Fair Trade?
My ESPN league just started their playoffs this week (two-week matchups). We are a 10-man league with the top 6 making the playoffs.
This morning, our #1 seed and #8 seed made the following trade:
#1 - Drew Brees and Andre Ellington
#8 - DeMarco Murray
As the league manager, I vetoed this trade. I felt that this was an obvious attempt at beefing up a playoff-bound team and having a fire sale for those not in. Of course, this has started a pretty heated debated between the two managers because they think I overstepped my powers. Is this an attempt at collusion and should I have vetoed the trade?
#1
QB - Peyton Manning
Drew Brees
RB - Jeremy Hill
Andre Ellington
Lamar Miller
WR - Mike Wallace
Martavis Bryant
Brandon LaFell
Odel Beckham Jr.
TE - Rob Gronkowski
Martellus Bennett
Packers
K - Caleb Sturgis
Comments
The obvious question, is why would you allow trading this late in the season. The playoffs are about to start, and you still allow trades?
Just judging the trade, what's wrong with it? Team 8 can use the QB upgrade, while going down from Murray to Ellington, and Team 1 is trading a QB they don't even need for a RB upgrade. I'd hardly call getting Drew Brees a fire sale.
The only reason to not allow the trade would be that one team is out of the playoffs... which goes back to why would you have a trading deadline so late?
Is it an attempt at collusion? I don't know the guys. When you asked team 8 "Ummm, your season is over, why are you trading?", what did he say?
Do teams 7 & 8 play for anything or not?
Update : #8
QB - Philip Rivers
RB - Steven Jackson
Shane Vereen
DeMarco Murray
Ronnie Hillman
Brandon Oliver
WR - Sammy Watkins
Vincent Jackson
Dwayne Bowe
John Brown
TE - Dwayne Allen
Zach Ertz
I would not have vetoed the trade. It's not a clear case of collusion. Just because it's better on one side of the deal than the other doesn't make it vetoable.
its not a bad trade. it is a good qb and a good rb for a great rb. in 10 man leagues its hard not to have at least one stacked team