Reject A Trade... Help!... Commish Advice... (1 Viewer)

[HITMANMVP96]

I have a trade offer in my league that I feel is not a good trade.  The trade is Amari Cooper for Jamison Crowder & TJ Watt (OLB PIT).  Cooper is a top 5 WR and Crowder is top 20-35.  I believe this trade is very one sided and am inclined to reject the transaction.  

Who am I to determine how another team franchise should value a player's worth?... But... it is not good for the league in my opinion.  

Should I reject this or let it go through?

 

[beerbuff]

If it's dynasty you should let it go through. If redraft do you feel like it is collusion or just a bad trade.

 

[paranoidbro]

Unless you really believe it's collusion (i.e. the bad end of the trade is actually a very intelligent owner who consistently makes smart moves) I honestly just go with Occam's Razor in situations like this... it's more likely one of the owners is just a Taco than it is two people are actively hurting the rest of the league. 

 

[Trelocke]

Is Cooper a top 5 guy? I'm a huge Raider fan so I love him, but as a team manager I don't see him as much more than a high WR2/low WR1. He finished 13th last year and is sitting at 20th right now (in my PPR league). The Raiders offense has a TON of weapons, they like to play ball control offense with a good ground game/PPR backs, and it seems like Cooper isn't the red zone threat and Carr throws to the open guy, not Coop. I mean, I realize he has top 5 potential, but production-wise he's not much more than a good WR2.

That said, the trade is pretty lopsided for whoever is getting Coop. It's not the worst I've seen, but I think you're overvaluing Coop and unless you suspect collusion I'd let it go. Would you stop one of your players from completely overvaluing a player and drafting him in the first round? If not, then I don't think it's your place to judge how your players value their/others players. The way I see it, your job isn't to use your arbitrary player values to keep trades "fair", it's to stop players from gaming the system and colluding.

Just my 2 cents anyway.

 

[HITMANMVP96]

Thanks all.  Appreciate the thoughtful responses.