Trade deadlines (1 Viewer)

[Beau Tocks]

As we enter the back stretch in the regular season of the FFL, trades can break a league or make a champion. We cut off all league trading on Thanksgiving day week 12. I feel this helps negate any collusion amoungst teams for the playoffs. In the past we've had some lopsided trades have occured in the playoffs that p###'d off fellow owners bidding for the crown. How do you manage this aspect in your leagues?

 

[Varmint]

I think that Week 12 is too late to stop trades..

Trades need to be halted as late in the regular season as possible while the most teams still have a chance at the playoffs...this WILL kill all thoughts of collusion. It takes only ONE team to be eliminated to spark thoughts of "inside trading"

Our 14-team leagues trade deadline is Week 10.

Waiver Wire deadline is Week 13...the final week of the regular season.

Roster changes of any kind are not allowed during the post season....Weeks 14-16

Although the outlook may be bleak for a team or two at Week 10....nobody is mathematically eliminated and therefore will not hand over the goods.

 

[AcerFC]

We stop ours The Saturday before Week 9 starts. It adds an urgency to get deals done and all teams are usually still in the hunt for the last playoff spot. I can see Week 10 but anything past then and you can definitely have issues with collusion or just trades that bad teams make because they are out of it.

 

[Wu-banger]

We stop the Tuesday after Week 10.......... gives everyone 3 Weeks of set rosters before the playoffs.

 

[wide left]

This Saturday is our trade deadline. Just enough trading of next years keeper value for this year to make it interesting.

 

[glock]

This Saturday is our trade deadline. Just enough trading of next years keeper value for this year to make it interesting.

What he said.

 

[Liquid Tension]

We stop ours as the week 10 games start!

 

[mcjc4]

We stop ours as the week 10 games start!

So do we. I am going to propose a change to our rules next year that there be no deadline. It is a redraft and I will propose no deadline for those teams that are not eliminated from the playoffs.12team league, 3 division winners and 3 WC spots. 1/2 the league makes the playoffs so we could still very well be trading up to week 13 with 8 or 9 teams fighting for the last spot.l

 

[TommyGilmore]

Friday before Week 11. That's the way my main league has done it for 10+ years now.

Usually after 10 weeks every team is still mathematically alive.

 

[super sleeper]

Prior to the start of games Week 12 in the redraft league I am commissioner of.

We have a weekly high score pot that is big enough to prevent tanking or collusion. You can be mathematically eliminated, but still win money, so it keeps everyone honest.

 

[glock]

Friday before Week 11. That's the way my main league has done it for 10+ years now.

Usually after 10 weeks every team is still mathematically alive.

Or not...and willing to deal me this years treasures for next year treasures!

 

[NHT-SPOILER]

As we enter the back stretch in the regular season of the FFL, trades can break a league or make a champion. We cut off all league trading on Thanksgiving day week 12. I feel this helps negate any collusion amoungst teams for the playoffs. In the past we've had some lopsided trades have occured in the playoffs that p###'d off fellow owners bidding for the crown. How do you manage this aspect in your leagues?

We stop ours at the same time in both leagues that I am in. We have 3 commissioners that VOTE on all trades and majority vote out of the 3 decides it. This helps collusion trades from happening!! Believe it or not we have never had to DENY a trade yet. As long as it helps both teams and isn't too 1-sided, we approve it. As we all know, there really is ALMOST never a totally even trade - the GOAL is to have the trade as even as possible, BUT if a person is hurting very badly at RB lets say and the team he is trying to trade with has NO real weaknesses, then obviously the guy hurting is probably going to have to give more to get help than trading with a team that also has weakness. Hopefully that made sense.But, then again all of our league members have been playing fantasy for 5-10 yrs, so they do have some common sense, versus a league that has a few ppl that are just ignorant due never playing ff before. Good and responsible owners make good competitive leagues!!