Was this trade collusion? (1 Viewer)

[sassytaco23]

I'm commissioner and I have a leaguemate outraged that there was collusion in a trade.

Team A and Team B are dating. Team A is 5-1, Team B is 2-4. Team A lost Aaron Rodgers last week, and owns Austin Sefarian Jenkins and Jordan Reed. Team B owns Drew Brees, Alex Smith, and Kyle Rudolph. Team A trades Austin Sefarian Jenkins and receives Alex Smith.

Initially, I honestly thought team B won the trade. A few other league mates agreed that it was a pretty wash trade since it's easier to find a good QB than it is a TE (if you believe that ASJ will sustain targets, its half PPR).

Was this a fair trade based off of team need? Mind you, this debate started because Team C wanted me to give him a QB rental for the week so that he could beat Team A.

 

[KingPrawn]

Tell Team C to quit whining. No problems with the trade

 

[beerbuff]

Nope, clearly collusion.

 

[Shamrocka]

Not even close.  Let the trade go through and tell Team C to nut up.

 

[wlwiles]

It's a back end top-12ish QB for a low end top-12ish TE.  Big deal.  No issues with the trade.  

Tell Team C you can't rent players from other people, and to get over the butthurt of now having his opponent finding a competent replacement for Rodgers.  He thinks Team A got off cheap, but that doesn't mean its collusion.  Yes, A and B are dating and surely had a discussion of "well I'll give you Smith to help you out with your QB problem, and just give me ASJ back so I have someone to cover Rudolph's bye and possibly stream TEs or flex a TE in a particularly rough week".  But B has no use for Smith with Brees already, and is getting a piece back that he can use.  Fair trade. 

 

[Gally]

I don't think you can call this collusion.  There was definitely a need on both sides.  Was the trade a little light when you look at in a vacuum?  Probably and there was probably a "dating" agreement in place to go along with it. 

Bottom line it wasn't anything earth shattering.  Move on.

 

[sassytaco23]

Thanks for all of the responses! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy.

 

[Prinefan]

Not crazy.  Easy pass.  Fair enough.