One Week Trades (1 Viewer)

[AJA]

What is your league's stance on one week trades? Do you allow people to essentially lend a player to another team for a week due to injury/bye only to be traded back the following week?

On one hand, it is collusion. On the other hand, it is two legal trades that benefit both parties. The trade itself could be defended on each side. It's not a solid player being traded for a scrub.

 

[sandlotshrink]

"Here, borrow my top back and my QB2 b/c you are playing my main competition this week and I have enough to get by my opponent." Absolutely a bad idea and the quickest way to lose owners. Collusion anyone?

 

[Anthony Borbely]

It's collusion.

 

[AJA]

"Here, borrow my top back and my QB2 b/c you are playing my main competition this week and I have enough to get by my opponent." Absolutely a bad idea and the quickest way to lose owners. Collusion anyone?

I agree with your take on that lopsided scenario, but this is a trade that, at face value, is very even. Think QB1 for RB1 or RB1 for WR1...

 

[texasheat]

One week trades = weaksauce

 

[MDSkinner]

I would never join a league that allowed this, personally.

 

[pettifogger]

What is your league's stance on one week trades? Do you allow people to essentially lend a player to another team for a week due to injury/bye only to be traded back the following week?On one hand, it is collusion. On the other hand, it is two legal trades that benefit both parties. The trade itself could be defended on each side. It's not a solid player being traded for a scrub.

In my leagues the standard rule is no future considerations in any trade. So, any trade based on a promise to trade the player back in the future would be illegal. Edit to add, just remembered, we also have a rule that a player cannot be traded back to the same team within the season (redraft leagues). I never thought to ask why but now I know. It was probably a response to someone trying this in the past.

 

[Phurfur]

This falls under our collusion rules.

 

[Ozymandias]

Collusion. Pure and simple.

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

Ya, we had it for our first year many moons ago and it was horrible. Owners trading to other owners so that they could beat a certain owner to knock him from the playoffs or whatever.

That was the first rule we ever switched.

 

[Paddy O'Seanessy]

collusion rules are just bad ideas

my league doesn't allow anyone to trade with someone twice

 

[murzman]

This should not be part of any league IMO. A simple rule saying once you trade a player away, you cannot trade for him again that season prevents any of this from going on.

 

[Judge Smails]

No specific rule against it, but it definitely falls under the broader collusion category. Both owners would be tarred and feathered.

 

[MOAT]

I agree. Collusion, pure and simple.

I don't like the rule about not being able to trade back but would support a week limit on the trade back (wait 4-6 weeks).

If you have someone doing a 1 week trade, call them out immediately.

 

[Road Warriors]

My league has no written rule against it, but as commish with veto powers, I'd never allow it. A one week trade is the very definition of collusion.

 

[heckmanm]

We don't allow a traded player to return during the same season unless (a) he goes to a 3rd team in the interim; or (b) he is released to the waiver wire and picked up prior to the return trade.

 

[Frank Black]

Someone please define collusion.

 

[SigEp316]

we allow this as well as allow the video taping of other teams owner signs

it's collusion and cheating

 

[MOAT]

we allow this as well as allow the video taping of other teams owner signs

 

[KellysHeroes]

No specific rule against it, but it definitely falls under the broader collusion category. Both owners would be tarred and feathered.

Yea... I would have too agree.

 

[AJA]

Everyone seems to echo the sentiment of my league, but I wanted a 3rd party opinion to be sure.

I think a X week lockout of those players between the same teams is the best rule to squash this.

 

[bryhamm]

I checked all 3 boxes since you set the poll up wrong.

 

[erymer]

for us, the player must be on your roster for 4 weeks before he can be traded back to the original owner.

 

[pghrob]

No, never is this allowed.

 

[the rover]

we allow this, but beat the crap out of the owners involved.