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Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
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Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
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Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
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In my dynasty fantasy football league, someone made a trade for Julio Jones. Here's how the deal looked.
Team A Receives: Allen Hurns (1000 yards + 10 TD season) First Round Pick (Carson Wentz or Hunter Henry) Second Round Pick (Keanu Neal)
Team B Receives: Julio Jones (1800+ Yards, 8 TDs)
We use PPR scoring, but TEs get a premium of 1.5 per catch.
However, prior to the beginning of the season, Team A told many owners that this was his last year. Team A trade rookie Gurley to the commish for Reuben Randle and a First Round Pick (Commish finished in the top 6 of the league that year, so it was at best the 11th overall pick in the draft).
Furthermore, Team A told Team B that if Team B beat him in their matchup, then he would trade Julio to Team B. Team B did in fact win, and this win eliminated Team A from playoff contention. The commish likely did not know of this though.
Additionally, prior to the deal, Team A told the commissioner's brother (Team C) that Team A was going to trade Julio to Team B to make the competition tougher for Team C. The commish did know about this, but Team B did not.
Regardless, Team A and Team B had been in trade talks for Julio for quite a while. Team B was trying to deal away Danny Amendola instead of Allen Hurns, and was trying to get Greg Hardy included in the deal. Obviously, neither of these happened.
Team A offered Team B the deal, and Team B accepted. The commissioner has to process all trades though to make them final. Prior to processing, the commissioner asked for the remainder of Team B's dues (dues are $120, so the league runs on a two-installment plan, where you pay the first $60 prior to the year, and then the final $60 at a date tba later). Team B paid this remainder at this time and not later because he and Team A had just reached a deal for Julio. Team B also thought that if he didn't pay dues at this time, then the deal for sure wouldn't go through.
With all of this in mind, should the commissioner nix the deal that Team B made for Julio Jones? Why or Why not?
Assume that you are in a money-league where next year's draft order is determined based on how you finish this season. So if you are the 2nd worst team, you get the 2nd overall pick.
If you are in such a league, and the rules do not address tanking, is it obvious not to tank? Is it unethical to tank?
Let's say somebody benched their star players in a for-money dynasty league. The rationale was that tanking would improve the team's chances of securing a higher draft pick. League rules do not address tanking, nor have there been any league-wide discussions about tanking. Furthermore, the tanking owner only personally knows one person in the league, and the commish has not publicized his stance on tanking to the 15 other owners. Once the tanking was noticed, the tanking owner talked with the commish and agreed to fix that week's lineup. That is, the tanking owner acquiesced to the complaints, and was able to reset his lineup. However, the tanking owner benefited from the previous weeks where he successfully tanked, as he was able to move up a few spots in the league's upcoming rookie draft. In other words, owners who did not tank, were adversely affected by the tanking owner's actions. In addition to the numerous complaints that the commish received once the to the tanking was spotted, many owners also also threatened to leave the league because of it.
What should the commish do in such a situation?