09-01-2016, 10:16 PM
Upon further reflection, I get why the Ace situation was a problem. The owner of Jones would have had to keep a useless player (probably drafted pretty high) all year in order to prevent another team getting him at a 7th round rate. That would penalize the team who lost Jones more so. So I get why that was an issue and I think the solution was a strong one.
The discouragement of tanking is applaudable--and the draft solution is similar to what happens in my other league. However, it really has no bearing on the Gordon situation. Gordon was available to all of us, no matter the record, and surely we each had a spot on the bench he could have occupied. Hell, bz had STARTING positions he could have improved (ZING!). To say that taking on Gordon is tanking would be akin to calling my keeping Bell all last year "tanking." That just doesn't make sense. Yes, like "tanking," you suffer the penalty now to reap the benefit next year, but there are plenty of spots on the bench that the penalty is minimal.
I'm cool with the deadline idea going forward.
The discouragement of tanking is applaudable--and the draft solution is similar to what happens in my other league. However, it really has no bearing on the Gordon situation. Gordon was available to all of us, no matter the record, and surely we each had a spot on the bench he could have occupied. Hell, bz had STARTING positions he could have improved (ZING!). To say that taking on Gordon is tanking would be akin to calling my keeping Bell all last year "tanking." That just doesn't make sense. Yes, like "tanking," you suffer the penalty now to reap the benefit next year, but there are plenty of spots on the bench that the penalty is minimal.
I'm cool with the deadline idea going forward.
One dick can poke an eye out. A hundred dicks can move mountains.
--Veryzer
--Veryzer