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I take it that this was a question, so I will answer it as one; my point is that an action in a league has more effect than on just the two teams involved. If the team that picked up Jackson is one of the worst in the league it would be better for the league than if it was one of the better teams; a "mistake" like this can really suck for other teams in the league.
Might be, but the fact that his story makes no sense and it's impossible to drop people from the Fleaflicker trading block screen makes me think it might be because he's ashamed of his stupid move and cooked up a dumb story after other people remarked on his blunder.Either way his roster sat for days lacking Fred Jackson, for which he is to blame.
this is what responders lead me to believe when I first read this post (my intial reaction was that owner is an idiot), but the OP's statements seem to suggest otherwise.
From these statements it seems the owner dropped Jackson, OP noticed it 12 hours after the drop, and later that day the waivers processed, meaning all of this took place in a matter of a day. That to me shows this is an accident. I'm not sure where you're getting that the owner waited days.
ya that I'm not sure of since I dont use that site
He could of went to the trading block, clicked the players name, and then clicked cut from the player page, thinking it would drop him from the block. Yeah, it's still kind of dumb, but I could see it happening. And since Fred Jackson was on the block, makes sense that the owner was looking to get some compensation, not just drop him outright.
But you think the story that he intentionally dropped a top-3 RB makes sense?
This didn't happen on Fleaflicker.....it was on CBS.
It's stupid but makes sense, i.e. there's nothing mysterious about it. Great players get dropped every day by idiots, especially going into their bye weeks. There's nothing rare or mysterious about it, it happens every single day. It's a lot more likely he made a stupid decision than he somehow dropped a player from the trading block screen. Have you used the Fleaflicker trading block screen?
Gets me every time.
Lol...I know. What I'm trying to say is that when I made my mistake it was in a CBS league.
But it is possible he went to the trading block and clicked on the players name, then dropping him from the player page. If he went through the trading block to get to the player name, he could have thought he was dropping him from the block. It's the only thing I can think of and it's somewhat plausible.
Ok. So I drafted Cam Newton, Aaron Rodgers, and Ryan Fitzpatrick this year. Lucky me, right? Except I also drafted Jamaal Charles and Mark Ingram. I'm hurting at running back hardcore. I tried to trade Fitzpatrick to one of the 3 teams who I think really need a QB, but they won't budge for fair value (and one of them has crap at RB as well). So this week I'm dropping Fitzpatrick to pick up Maurice Morris, who appears to be my best shot at a #1 RB at this point, throwing Fitzpatrick to the wolves, so to speak, despite not being nearly fair value. It seems like the best move for me, rather than to continue to lose with 3 number 1 QB's on my roster, though it will probably affect the balance of power among the other teams in the league unfairly, as *someone* is going to get Fitzpatrick now for nearly nothing.As commissioner, are you going to step in to prevent this travesty of competitive fairness and prevent me from making this drop/add?
Not only intentionally dropped, but then protested the drop once it was made public. Seems FAR more likely that it was a foolish mistake than some sort of crazy attempt at gaining an advantage.Have we ascertained the advantage he gained yet, or are we still speculating upon that as well?
'emge said:
Love it, but doubt many others would agree. I gotta try this at the track tomorrow: "uhhh ... mister parimutuel clerk ... I really wanted to bet 1,000 to win on the horse that just finished first ... can I get a do over? C'mon, gimme a mulligan here, baby needs a new pair of shoes!"
That is understandable.. the way the OP makes it sound however is that this owner dropped Jackson, waited for the entire WW 2 days to pass. Then when Jackson was picked up by someone he jumped up and said "Oh no, I meant to remove him from my trade block not my team give him back plz".Imo, I'd keep Jackson. To me it sounds like the guy got trashed and decided to look at FFB and didn't notice until after he resolved off waivers that he dropped Jackson. Now, unless the Commish comes forward stating that he had several messages from the owner directly after dropping Jackson saying he did it on accident. If that is the case and the Commish simply didn't look at his messages for a few days then Jackson should be giving back along with all Waiver Claims reset, or at least you should be given first claim if someone you wanted was claimed by another team. I know for example in my league only 2 waiver claims were made this week so that wouldn't be a hard thing to reverse.
Nope. The only legit reason to overturn the transaction would be if another owner logged on to his team and dropped Jackson. Lesson learned is a beach sometimes.
Either that or most of the others in the league didn't notice. Many people are too busy to check the league website on a daily basis.
Keeping Fred Jackson will be the start of the downfall of your league. It will start spreading discontent and things will slowly unravel. Don't be a jerk - use common sense.
Reverse the transactions and make sure everyone pokes fun at the owner for being a drunken moron. Then go make a lowball offer for Fred.
No, not at all, but if of all your QB's you picked Rodgers it might of raised an eyebrow with me. I would also say that if you waived your best player, you said it was a mistake, nothing changed with his status (say a projected injury turns out to be nothing), and that you didn't pick up another player - then I absolutely would return the player. If I played in this league and Jackson went to the team below me and he knocked me out of the playoffs because of this obvious error, I would be pissed. Please don't read into the original OP or my post any deeper than necessary. The guy said he made a mistake and it obvious to everyone that this is not a logical move; what question needs to be answered except why is the Jackson recipient being so obtuse (I will not use a more appropriate word). The remedy: cancel out all the WW moves and have another round of blind bidding. If this is a dynasty league these sort of problems are just compounded and I have examples if you want them.
Could it have been a sneaky drop so some one else could add him? In other words, someone(s) trying to be clever with their collusion? OP just screwed it up by having higher priority? If it really is difficult to accidentally cut someone, then I think you have to at least wonder if Davis was actually accidentally cut.'phillybirds said:
'HULLOBUDMAN said:
Excellent, EXCELLENT point.
Terrible, TERRIBLE point.Scott freaking Chandler would've been undroppable under that rule this season.
ya I hate can't cut list, they have no clue who should be held or dropped. decent fantasy leagues don't need to be watched over like that.
Or any injured player who was in the top 10 when they were severely injured....or a slew of kickers or defenses you might want to cut.... cant cut lists are bad bad things and used only in free leagues without commisioners to help prevent collusion.
Ding ding ding! Winner!
seems you play in a classier league than most of those responding to this post.
Huh?The record (or perceived strength) of the team that made the FJax acquisition should have no bearing on this at all. On what basis can you conclude that it's better for this league if a weaker team made the acquisition?
