Advice

[antbacker]

A question for the board here. I'm not sure exactly what I should do with this message I received from a user in Sweden:

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Sent 2003-10-26 11:21:00
From Chaffo
Subject Justin Williams

Hi

I saw that you got a player named: Justin Williams in your squad.

Do you want to sell him ?
I can give you 100 000 $ for him.

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Now, I can tell that Chaffo is a big Philadelphia Flyer fan from his team's logo. And lo and behold, there is a Justin Williams on the Flyer's roster. His stats aren't that great (17 yo inad playmaking/passing IM) so I assume he wants him because of his name. Would selling for this reason be against the rules? Should I report this to a GM? Just ignore this email? I could definetly use the money, but I'd rather not break any rules. Any thoughts on how to handle this? Thanks!

[RPI-Fan]

Yea', they've said it's against the rules to overpay because of name. Both you and him would get in trouble, if reported, I suspect.

[RPI-Fan]

Although those stats could semi-justify that purchase...

[MacroGuru]

If the stats are able to justify the purchase along with the name, I would pull the sell.

[Masked]

Those stats are just enough to justify that price. It would be over his actually market value, but not enough to attract a GM's attention.

[antbacker]

Well, here are all his stats, for those who are interested

Justin Williams
33 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

My initial plan was to see him as soon as he popped to passable playmaking, which I suspect will be very soon. I'm leaning toward keeping him till then, but I will notify this guy when it happens. That would justify a $100K price if the bidding got that high, and nobody gets in trouble. Thanks for your help everyone