Why do FFLs have a trade deadline? (1 Viewer)

[bergs101]

Any opinions on why FFLs have a trade deadline? Are there leagues that include a trade waiver system (similar to what is used in MLB)?

 

[Patroclus]

To keep teams that are out of the playoffs from dumping all their talent to their best friend's team

 

[steveski]

It's to minimize cheating. When someone realizes they aren't making the playoffs, it's easy to pry away their best players with other incentives.

 

[bergs101]

Understood but the commish should be able to prevent this type of behavior so I still don't truly see the point. I find it especially peculiar (to have a trade deadline) in dynasty leagues...seems dumb to me.

 

[shadyridr]

Understood but the commish should be able to prevent this type of behavior so I still don't truly see the point. I find it especially peculiar (to have a trade deadline) in dynasty leagues...seems dumb to me.

As a commish, I wouldnt wanna deal with any of that BS.

 

[Concept Coop]

Understood but the commish should be able to prevent this type of behavior so I still don't truly see the point. I find it especially peculiar (to have a trade deadline) in dynasty leagues...seems dumb to me.

I don't think it should be before the playoffs start. But I do think once they start, trading shouldn't be allowed. I wouldn't want a championship determined by a last second trade that an owner doesn't have to commit to before being locked into the game.

 

[DoubleG]

Understood but the commish should be able to prevent this type of behavior so I still don't truly see the point. I find it especially peculiar (to have a trade deadline) in dynasty leagues...seems dumb to me.

I don't think it should be before the playoffs start. But I do think once they start, trading shouldn't be allowed. I wouldn't want a championship determined by a last second trade that an owner doesn't have to commit to before being locked into the game.

Ours just passed, but I could see a trade deadline extending up until the playoffs in dynasty leagues. In dynasty leagues (during the playoffs - and just prior to them) it encourages teams that are out of the playoffs to get better for the future by using the WW to do so - instead of simply trying to use the WW to block people and dangle vet talent to the highest bidder up until the last possible second. I, for one, think a trade deadline - even in dynasty leagues - is a good thing. It basically stops teams that have been mediocre all year from trying to drastically alter their team right before the playoffs by selling off draft picks/depth guys/youth in an attempt to "steal" the championship. What I mean is, a trade deadline decreases variance and reduces the chances that someone will try to "gamesmanship" their way to a title. It also, as others have mentioned, makes it tougher for collusion or simply "favoritism" to change the playoff landscape as much as if there were no deadline.

 

[Sweet Love]

Understood but the commish should be able to prevent this type of behavior so I still don't truly see the point. I find it especially peculiar (to have a trade deadline) in dynasty leagues...seems dumb to me.

I see your point, but how to you relegate what is fair in the final weeks? A bad trade early in the season has 10+ weeks to play out...a bad trade in week 13 could greatly impact what the members of the league have been working for.I once played in a league that did not have a trade deadline, but once you were mathematically eliminated, you could not make a trade (and trades froze in the playoffs). I could live with that again, but I do remember one 1-6 team making a questionable trade so even when you set rules for the betterment of the group there will be loopholes