Intentionally Throwing Games (2 Viewers)

[Deadzone21]

Umm thats the exact definition of collusion. Is collusion allowed in your league?

It's starting to bother me the erroneous use of collusion.

collusion n.  secret agreement or cooperation for an illegal or deceitful purpose

I see nothing secretive or deceitful. Unless it breaks a rule, I don't see anything illegal.With that said, (1) I would prefer to take pride in beating the best. It makes victory over a long season that much sweeter. (2) If viewed badly by other owners, why risk bad rapport with the same owners you'll have to work a trade next season? (3) But, I wouldn't personally hold it against anyone in a money league if that's what they thought it took to take home the money (within the rules) and (4) you could look twice as foolish if the plan backfires and you still lose in the playoffs.

That is lovely and all that you carry a pocket dictionary with you for these cases but you should just put it away and stick with the fantasy football definition of the word. By your definition there is essentially no such thing as collusion in fantasy football, although I think I could argue that situations such as this are for deceitful purposes. I assume and play under the premise that everyone in my league is playing to benefit their own team and not anybody elses and anything other than that upsets the competitive balance of the league. Why not have two owners decide that they can combine their teams after a few weeks and make one superteam? Why not allow bottomfeeder teams to trade off the one of their few good players to a contender for a song? Competitive balance. I wouldn't sit at any card table or game table where I thought it was possible for two of the other owners to secretly gang up against me either. It is blatantly obvious to anyone out there that the dictionary definition of collusion can and has been extrapolated to games like fantasy football for situations such as these where people are doing things contrary to the fundamental rules of the activity.

Ok, if you're ready for my alternate Fantasy Football definition of collusion, here it is.Collusion - An action or transaction which benefits another team with no apparent benefit for an owner/team involved in the action/transaction.

It may seem like two teams are ganging up on another team, but the bottom line is that each of these owners are doing what they believe to be best for their teams regardless of whether it hurts another team. In this case, one team thinks he'll have better odds in the playoffs.

Like I said above, I don't agree with it and believe throwing a game could be short-sided in that you may damage relationships with other owners you'll need to make trades in future seasons. Even in money games, even if it throwing a game pays off, if you're still playing in that league next season, I doubt you'll have an easy road the next time around. So, I can't blame an owner if he wants to take the money and run, just like I can't blame a friend for walking out of a poker game ahead in money, but I doubt I invite him to another table.