I am in a Hockey league (the type of league does not matter in this issue). The Commissioner is taking away a player I picked up off the free agent market to restore him to his original team because he was guys 4th round pick and the guy picked up a backup goalie in his place. The guy cleared waivers (three day period in which I felt the Commissioner should have tried to stop his transaction during) then sat on the open market for three days before I picked him up. I am objecting the other is not crying foul about losing his good player but the Commish says that he has to keep it fair by restoring the player.
2007-10-16 15:32:32 · 3 answers · asked by bdough15 6 in Sports ➔ Fantasy Sports
The only reasons for taking any kind of action as a commish are:
1) Collusion in the case of a trade
2) Obvious player dumping by one team
In this case, neither of those qualifiers was met. He seems to have had a reason for dumping that player, and no matter how dumb a move it might have been in the commissioner's eyes, they have no right to disqualify your move because of another player making a bad choice.
I've been commissioner in many leagues and different sports, and I've seen some horrible trades and moves. However, that's part of playing the game, and bad moves happen in "real" sports, too. Your commish needs to get off his power trip and let the league run as it should.
2007-10-16 16:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it really depends on who the player was, but I'm inclined to believe that this wasn't exactly a fair move by the commish.
He's pretty much playing for the guy that dropped the player. Bad moves (and trades too!) happen all the time; it's not the commissioner's duty to jump in unless something is clearly wrong (e.g. a MASSIVELY lopsided trade or dropping top-rated players left and right).
2007-10-16 22:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by darkhydra21 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not fair. I've made alot of careless pick mistakes since i'm only just a newbie, but my teams are looking pretty good.
cmon.. it wasn't called the free agency for nothing.
The commish should not intervene with those things unless it is team-dumping.
yea, commish on a power trip.
2007-10-16 23:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by FlowFlow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋