Dexter Manley
Footballguy
Background: I'm in a 16 team league with a bunch of friends that's ultra competitive. Tons of trash talking, making fun of others, etc. Well this league has an abnormal waivers process. If you drop a player, they are put on waivers for 48 hours and can be claimed. This is fairly standard. All other players, however, are available to be picked up at any time -- they're not even locked during the games. It's a first come, first serve, free for all for free agents.
A couple owners in the league are already closing in on 20 transactions, as you might expect. I've been trying to change this for years, to no avail. This year I got together with a couple guys to try and vote in a rule charging for player adds, with the caveat that you get your first 15 moves free. It didn't pass.
I then informed the league how this rule could be easily abused. For example, say an owner only has one defense/st rostered and it's their by week. Let's also say that this owner is a procrastinator and won't look to pick up another D/ST until Saturday. Well his opponent could add and drop every available D/ST on Friday night, so they would all be placed on the waiver wire and claims wouldn't go through until Sunday night after the games are played. The guy needing a D/ST would be screwed.
No one cared about this abuse scenario, and the commish told me I could do it if I wanted. Everyone thought it was funny.
Well my opponent this week needs to pick up a kicker as his has a bye week. Knowing him, he probably won't do it until Friday night at the earliest. If he doesn't act early, as I expect, late Friday afternoon I can add and drop every available kicker, and keep the Baltimore K on my roster for the week as he plays on Monday night. This will ensure my opponent doesn't have a K to go against me.
If I do this I know my opponent will be furious (he was one of the owners on my side wrt changing to a legit waivers process), there will be some drama in the league, and some owners will think it's hillarious. I figure this move might be the impetus to actually vote in decent free agent pickup rules next season.
The only con I can think of is that the commish had my back on dependent subs wrt Hurricane Ike, overruling most of the league. If I do this and the commish waives the 48 hour waiver period on a kicker for my opponent, he will be contradicting himself as to what he told me during the draft and this could create some tension between us.
Can anyone think of a legitimate reason why I shouldn't go through with what I've dubbed "Operation Catch and Release" ? I would like to hear opinions and from people who have experienced something akin to Operation Catch and Release. Right now, I can't think of a reason not to do this. It seems like the logical thing to do.
A couple owners in the league are already closing in on 20 transactions, as you might expect. I've been trying to change this for years, to no avail. This year I got together with a couple guys to try and vote in a rule charging for player adds, with the caveat that you get your first 15 moves free. It didn't pass.
I then informed the league how this rule could be easily abused. For example, say an owner only has one defense/st rostered and it's their by week. Let's also say that this owner is a procrastinator and won't look to pick up another D/ST until Saturday. Well his opponent could add and drop every available D/ST on Friday night, so they would all be placed on the waiver wire and claims wouldn't go through until Sunday night after the games are played. The guy needing a D/ST would be screwed.
No one cared about this abuse scenario, and the commish told me I could do it if I wanted. Everyone thought it was funny.
Well my opponent this week needs to pick up a kicker as his has a bye week. Knowing him, he probably won't do it until Friday night at the earliest. If he doesn't act early, as I expect, late Friday afternoon I can add and drop every available kicker, and keep the Baltimore K on my roster for the week as he plays on Monday night. This will ensure my opponent doesn't have a K to go against me.
If I do this I know my opponent will be furious (he was one of the owners on my side wrt changing to a legit waivers process), there will be some drama in the league, and some owners will think it's hillarious. I figure this move might be the impetus to actually vote in decent free agent pickup rules next season.
The only con I can think of is that the commish had my back on dependent subs wrt Hurricane Ike, overruling most of the league. If I do this and the commish waives the 48 hour waiver period on a kicker for my opponent, he will be contradicting himself as to what he told me during the draft and this could create some tension between us.
Can anyone think of a legitimate reason why I shouldn't go through with what I've dubbed "Operation Catch and Release" ? I would like to hear opinions and from people who have experienced something akin to Operation Catch and Release. Right now, I can't think of a reason not to do this. It seems like the logical thing to do.