Is trading through the waiver wire collusion? (1 Viewer)

[Bucs1976]

The trade deadline has already passed. If two teams log onto the website and basically "trade" through the waiver wire (after the waiver period ends) is that collusion?

 

[Max Power]

Assuming it is a fair trade, I would say its shady, but I don't think I'd call it collusion. Does this league have a can't cut list?

 

[-OZ-]

col⋅lu⋅sion

   /kəˈluʒən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuh-loo-zhuhn] Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1. a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.

2. Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement: collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce.

You're circumventing the rules (trade deadline), secretly (I presume), to gain something (a new player). You do the math.

 

[puckalicious]

If there are no rules preventing this, then it seems perfectly fine. To me it's yet another reason to not have FCFS add/drops. In my main league you get wed night and sat night to make waiver claims and that's it. So if this happened in my league, everybody will have a fair shot at bidding on the dropped players in question.

 

[ScottyFargo]

Dropped players should get their own waiver period.

 

[Diamond One]

Is this the Farve for Tenn D/ST thread that was moved last night? And yes, I believe it is BS... Question is, do your league rules define this type of transaction as such?

 

[hauser42]

Flat out collusion!! I dont understand how leagues would not have rules in place for this.

Leagues I play in we are not allowed to pick up a player till the following week.