I am the commissioner of a keeper league. I set the trade deadline to week 10. After the playoffs were over, but before the 2010 season started, fleaflicker allows the players in my league to make trades. They are trading for next year's draft picks and keepers.
Is there a reason they are allowed to trade before next year's keepers are processed? Is there a setting to turn trading off. Or is this something that I should enforce by reversing each trade manually?
I honestly think teams should be able to trade during the off-season but I think trading should only start on a desired date picked by the commish.
For example, 2 weeks before the draft... All summer trading really allows an advantage to certain players and also allows people that don't plan on coming back to give friends or other players unfair trades.
Just curious is there a reason that you wouldn't want them trading before the keepers are processed? It gives teams a chance to leverage themselves for next year's draft.
For example, in our league, some teams ended up the year with three keeper-worthy players but we're only allowed to keep 2. Since they must give one of those players up before the draft, they can trade one of those three for a future draft pick. That way the team acquiring the "player" improves by gaining a keeper-worthy player (when maybe they had one or none), and the other team gets something for a player that would have otherwise just been automatically dropped.
Besides, I have found that people in a keeper league enjoy staying involved in the off-season. If you take away their ability to manage their team in the off-season it takes away from part of the fun of a keeper-league.
Just wondered if you had a different take on the whole thing.
Let me start off my saying that I appreciate your comments because this is our first keeper league and we're not sure what works yet.
Here's a little info on our 14 team league. We are each keeping 6 players total (1 player per position).
So you will end up keeping your entire starting lineup with the exception of a 1 WR and 1 Flex position.
Basically what's happening is the top players are trading off their non-keepers in a last ditch effort to gain extra draft picks for next year's draft.
I am just trying to keep the league competivite for all players.
After a some thought, I will probably just leave it as is, and not reverse any trades. To me, it just made sense to lock the entire league until the new season begins (March 1 isn't that long of a wait). But I don't think it is a big deal either way.
In a keeper league teams can trade and waive players during the off-season. If you need to reverse any of these trades as commissioner, use your Commish Options Tab>Edit Rosters.
scurtis60Thu 2/4/10 9:04 AM
I am the commissioner of a keeper league. I set the trade deadline to week 10. After the playoffs were over, but before the 2010 season started, fleaflicker allows the players in my league to make trades. They are trading for next year's draft picks and keepers.
Is there a reason they are allowed to trade before next year's keepers are processed? Is there a setting to turn trading off. Or is this something that I should enforce by reversing each trade manually?
ShockIndustryTue 3/2/10 12:09 PM
I honestly think teams should be able to trade during the off-season but I think trading should only start on a desired date picked by the commish.
For example, 2 weeks before the draft... All summer trading really allows an advantage to certain players and also allows people that don't plan on coming back to give friends or other players unfair trades.
AndyDronbergerThu 2/4/10 12:59 PM
Just curious is there a reason that you wouldn't want them trading before the keepers are processed? It gives teams a chance to leverage themselves for next year's draft.
For example, in our league, some teams ended up the year with three keeper-worthy players but we're only allowed to keep 2. Since they must give one of those players up before the draft, they can trade one of those three for a future draft pick. That way the team acquiring the "player" improves by gaining a keeper-worthy player (when maybe they had one or none), and the other team gets something for a player that would have otherwise just been automatically dropped.
Besides, I have found that people in a keeper league enjoy staying involved in the off-season. If you take away their ability to manage their team in the off-season it takes away from part of the fun of a keeper-league.
Just wondered if you had a different take on the whole thing.
scurtis60Thu 2/4/10 2:03 PM
Let me start off my saying that I appreciate your comments because this is our first keeper league and we're not sure what works yet.
Here's a little info on our 14 team league. We are each keeping 6 players total (1 player per position).
So you will end up keeping your entire starting lineup with the exception of a 1 WR and 1 Flex position.
Basically what's happening is the top players are trading off their non-keepers in a last ditch effort to gain extra draft picks for next year's draft.
I am just trying to keep the league competivite for all players.
After a some thought, I will probably just leave it as is, and not reverse any trades. To me, it just made sense to lock the entire league until the new season begins (March 1 isn't that long of a wait). But I don't think it is a big deal either way.
FleaMod AdminThu 2/4/10 9:25 AM
In a keeper league teams can trade and waive players during the off-season. If you need to reverse any of these trades as commissioner, use your Commish Options Tab>Edit Rosters.