I'm about to get kicked out of my fantasy league for vetoing a ridiculous trade.
By @finnish · Sports
Our league's two biggest Cowboys fans just traded an injured superstar for a kicker to 'keep the championship trophy in the friend group'. I vetoed it as the commissioner and they're calling for a mutiny.
The full story
I run a pretty serious 12-man fantasy football league. The guy in first place just lost his best player for the season. So he traded him and a bench warmer to his buddy—who is also out of playoff contention—for a top-5 kicker. It's blatant collusion to make sure one of them wins the whole thing. As commish, I smashed the veto button. Now my phone is blowing up, saying I'm abusing my power. They say 'any trade can be vetoed, so why not this one?' Am I wrong for protecting the league's integrity?
How people voted
- Facts — 28% (12 votes)
- Depends — 37% (16 votes)
- No Way — 35% (15 votes)
Readers are split: “Depends” leads with 37% — 43 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@sighsame — If you don't have rules against collusion then you can't be mad when it happens.
@jaredkay — Weak.
@remylately — The other managers are enabling this collusion to avoid confronting them.
@welppp — wow shocking that cowboys fans would do this
@claireb — My league almost fell apart over a guy trying to trade his entire bench for one player after the deadline had already passed.
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