What's Comish's responsibility in this situation? (1 Viewer)

[TheGreatInTraining]

I'm barely holding on to playoffs hopes. The team just ahead of me is playing someone who has given up. Has R. Wilson as his starting QB (Bye) and has no backup QB. So, am I just screwed, or does the commish have an obligation to pick up a QB? How have you guys handled this?

Edit: It's a redraft league

 

[Keepers]

Redraft, I believe he has an obligation to pick someone up. Dynasty, no.

 

[ImTheScientist]

Its not the job of the commish to change peoples lineups.

 

[lod01]

Try not to play in leagues with LOSERS.

 

[Da Gildz]

Try not to play in leagues with LOSERS.

This. For the respect/integrity of the league, owners out of it should place active lineups at the very least. Takes all of 30 seconds to do so. And yea if they have no backup for their player, they should be picking someone up to play. All guys in my league do it, so its really a matter of 'quality of owner' more then anything. I would try all avenues first (contacting said owner) before having the commish do anything.

Next year, dont join a league with this guy in it tho

 

[Da Gildz]

Also an idea which my league implemented, reward weekly high score prizes. Or an end of season highest weekly score prize. It at least gives some motivation to teams out of if to set a legit lineup.

 

[Warrior]

Its not the job of the commish to change peoples lineups.

Agreed. Sounds like the OP wants to micro-manage the other lineup only when it benefits his own team.

ETA: Don't play in leagues with deadbeat owners next year. They should be booted and not re-invited.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Be thankful you are not in my league - where the commish enforces full lineups except when HE plays teams without full lineups. When that happens he does not enforce the policy.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

does the commish have an obligation to pick up a QB

The commissioner has an obligation to ensure that the league is competitive and fair. If you have an owner who's given up, the commissioner has already failed in one regard to structure the league in such a way that this is discouraged (weekly prizes/penalties, etc.)

The commissioner should reach out to the quitter and try to get him back on board and setting his own lineup. If the owner is unresponsive, then quickly replace him with someone who will manage the team properly.

 

[drunken slob]

Your commissioner is a POS. Do what I did, start your own league. Take the best owners from the current league and fill the open spots with people you want. When the commish from the old league cries, give him the ole Golf Foxtrot Yankee

 

[RUSF18]

Go back and look at the deadbeat's recent lineups (since whenever he "gave up"). Are there any empty spots due to byes or known injury? If yes, you have no right to complain. If no, you can make an attempt to get the commish to replace the guy with someone who will manage the roster. Even still, it gets a little dicey because a more active owner might have replaced a crappy backup in recent weeks who was in the lineup.

 

[loser]

Try not to play in leagues with LOSERS.

 

[Godsbrother]

Also an idea which my league implemented, reward weekly high score prizes. Or an end of season highest weekly score prize. It at least gives some motivation to teams out of if to set a legit lineup.

We give $5 for each win during the season. Even after the regular season ends, the teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs are randomly matched and play in $5 games up until NFL Week 17.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

No, the commissioner can't force an owner to set a lineup nor should be setting it for him [unless specifically denoted in the rules -- and was done the previous weeks]. Just don't invite the owner back.

I usually just designate a 'total points scored' playoff spot outside the top 3 record based playoff spots. I usually have each team play one another ONCE and have no divisions.

 

[TheStig]

Also an idea which my league implemented, reward weekly high score prizes. Or an end of season highest weekly score prize. It at least gives some motivation to teams out of if to set a legit lineup.

I recommended this type of setup in another topic and was met with, "that is hippie nonsense"

 

[shadyridr]

Same thing happened in my league and it was pretty unanimous to leave things alone. I am the commish and was fine with that decision. Played the absent owner last week with no Qb and no Te and still lost lmao

 

[ShaHBucks]

Email the guy to see if he'd set a lineup

 

[McGarnicle]

At next year's draft, all the other owners should give him a code red with the bars of soap wrapped in towels, then maybe even urinate and/or defecate on him. That's what we do in our league. Then afterwards we do shots and pick our players. All in good fun.

 

[My Hope Street Alias]

Try not to play in leagues with LOSERS.

 

[Sarnoff]

I'm barely holding on to playoffs hopes. The team just ahead of me is playing someone who has given up. Has R. Wilson as his starting QB (Bye) and has no backup QB. So, am I just screwed, or does the commish have an obligation to pick up a QB? How have you guys handled this?

Edit: It's a redraft league

The commission has an obligation and a responsibility to handle this situation exactly as it's supposed to be handled according to your league rules, which obvious spell out the procedure in this kind of matter clearly.

If they do not, that's your fault for not bringing it up in August. Live and learn, sucker, you lost this season before it even started.

 

[Hurl Bruce]

Every week, the lowest score pays the team with the highest score $5 in our league. Make that amount whatever matches the overall money involved in your league and teams will start making sure they don't leave teams blank.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

It's unfair to pretend this is all of a sudden an emergency in week 12. Were you on top of things, spotting absent owners in week 7 when you weren't playing them? If nothing has been done all season, nothing can be done now.

This is the league's fault. They picked owners who don't fulfill their obligations. "Weekly prizes" is a token attempt at solving the problem and better than nothing, but rarely fixes it. The solution is to select owners who have the integrity to submit full lineups no matter what.

Your league could have a short list of potential takeover owners -- people who love the hobby and would be willing to spend two minutes a week submitting a lineup to help your league -- and boot owners who disappear in season. Life happens, so it could be a one-week thing. But if they've abandoned the team, replace them. That's the solution you should go into the season with.

If you didn't do that, leave it alone now. It's unfair to everyone else whose rival teams played cupcakes and didn't get interference from the commish.

 

[Steve Tasker]

If this scenario is not spelled out in the league rules, the commish should not adjust the player's lineup.

 

[Tool]

If this is the first time all season that it's happened on anyone's roster then you have a right to complain. Try posting on the message board and contacting owner. If no response, i'm on the side that commish should pick up a qb and the owner should be replaced for the rest of year and going forward. But that can get a little tricky and not the ideal solution.

 

[Sarnoff]

Every week, the lowest score pays the team with the highest score $5 in our league. Make that amount whatever matches the overall money involved in your league and teams will start making sure they don't leave teams blank.

In my league, we never change the rules once the season starts. I don't think it'd be fair to start charging this fee this late in the season.

 

[TheCommish]

As has already been mentioned, it's all about the quality of the owners in the league. There are a couple of owners that are, more times than not, at the bottom of my league. But they are always very active, picking up free agents (which cost $1 each, by the way) and submitting valid starting lineups. They feel they owe it to the other teams to try to field the best teams they can, and the entire league appreciates it.

 

[Mario Kart]

I'd say give the guy the option of quitting but taking his money or he submits a lineup and forfeits all of this money. Seems to work.