Saints-Man
Footballguy
Allow contigency waiver wire moves.
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Houston/Balt game postponed (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter PinkydaPimp
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Typical ESPN, unless it's news about T.Brady or B.Favre...
valhallan
Footballguy
As others have said, it would be really surprising if they don't find a venue to play this week. I bet they're looking into other Texas stadiums right now and if none can accommodate, they'll move it to Baltimore. I just can't see a neutral site like Atlanta being attractive to the NFL (even though I think that's the fair way to do it if not in Texas) because it wouldn't generate as much $$ as Baltimore.
Anthony Borbely
Footballguy
After the Giants played the extra home game after hurricane Katrina, I don't see that as an option.
NoFBinLA
Moderator
Once again ESPN reporting news before it happens.Someone get them on the horn and find out who wins November's election. I want to vote for the winner.
Liek I said in another thread I am sure they will do something but jeez ESPN, wait for an announcement. Don't announce something that isn;t even on the NFL media website yet.
stevegamer
Footballguy
Is there a NON-fantasy strip club? That's what they are all about.Does that mean I can take my fantasy credit and cash it at the Fantasy Strip Club?
roadkill1292
Footballguy
We're using the designated substitute method. Said subs will be used ONLY if the game is postponed and the announcement comes after 1 pm Sunday. No beefs from my guys, who are a pretty reasonable bunch, because it's a very reasonable contingency.
Commissioners can make this lineup switch retroactively on Sportsline.
Commissioners can make this lineup switch retroactively on Sportsline.
valhallan
Footballguy
Hey, I went to that game as a Saints fan and think it was a complete sham. However, I still think the overarching concern for the owners will be to avoid losing as much revenue as they can and Baltimore is the best option for that.
PinkydaPimp
Footballguy
i think this is what i will do.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Looks like we don't have to now.
well that decision helps but still doesnt completely solve the problem with people who carry 1 kicker or 1 defense....as I see it here is the issue from both sides:arguments for some special relief:the owner would have made a roster move to add a backup if they had known ahead of time the bye week would take place. Being stuck now isnt fair.arguments against special relief:there is no rule to cover this situation, therefore youre screwedyou SHOULD HAVE followed the news and assumed the worst about having 1 player at a positionits very similar to having a player injured after waivers...you should carry a backup or suffer the consequences should the situation change,you have time to make a trade ( In my league there is no deadline) does that about sum it up? Im the comish who has 1 team in this position...... and I have to say that the 1 argument FOR the special relief seems to outweigh any of the agruments against it...BUT im not sure it outweighs all of them put together. the best case scenario for my league at this point is to trade a kicker to another team with 2 kickers....did I miss anything here? I still havent decided what to do for sure.
If your league doesn't allow free agency pickups today/tomorrow I can see where you'd have a problem, but if they can pick up someone still then they have time to do so.
prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
Of course, there's no resolution that will please everyone. It seemed reasonable to add an extra leaguewide additional pickup window for tonight or tomorrow. Only problem will be finding a way to notify everyone out on a Saturday night. D and K seem most likely to be a problem, but with all the injuries and different team management strategies out there, people may find themselves light on TE (Daniels and Heap may certainly be standing alone), or even RB/WR.
Wish they would have moved the game to Austin or San Antonio.
Wish they would have moved the game to Austin or San Antonio.
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yeah we do not. it is closed as of Wednesday at midnight. Maybe we need to revisit that as a league after the season but changing it mid stream isnt a great idea either.
Well, I sent emails to all my owners with the substitution method, with also the option to have a temporary FA pickup to address the teams with no replacements already on their roster. I'm second guessing that a bit, now.
I'm allowing teams to "IR" 2 Balt/Hou players in exchange for 2 "first come, first served" pick-ups. I'll reverse the ADDs later in the week and return their original players to their rosters. They'll be able to IR any bench player IF they need to replace their only DEFENSE.
Hopefully they'll read the message board soon...
Hopefully they'll read the message board soon...
Uncle Humuna
Footballguy
Same as the NFL.
Week 2 is now HOU and BAL's bye weeks.
It's up to the owners to switch out any HOU/BAL players
(I emailed everyone and posted on the league website.)
Will have to deal later if anyone didn't have a chance to switch.
Pretty trustworthy league.
Might do it manually retroactively . . .
eta -> luckily I was the Kris Brown owner and was able to dump him for Kasay.
Will have to see who the Stover owner is and make sure they cover.
Don't have to worry about team D since we're IDP . . .
Week 2 is now HOU and BAL's bye weeks.
It's up to the owners to switch out any HOU/BAL players
(I emailed everyone and posted on the league website.)
Will have to deal later if anyone didn't have a chance to switch.
Pretty trustworthy league.
Might do it manually retroactively . . .
eta -> luckily I was the Kris Brown owner and was able to dump him for Kasay.
Will have to see who the Stover owner is and make sure they cover.
Don't have to worry about team D since we're IDP . . .
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I expanded the rosters by 2. Those teams affected by this can play someone from their roster or pick up a free agent without dropping a player. I am also going in a crediting the transaction fee debit on the accounting book. The fill ins need to be dropped by the end of Tuesday, Sept. 16th.
And my team is fecked.
And my team is fecked.
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Coach Pantusso
Footballguy
My exec decision was the same...seemed the most fair, all things considered.Bulldog96 said:
This is exactly what I did for teams who only carried 1 K or 1 Def or even if they had no backups to their BAL or HOU players. I don't feel it is fair to make them drop players to pick up guys they will only use for 1 week. They didn't anticipate these teams having a week 2 bye.Bulldog96 said:
Road Warriors
Footballguy
Thanks for this. Great suggestion and we're taking it, too.Bulldog96 said:
As a commish, I do like the sentiment of Bulldog96's idea. It has more consideration and compassion than "oh well, life sucks, deal with it." However, I fear the future -- albiet highly improbable -- repurcussions of setting this precedent.
Sure it's force majeure. Sure a whole game, and two teams are effected. But how do you define the conditions under which this accommodation takes place? Or do you as commish, not bother to define it?
Has there been a bye-week adjustment in the NFL, on less than 24 hrs notice, before?
What if the rescheduling announcement happened on a Tues or Weds, not a Sat night like in this instance?
What if an owner of Bengals players now wants some consideration for his elegant bye week draft strategy going down due to that CIN's new bye, weeks from now?
What if the two teams involved were Colts/Cowboys/Pats-with-Brady, and not "crappy fantasy teams"?
Did any commishes just change their minds on how to handle this?
Sure it's force majeure. Sure a whole game, and two teams are effected. But how do you define the conditions under which this accommodation takes place? Or do you as commish, not bother to define it?
Has there been a bye-week adjustment in the NFL, on less than 24 hrs notice, before?
What if the rescheduling announcement happened on a Tues or Weds, not a Sat night like in this instance?
What if an owner of Bengals players now wants some consideration for his elegant bye week draft strategy going down due to that CIN's new bye, weeks from now?
What if the two teams involved were Colts/Cowboys/Pats-with-Brady, and not "crappy fantasy teams"?
Did any commishes just change their minds on how to handle this?
flooredyas
Footballguy
This was my response-
Due to the unexpected postponement of the Houston/Baltimore game I have made a decision reguarding just how I feel is best to handle the situation. Generally a poll would be used, however time does not allow that in this case.
There are 7 teams with players of those teams on their rosters. I have expanded the IR to 2 for the league for this week. Only those 7 teams may use the extra IR spot. Should anyone choose the add a player, the fees will not apply, however the player added MUST be dropped by Tuesday night. If the added player is NOT who is dropped the fees WILL apply. Since Mike Lev already made a move, I will put Le'Ron back on his roster-on IR. David has yet to cover Balt. D.-Jesse, Slaton. Thou there is no way to handle this and please everyone, special circumstances (an owner caught totally offguard and unprepared) require special solutions. Hope everyone can live with this.
Due to the unexpected postponement of the Houston/Baltimore game I have made a decision reguarding just how I feel is best to handle the situation. Generally a poll would be used, however time does not allow that in this case.
There are 7 teams with players of those teams on their rosters. I have expanded the IR to 2 for the league for this week. Only those 7 teams may use the extra IR spot. Should anyone choose the add a player, the fees will not apply, however the player added MUST be dropped by Tuesday night. If the added player is NOT who is dropped the fees WILL apply. Since Mike Lev already made a move, I will put Le'Ron back on his roster-on IR. David has yet to cover Balt. D.-Jesse, Slaton. Thou there is no way to handle this and please everyone, special circumstances (an owner caught totally offguard and unprepared) require special solutions. Hope everyone can live with this.
Unlucky
Phenom
I do have a team that has Daniels and Heap as my only two TEs. Waiver window closes on Wednesday nights in that league, so I'm stuck. I emailed everyone asking to drop Heap and pick up Sciafe for this week. We'll see what happens. Not a huge loss, but it does suck to get 0 when there was no way to plan for that.
Why is changing it mid season a bad idea? My league is the same way, "Well, the season already started we can't go changing rules." Why not? It's only week 2. This is our first year having free agent restrictions (max 3 per week, must be done by Wed., lowest points gets 1st pick) and it's lame. We started it because one team would rake all of the top FA every week... so it's great that he can't dominate the waiver like he used to. But injuries during the week and now this game being postponed are valid reasons why add/drops should at least be permitted on Sundays.
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kardplayer
Footballguy
I thought about doing this, but the reality is, any team that drafted only one kicker, tight end, or team defense was already planning on having to make a pickup on that player was already planning on having to pickup a backup on that team's bye week. Since this just changes the bye week, I'm not letting them expand their rosters.I did make one accomodation though: my leagues don't normally have Sunday morning pickups. Since the game was postponed last night, I'm letting teams make pickups this morning. There are 34 teams across my 3 leagues, and this accomodation was needed for three of them, with another 3 or 4 figuring it out last night and dealing with it in the normal course of managing their team.
bentley
Footballguy
I wouldn't define it. The more specific you get about defining something like this, the less certain it will become. A commish should have the authority to make rare decisions like this for the good of the league. The "slippery slope" argument it overused in the world today.For the record, it wouldn't matter to me who the teams were. Once one player is affected, you have to come up with a plan.
