In the main money league I play in, this week is the trade deadline. We've had a few trades go through over the course of the last couple of days without any problems, when all of a sudden my phone starts blowing up over a trade that was accepted this afternoon. I am the commissioner of said league so it is standard for people to come to me with questions, etc. but today was pretty nuts IMO.
A little background on my league:
It is a ten team standard scoring keeper league. Each team can keep up to three players per year but cannot keep more than one player at any given position. The cost of keeping a player is forfeiting their draft pick in the respective round in which a player was drafted in the previous year. For instance, if I drafted Matthew Stafford in the 7th round of the draft this year and wanted to keep him next year, he is put on the board as my 7th round pick. As long as you keep a player year in and year out, the price of keeping them never goes up and Stafford would be my 7th round pick every year until I decided not to keep him.
Now, onto the trade:
Team A trades Jamaal Charles
Team B trades Percy Harvin
On paper that looks extremely lopsided, but in this league Percy Harvin is a 12th round pick and has tons of value as a keeper, whereas Jamaal Charles is a 1st round pick and has little to no value as a keeper at all.
Team A (the one trading away Charles and getting Harvin) is 2-7 and completely out of playoff contention. This team also has several options at RB in the middle rounds to use for their RB keeper but doesn't have a WR on their roster worth keeping which is where Harvin comes in. This owner is also pretty much guaranteed a top 3 pick in next years' draft where Charles, McCoy, Forte, Morris, Foster, etc. will all be available again. If everything goes well, he just might even be able to draft Charles right back if he pleases.
Team B (the one trading away Harvin and getting Charles) is 6-3 and in the hunt for a playoff spot. They already have a stud RB with a 3rd round pick that they intend to keep, so they are only guaranteed to get three games out of Charles since we only have a 13 week regular season. This person also has several options at WR to keep with good value even after moving Harvin.
The rule in our league is that the majority of the owners (6 out of 10) must vote to veto a trade in order to block it. So far every team in playoff contention has voted to veto the trade as sort of a "defensive" strategy, whereas every team out of playoff contention has approved it. As the commissioner, I have the final say/tie-breaking vote. What should I do?
A little background on my league:
It is a ten team standard scoring keeper league. Each team can keep up to three players per year but cannot keep more than one player at any given position. The cost of keeping a player is forfeiting their draft pick in the respective round in which a player was drafted in the previous year. For instance, if I drafted Matthew Stafford in the 7th round of the draft this year and wanted to keep him next year, he is put on the board as my 7th round pick. As long as you keep a player year in and year out, the price of keeping them never goes up and Stafford would be my 7th round pick every year until I decided not to keep him.
Now, onto the trade:
Team A trades Jamaal Charles
Team B trades Percy Harvin
On paper that looks extremely lopsided, but in this league Percy Harvin is a 12th round pick and has tons of value as a keeper, whereas Jamaal Charles is a 1st round pick and has little to no value as a keeper at all.
Team A (the one trading away Charles and getting Harvin) is 2-7 and completely out of playoff contention. This team also has several options at RB in the middle rounds to use for their RB keeper but doesn't have a WR on their roster worth keeping which is where Harvin comes in. This owner is also pretty much guaranteed a top 3 pick in next years' draft where Charles, McCoy, Forte, Morris, Foster, etc. will all be available again. If everything goes well, he just might even be able to draft Charles right back if he pleases.
Team B (the one trading away Harvin and getting Charles) is 6-3 and in the hunt for a playoff spot. They already have a stud RB with a 3rd round pick that they intend to keep, so they are only guaranteed to get three games out of Charles since we only have a 13 week regular season. This person also has several options at WR to keep with good value even after moving Harvin.
The rule in our league is that the majority of the owners (6 out of 10) must vote to veto a trade in order to block it. So far every team in playoff contention has voted to veto the trade as sort of a "defensive" strategy, whereas every team out of playoff contention has approved it. As the commissioner, I have the final say/tie-breaking vote. What should I do?
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