This is pretty much a first for me... seeing league voting and having members allowed to veto trades by DEFAULT.
For a site that prides itself on customization of rules, it's mind-boggling to think one of the most important transactions in fantasy football... THE TRADE... has one option and one option only... league voting for approval/disapproval.
While some may like this, there's plenty that don't.
Yes, yes, I know "the Commish can over-ride anything"... that's not the point.
You've got a default rule (members voting-down trades) and the Commish can only act after the fact... which can cause problems with owners (hey, we voted that trade down, why are you over-riding us!).
To avoid all of that, it would be really nice if the OPTION was there for Commish's who set-up a league to turn on "COMMISH APPROVED TRADES" right from the get-go... this would avoid problems during the season of people voting-down trades and the Commish having to go behind them and over-ride it.
Simply put, for a "fully customizeable" site to not offer anything but one option which is turned-on by default for league trades is quite surprising.
Please... for the love of all things Holy... allow/implement an option for Commish Approved Trades!
My take is that all trades be held for a review period ... 24 or 48 hours. Any team owner can flag the trade if they do not like it. Then then the commish can step in with a ruling. If the review period expires without a commish ruling the trade is good.
What if the commish is the only one that does not like the trade? Then the commish can flag the item but at least one other member must step in and agree with the commish (flag the trade also). If no one steps up within the review period then the trade is good.
I know that the commish runs the league but the members need to have a say in the trade issues.
The commish can always take the a stance and force an adjustment of the rosters but that would probably pull everyone's chain.
WolfshanzeThu 8/21/08 12:01 PM
For a site that prides itself on customization of rules, it's mind-boggling to think one of the most important transactions in fantasy football... THE TRADE... has one option and one option only... league voting for approval/disapproval.
While some may like this, there's plenty that don't.
Yes, yes, I know "the Commish can over-ride anything"... that's not the point.
You've got a default rule (members voting-down trades) and the Commish can only act after the fact... which can cause problems with owners (hey, we voted that trade down, why are you over-riding us!).
To avoid all of that, it would be really nice if the OPTION was there for Commish's who set-up a league to turn on "COMMISH APPROVED TRADES" right from the get-go... this would avoid problems during the season of people voting-down trades and the Commish having to go behind them and over-ride it.
Simply put, for a "fully customizeable" site to not offer anything but one option which is turned-on by default for league trades is quite surprising.
Please... for the love of all things Holy... allow/implement an option for Commish Approved Trades!
PovertyBayOrcaFri 8/29/08 4:50 PM
What if the commish is the only one that does not like the trade? Then the commish can flag the item but at least one other member must step in and agree with the commish (flag the trade also). If no one steps up within the review period then the trade is good.
I know that the commish runs the league but the members need to have a say in the trade issues.
The commish can always take the a stance and force an adjustment of the rosters but that would probably pull everyone's chain.