Jaybee1200
Footballguy
Hello all,
I run a league that is in its 22nd year. It has the greatest scoring system ever and has a great overall structure. However, we had a bit of a crisis last year, something that had never popped up before and we need create a new rule for the 2022 season to keep from having it happen again. This is our first rule addition in years, so you know it must be important. Here it is:
You have Owner A and Owner B. Owner A knows that he is NOT going to be in the league the following year. Therefore he does not care about his draft picks for the following year.
So he trades an insane amount of them to Owner B for a REALLY good player or multiple players (players that normally would most likely not be traded) knowing that he is just playing for this year and does not care about the following year or his draft picks. This "uneven" trade results in Owner A being really good in the current season and he wins the league and ducks out because, once again, he doesn't give a #### about his team the next year since he knows he will be out of the league.
So that ruins the current year (2021 season) for everyone.
Then, the next year, Owner B is loaded with two 1st rounders, two 2nd rounders, two 3rd rounders, two 4th rounders etc. and runs away with the title.
So the trade has most likely ruined two back to back seasons (2021 and upcoming 2022 season). That sucks.
So here is one idea for a new rule to handle this: If you do a trade involving you giving up draft picks for the next season, you have to pay $300 to the bank for the trade to go through. If you DO play the following year, then that $300 is applied to your entry fee (which is around $500). So you get the money back. The trade will not be processed until I (the Commish) receives the $300. Of course the $300 will be noted in the records. If you still don't come back after paying the $300 then it will be added to the league pot for the following year.
This will start next year as in it will apply to trades made in the 2022 season. This will not affect trades made this past season that involved the 2022 season. Those will still go through.
How do you handle this in your leagues? Any ideas?
I run a league that is in its 22nd year. It has the greatest scoring system ever and has a great overall structure. However, we had a bit of a crisis last year, something that had never popped up before and we need create a new rule for the 2022 season to keep from having it happen again. This is our first rule addition in years, so you know it must be important. Here it is:
You have Owner A and Owner B. Owner A knows that he is NOT going to be in the league the following year. Therefore he does not care about his draft picks for the following year.
So he trades an insane amount of them to Owner B for a REALLY good player or multiple players (players that normally would most likely not be traded) knowing that he is just playing for this year and does not care about the following year or his draft picks. This "uneven" trade results in Owner A being really good in the current season and he wins the league and ducks out because, once again, he doesn't give a #### about his team the next year since he knows he will be out of the league.
So that ruins the current year (2021 season) for everyone.
Then, the next year, Owner B is loaded with two 1st rounders, two 2nd rounders, two 3rd rounders, two 4th rounders etc. and runs away with the title.
So the trade has most likely ruined two back to back seasons (2021 and upcoming 2022 season). That sucks.
So here is one idea for a new rule to handle this: If you do a trade involving you giving up draft picks for the next season, you have to pay $300 to the bank for the trade to go through. If you DO play the following year, then that $300 is applied to your entry fee (which is around $500). So you get the money back. The trade will not be processed until I (the Commish) receives the $300. Of course the $300 will be noted in the records. If you still don't come back after paying the $300 then it will be added to the league pot for the following year.
This will start next year as in it will apply to trades made in the 2022 season. This will not affect trades made this past season that involved the 2022 season. Those will still go through.
How do you handle this in your leagues? Any ideas?