Trading Future Picks (2 years out)/How does your league handle it? (1 Viewer)

[RoosterScott]

I'm a commish in a 16 team dynasty league where owners are allowed to trade future draft picks. Every year we have a 4 round rookie draft after the NFL conducts their own. We are allowed to trade future draft picks up to 2 years out. This year we can start trading our draft picks for 2016. I've had issues with teams trading a few futures and then leaving my league.

I've talked to other commissioners of league that allow future picks to be traded. They have the owner put down that year's league fee as a deposit. I'm thinking about doing this. What are your thoughts on how to handle this fair.

What are your suggestions? I would like to collect the league's fee for the current year and any year's where FUTURE 1st ROUND picks are traded away. I would appreciate honest feedback that is fair for ALL parties. If this post is in the wrong forum I apologize.

 

[tdmills]

I'm a commish in a 16 team dynasty league where owners are allowed to trade future draft picks. Every year we have a 4 round rookie draft after the NFL conducts their own. We are allowed to trade future draft picks up to 2 years out. This year we can start trading our draft picks for 2016. I've had issues with teams trading a few futures and then leaving my league.

I've talked to other commissioners of league that allow future picks to be traded. They have the owner put down that year's league fee as a deposit. I'm thinking about doing this. What are your thoughts on how to handle this fair.

What are your suggestions? I would like to collect the league's fee for the current year and any year's where FUTURE 1st ROUND picks are traded away. I would appreciate honest feedback that is fair for ALL parties. If this post is in the wrong forum I apologize.

If you're willing to trade future 1sts 2 years in advance....then paying the league fee in full makes sense.

 

[RoosterScott]

Thanks TdMills!

 

[BaBastage]

I'm a commish in a 16 team dynasty league where owners are allowed to trade future draft picks. Every year we have a 4 round rookie draft after the NFL conducts their own. We are allowed to trade future draft picks up to 2 years out. This year we can start trading our draft picks for 2016. I've had issues with teams trading a few futures and then leaving my league.

I've talked to other commissioners of league that allow future picks to be traded. They have the owner put down that year's league fee as a deposit. I'm thinking about doing this. What are your thoughts on how to handle this fair.

What are your suggestions? I would like to collect the league's fee for the current year and any year's where FUTURE 1st ROUND picks are traded away. I would appreciate honest feedback that is fair for ALL parties. If this post is in the wrong forum I apologize.

If you're willing to trade future 1sts 2 years in advance....then paying the league fee in full makes sense.

Seconded. Make sure that both both years have been paid by both owners.

You might even think about having them pay the 3rd year too. If one of the owners digs their team into an extra deep hole, you might need that as enticement to get a new owner to take over that mess.

 

[JohnnyU]

The 2 leagues I commish only allow trading picks 1 year out. It protects the league more from stupid owners who trade away all their assets and leave the league, thus making it harder to find replacement owners. New owners care more about team assets than a paid league fee when it comes to dynasty leagues.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Entry fee of $75 in our league

Trade a first round pick - Pay $45 towards that years dues

Trade a second round pick - Pay $35 (or remaining fee if you have traded a first already for said year)

Trade a third round pick - Pay $25 towards that years dues

Trade a fourth round pick - Pay $10 towards that years dues

If you are paid up for that years dues, you can trade away for no charge

 

[Agent575]

I don't like any setup where some owners can or will trade future picks while others won't due to financial situations. I would much prefer every owner is paid all three years so everyone is on the same footing.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

I don't like any setup where some owners can or will trade future picks while others won't due to financial situations. I would much prefer every owner is paid all three years so everyone is on the same footing.

We don't have any financial situation problems. We're adults who pay our bills. If $45 is a problem then the $75 entry fee would be a bigger problem and they wouldn't be playing fantasy football.

 

[Dutch Kincade]

If a team leaves the league, then all of their original picks return to that team so that we may find a new owner and their team is at as close to full strength as possible. It sounds harsh, but what it does is tremendously devalue future picks too far out. You have to have a lot of confidence that this owner is in it for the long haul. If you think the team is trying to load up for one last run before bailing out you may be less likely to deal with them. Traditionally we have picks traded 2 - 2.5 years out. Occasionally a 3rd year late pick has been used I believe. We've never had to return picks to the original team.

 

[nightmare]

Just pay the fees. Don't punish the other owners if one person backs out.

 

[Agent575]

I don't like any setup where some owners can or will trade future picks while others won't due to financial situations. I would much prefer every owner is paid all three years so everyone is on the same footing.

We don't have any financial situation problems. We're adults who pay our bills. If $45 is a problem then the $75 entry fee would be a bigger problem and they wouldn't be playing fantasy football.

I wasnt responding to you first of all. Second, I am not referring to whether or not someone has their home finances in order or not...I hate a system where an owner may not Be willing to pull the trigger on a deal because he doesn't feel like ponying up some cash. I see such a setup as a waste of time.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

When I was looking at rules for a league I was thinking about, I landed on...

2/3rd of annual fees for trading 1st rounder ($66/$100)

1/3rd of annual fees for trading 2nd rounder ($34/$100)

Both cut in half ($33/$17 per $100) if there was a pick coming back from the same round.

All $$ treated as a non-refundable deposit unless the person leaving the league finds a replacement willing to pay full fees.

 

[Tool]

our league uses a scaling system similar to some other posters. i don't think you need the full league fee, but something significant depending on how far out.

 

[KCitons]

In our 16 team league, we have a 5 round rookie draft. When we started you had to pay fees for any trade of future draft picks. We just changed it this off season to include only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks. As a commish, I would love to have all teams pay 3 years in advance, then let them trade whatever they want.

The one problem, with this is that we can't use Leaguesafe. So we are using Paypal and tracking 3 years of finances is another thing I have to track.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

If a team leaves the league, then all of their original picks return to that team so that we may find a new owner and their team is at as close to full strength as possible. It sounds harsh, but what it does is tremendously devalue future picks too far out. You have to have a lot of confidence that this owner is in it for the long haul. If you think the team is trying to load up for one last run before bailing out you may be less likely to deal with them. Traditionally we have picks traded 2 - 2.5 years out. Occasionally a 3rd year late pick has been used I believe. We've never had to return picks to the original team.

That's awful.

 

[ghostguy123]

Depends on the league, and the cost of the league.

If it is a 100 or less per year and the league is full of people who know, you can get away with not charging for future years.

However, anything else and you need to collect money from however many years in advance the person trades.

 

[AngryPatriot]

we just allow one year ahead, that's it.

 

[MDSkinner]

We have to pay the years fee's for those future picks. So if you trade a 2016 pick you pay your league fees for that season at that time, even if it is a late round pick. And I think it is a good rule as it makes people more strongly consider trading future assets.

 

[BaBastage]

If a team leaves the league, then all of their original picks return to that team so that we may find a new owner and their team is at as close to full strength as possible. It sounds harsh, but what it does is tremendously devalue future picks too far out. You have to have a lot of confidence that this owner is in it for the long haul. If you think the team is trying to load up for one last run before bailing out you may be less likely to deal with them. Traditionally we have picks traded 2 - 2.5 years out. Occasionally a 3rd year late pick has been used I believe. We've never had to return picks to the original team.

That's awful.

That was my first response too. But after thinking about it, it would really help discourage trading of future picks, which imo adds instability to the league and is a bad thing. You'd better be damn sure you know the owner you are trading with is going to be around for the long haul.

Generally speaking, I'm against trading away future picks. Too many times I've seen an owner trade away enough picks that he digs too deep a whole, and bails on the league. Finding a replacement owner isn't easy - even if their first year's dues are paid, because sometimes it takes a few years to dig out of a deep hole in dynasty.

 

[chasyone]

In my league we can trade future picks 2 years out but can only make those trades during offseason and draft day.

 

[az_prof]

I'm a commish in a 16 team dynasty league where owners are allowed to trade future draft picks. Every year we have a 4 round rookie draft after the NFL conducts their own. We are allowed to trade future draft picks up to 2 years out. This year we can start trading our draft picks for 2016. I've had issues with teams trading a few futures and then leaving my league.

I've talked to other commissioners of league that allow future picks to be traded. They have the owner put down that year's league fee as a deposit. I'm thinking about doing this. What are your thoughts on how to handle this fair.

What are your suggestions? I would like to collect the league's fee for the current year and any year's where FUTURE 1st ROUND picks are traded away. I would appreciate honest feedback that is fair for ALL parties. If this post is in the wrong forum I apologize.

If you're willing to trade future 1sts 2 years in advance....then paying the league fee in full makes sense.

Our league requires you to pay in advance for the dues that correspond to the future draft pick you are trading otherwise the trade is not approved.