Reminding a rival's opponent to set their line-up (1 Viewer)

[John 14:6]

If you have a divisional rival and their opponent has bye week players in, is it ok to notify that person and remind him/her to fix his/her line-up?

Please vote and discuss...

 

[Concept Coop]

I think it is just fine. But I would question my league if I had owners that couldn't even sub players on bye weeks.

 

[JbizzleMan]

I did it this week. :X At least now I am tied for first place again!

 

[benm3218]

of course it is. this is a no brainer. if you didnt do it you would be real dumb.

 

[sartre]

of course it is. this is a no brainer. if you didnt do it you would be real dumb.

 

[Disc Shark]

I can't believe that anybody voted "No".

 

[simsarge]

As long as you're consistant and play Lineup Police when your opponent is lacking a starter. If you "Oh well" it then, then you're a hypocrite.

 

[Insein]

As long as you don't do it for them (unless by request before kickoff) then by all means. No need for you to suffer from his idiocy.

 

[MIMN]

I have no issue with someone reminding my opponent that they have players on bye. I assume others feel the same way. Partially fielded teams destroy FF leagues pretty quickly.

 

[omahabrad]

We had this same issue in our league this week. As commish was going to fill incomplete lineups with bench players. One the owners that was playing against the incomplete line up got upset with my suggestion, said it wasn't fair to him. Not sure I understand why it wasn't fair to him.

 

[Ghost Rider]

We had this same issue in our league this week. As commish was going to fill incomplete lineups with bench players. One the owners that was playing against the incomplete line up got upset with my suggestion, said it wasn't fair to him. Not sure I understand why it wasn't fair to him.

It is not fair because there are always gonna be knucklehead owners, pissed that they are out of it, who will throw games against their buddies (which can be done by leaving in injured players or players on byes), while starting their best lineup against teams they don't want to see win. It isn't fair, and I applaud a commissioner who sees through this and takes it upon himself to put in players who are actually playing.

 

[Insein]

We had this same issue in our league this week. As commish was going to fill incomplete lineups with bench players. One the owners that was playing against the incomplete line up got upset with my suggestion, said it wasn't fair to him. Not sure I understand why it wasn't fair to him.

Thats a different situation. If the owner with the incomplete lineup does not request to put players in, then that is unfair to the owner playing him. The owner with the incomplete lineup should be reminded to start a full lineup but a commish should NEVER arbitrarily put players in (unless league rules state to do so).As an addendum to this, the owner entering incomplete lineups should be told that if he does not actively manage his team, he will be ejected from the league.

 

[TWP]

Of course it's fine. It's even fine to go ahead and suggest players for them to start. No reason why you can't help another player in the league. And no obligation to help everyone the same. You're just providing information -- no problem with that.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

As long as you're consistant and play Lineup Police when your opponent is lacking a starter. If you "Oh well" it then, then you're a hypocrite.

I don't see it as hypocritical. If you're doing it with the intent that "everyone starts a full lineup", then yes it's hypocritical....but I'd be doing it with the "I'm trying to catch/pass/stay ahead of team X" mentality, and there's nothing incongruous with telling his opponent and not telling him.

 

[JbizzleMan]

It's fantasy footballs version of the "injury" report.

 

[omahabrad]

We had this same issue in our league this week. As commish was going to fill incomplete lineups with bench players. One the owners that was playing against the incomplete line up got upset with my suggestion, said it wasn't fair to him. Not sure I understand why it wasn't fair to him.

Thats a different situation. If the owner with the incomplete lineup does not request to put players in, then that is unfair to the owner playing him. The owner with the incomplete lineup should be reminded to start a full lineup but a commish should NEVER arbitrarily put players in (unless league rules state to do so).As an addendum to this, the owner entering incomplete lineups should be told that if he does not actively manage his team, he will be ejected from the league.

I understand your point. I just look at as a form of "tanking" just not on purpose. I don't think it's fair to the rest of the league for this one player to get an automatic win when the rest of the league has to play against a full line up. If someone misses the playoffs because this one team got the win when otherwise he would have lost, I'll have another issue to deal with. I guess it's sort of a "damned of you do, damned if you don't" situation.

 

[JbizzleMan]

We had this same issue in our league this week. As commish was going to fill incomplete lineups with bench players. One the owners that was playing against the incomplete line up got upset with my suggestion, said it wasn't fair to him. Not sure I understand why it wasn't fair to him.

Thats a different situation. If the owner with the incomplete lineup does not request to put players in, then that is unfair to the owner playing him. The owner with the incomplete lineup should be reminded to start a full lineup but a commish should NEVER arbitrarily put players in (unless league rules state to do so).As an addendum to this, the owner entering incomplete lineups should be told that if he does not actively manage his team, he will be ejected from the league.

I understand your point. I just look at as a form of "tanking" just not on purpose. I don't think it's fair to the rest of the league for this one player to get an automatic win when the rest of the league has to play against a full line up. If someone misses the playoffs because this one team got the win when otherwise he would have lost, I'll have another issue to deal with. I guess it's sort of a "damned of you do, damned if you don't" situation.

I think I agree with you. It's not like you're drafting for this team or making waiver acquisitions for him. He already did all the real work and you are simply plugging in starters.

 

[tangfoot]

You play...to win...the game...

 

[puckalicious]

My opponent this week started Andre Johnson. Should I feel bad I didn't tell him to play a different WR? Not at all since he still beat me.

 

[footballnerd]

Its fine, just keep in mind giving fantasy advice to owners in your own league could bite you in the rear later on, especially in a tight race.

 

[TeamSnooki]

i did it yesterday. Guy with an awful 0-3 team had Dez Bryant starting playing against a pretty good team. Made sure that he changed his lineup. Put TO in there. 1-3 for him and more importantly my rival is taking the L.

I'm playing the same awful team next week. Hope no one tells him that his QBs both have byes!

 

[brun]

I'd say that every owner should be responsible for managing their own team only.

However, if a team has been abandoned. Arrangements should be made to have someone (a take over owner or commish) submit a proper line-up prior to the deadline.