MP Question

[Cuckoo]

This may have been asked before, and I suspect that I know the answer anyway, but I'm going to ask because I know you guys don't have anything better to do than answer me anyway. :D

We are just about to complete our draft in the NAFL. I have a GM who wants to trade the player that he selected in the first round to another team. Is there anyway to do this without him having to sign the player and then move him, hence eating the bonus money?

[Cuckoo]

Okay, okay, I take back the crack about you not having anything better to do than answer me... obviously you do...

:)

[Doug5984]

The only way I could see doing this without signing the players is if the picks are not entered into the game, trade it as if the picks were traded- ie player A picked at 17, trade pick 17 to whoever and then have them pick player A. After they are put into the game I dont think there is anything you can do except eat the bonus money

[WSUCougar]

In the IHOF we are able to do this because the Commish (VPI97) inputs the draft picks after the fact. Thus he is able to enact such a trade as a draft pick, rather than the player (although the pick is obviously locked in to the player in question).

[Cuckoo]

In the IHOF we are able to do this because the Commish (VPI97) inputs the draft picks after the fact. Thus he is able to enact such a trade as a draft pick, rather than the player (although the pick is obviously locked in to the player in question).


Yes, and we could do this as well as I have not yet entered the picks into the game.

The only problem I had with that is that it seems like it would open up a precedent for people wanting to do all kinds of crazy things, as long as it's before I have entered the picks in the actual game.

It seems like it would take some legitimacy away from the use of the draft utility, but maybe I'm just being overly cautious.

[Yossarian]

It kinda happened this year in NFL.

Chargers chose manning. THEN the trade happened with the Giants. In this case it was still during draft but I dont think it would be an illegitimate trade.

[Passacaglia]

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about making the trade before the results are entered. It probably helps trades really, since a guy won't be untradable as soon as he's drafted. I don't think it will open the floodgates or anything.

[stevew]

The only other thing i could see doing is having the team trading the player release him before they sign him to a deal, and tell all the other teams in the league that the team trading for the player is the only ones that are allowed to place a free agent bid for him. And you would probably want the team trading for the selected player to have to make a contract offer similar to the contract the player initially above him in the draft order signed(pick 1-10, 5 year deal, pick 11-32, 4 year deal, 2nd round and below 3 year deal).