Trade format discussion

Jeff (Donnie's Darkos)
I think this stuff sounds cool. It might be hard to implement, since in the case of three-way trades it would mean the commish would have to manually manipulate rosters. Does Yahoo let you do that?
As long as the rules are clearly laid out I'm all for this kind of stuff!


Chris (Blue Farm Bombers)
I like different ideas also. But it will be very hard to regulate a player exceeding or lowering his value to adjust picks.Value for one team doesn't necessary have the same value to another. I do like rules that make it more realistic to the MLB. Thanks


Ryan L (Last Place is Mine!)
3 way trades are fine...but don't see them happening...to hard to go back on forth. My concern is trading of picks or players to be named later. What's stopping me from trading early draft picks, or a better player to be named just to win this year, and then quit after this year? I am playing on being in this league until no longer exist, but in other leagues I have seen this happen...people know they will be leaving, so they mortgage the future because they won't be around to feel the pain.


Chris (Blue Farm Bombers)
I agree in what you said. We might want to ease into DP trading. Maybe year 1 8th pick. year 2 6th pick and so on being the highest pick allowed to be traded. Again i'm up for anything and will work my teams draft to be here for the long haul. Another option is you can only trade 2 or 3 of your top 10 picks in any year. That would help stop the selling out and leaving idea.
just a thought
Chris


troy (I Profar a Jurickson)
Yea like the tiers we are doing for FA keepers. Only allow teams to trade 1 pick in rounds 1-7, 1 pick in rounds 8-14, and 1 pick after round 15. That keeps someone from really mortgaging the future. The NBA does this by not allowing teams to trade 1st round picks in consecutive years. 3 ways trades are cool, but I don't see too many of those happening.


Zack (Man Bear Puig)
I understand the thoughts behind 3 team trades, and I'm with the rest of you that think that we probably won't see many trades like that. I think it would be great to have an open option to make these trades possible.

As for the draft pick trades, I think I can get behind a tier system for these as well. Or at least use this system as an outline for teams to look to for reference. Also don't forget these trades will be voted upon by the league, so if a manger looks to be out of line on a trade or seems to be making some very lopsided trades we can always vote to veto them. I will also keep close eye on any deals, and sometimes message managers to see their view on certain trades or moves they made.

I have been apart and run many leagues and I have seen a lot of people quit keeper leagues for many different reasons, under many different circumstances. I have seen people quit after "selling the farm" and I have seen people quietly quit after being active all season, making good moves, and finishing solid in the standings. I don't think it matters what restrictions you may have to keep the league together and active, I think it's mostly about the members in the league, how they interact and how the rules and format keep the league flowing in an interesting way.

This is not just a league I run, it's our league and anytime, any member of this league may have a suggestion to make it better, I would like to hear it. I like the way these message boards have been going so far and a lot of these suggestions have been very helpful so far.