a wise move.This doesn't pass that test. If someone is picking up and dropping multiple players one after another, their transactions have nothing to do with their gametime performance. What you say is none of the commish's business, I say is the commish's responsibility.

I also believe in having rules that spell out what to expect for anyone who tries this crap, and frankly this is something there is little excuse for not covering in the rules given how well known it is. But I agree with others who've said that turning a blind eye on it just because the rules can't cover every possibility is just enabling, and a good commish shouldn't be doing that.

I probably wouldn't kick the team out of the league outright as I think people deserve a second chance and a lot of guys will cleanup their act once they know what the league stands for. But I would sanction the team in some other fashion, probably forfeiting their game that week while their opponent plays against the league average that week.

 

[CrossEyed]

we don't allow dingle butts in the league, so this would never happen. then again, could just be that we use blind bid waivers.

 

[bjabrad]

No offense taken. My problem is it isn't the commish's decison to make. If you as the commish decide this is a BS move, and wants to dissolve a team mid-season for basically being a jerk, everyone has been in a league with a jerk who pulls this kinda stuff, it really takes away from the fun of the game, but you get rid of him after the season not during. If your going to kick a guy out of a league, and forfeit all wins that is a league wide decision, not one that a commish should be making.

If that is how you feel then you and I must believe the commish has a different set of responsibilities. I believe part of any commish's job is ensuring that any transaction meets the requirement that a reasonable person could believe it would be a net benefit to their team's gametime performances. That doesn't mean "think it was a wise move". That means, do I think it's believable that someone else could think it was a wise move.This doesn't pass that test. If someone is picking up and dropping multiple players one after another, their transactions have nothing to do with their gametime performance. What you say is none of the commish's business, I say is the commish's responsibility.

I also believe in having rules that spell out what to expect for anyone who tries this crap, and frankly this is something there is little excuse for not covering in the rules given how well known it is. But I agree with others who've said that turning a blind eye on it just because the rules can't cover every possibility is just enabling, and a good commish shouldn't be doing that.

I probably wouldn't kick the team out of the league outright as I think people deserve a second chance and a lot of guys will cleanup their act once they know what the league stands for. But I would sanction the team in some other fashion, probably forfeiting their game that week while their opponent plays against the league average that week.

great idea as long as it's in your rules or is approved by the rest of the league, otherwise you as commish and a player in the game are changing the competitive "luck" of the game (not letting chips fall where they may) and you as commish would be doing worse damage than the creative offender. I don't care how you guys would do it but I'd try to stick within your own rules rather than by punishing teams for pushing the boundaries of rules that you didn't have the foresight to institute.

 

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I'd give you some kind of award for humor and creativity, then change the rules so it can't be done again.