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Well, I’m in a league with some of my co-workers. There are 14 teams and we had an online draft and 8 teams make the PO’s. When the commish first set up the rules, he set it so that it only took one manager’s objection to veto any trade. I protested this, saying that because it took only one objection, any time a trade was made to improve a team above yours all you had to do was to object to it and it would automatically stop a team from getting better. He told me that if a team proposed a trade that was fair he would listen to the objector but as long as it wasn’t Shawn Alexander for Dennis Northcut or the trade wasn’t so out of whack he would ok it. I agreed to his rule. So now the trade deadline is today. On Monday I was proposed a trade,

I get
Marvin Harrison
Cris Brown

He (another owner, not the commish) gets
Clinton Portis
Matt Hasselback

So of course it’s now 3 weeks to the PO and there is a 6way time for 3rd. The teams are all fairly even, and of course one of the managers who is still trying to get in to the PO’s objects to the trade. The commish then vetoes it and tells me that those are the rules. Of course I disagreed. Stating that the trade was fair and not completely out of whack. He told me those were the rules, one objection and it gets vetoed. So the other person who I am trying to make the trade with, and I decide fuck it, we benched all our players and were going to sit out the rest of the season in protest. So whats my co-worker commish do? He locks our team’s sets our line ups for us and makes it so that we are unable to make any changes. Basically dude is now controlling 3 teams in the league. He claims that this is what the majority of the league wants. I cal bull shit and this is where we stand. I just want to know, what are your thoughts on this? Ever been involved in a FF league where something like this has happened? What did you do? What do you suggest I do?

Thanks
P

This is a work league?

Sit back, shut up and chalk up any money lost as a lesson learned.

Don't shit where you work. It ain't worth it.

Start your own league if you want to change things. A corrupt commish ruins it for everybody.

What you're pulling is exactly why I will never play FF again. I was in a league for a couple of years and crap like this happened every year. The last year I played (98?) I was the commish. We all met, established rules, and then drafted using a software program which would email rosters on Friday, and results on Monday. After some dude tried to change his line-up at 11:59am Sunday he bitched and cried, because his new line-up would give him a win. However, the rules stated that all line-ups were to be in by 5:00PM friday so the line-up cards could be e-mailed to people at their offices before weeks end. Due who was playing against him bitched as well. He had played by the rules and won. If we caved to the rule breaker, he took a loss at no fault of his own.

Dude who tried to change his line-up threw a hissy and quit. We locked his line-up and played out the season.

He cried that his line-up change was before the game starts, so it should have counted. Dude who played him disagreed.

Bottom line. Play by the rules, or don't even sign up.

If you shit can this league, you'll ruin it for others playing who had no contol over the situation.

You knew the rules going in, as unfair as they may have been, and you signed up anyways.

You made your bed, now sleep in it.

Protesting and quitting is a bitch move. Find out who objected, and on what basis. Make an intelligent argument. Talk to other owners and make a case. If it's shot down, learn your lesson and move on.

peter dragon wrote:When the commish first set up the rules, he set it so that it only took one manager’s objection to veto any trade.

That's the dumbest fucking rule ever.

That said, it's a rule you agreed to upon joining the league.

Throwing a tantrum isn't going to fix anything and the commish basically has to save the season for the rest of the owners who do give a fuck.

Suck it up and get over it. Proceed to garage, turn key, crack window, take nap. Let me know how that works for you.