I sent out the initial trade talks on IIRC tuesday (or whenever it was that I saw that Ronnie Brown was on IR) for this deal and it took a while for him to get back to me. When we finally came to an agreement, there was only a few hours before gametime. I didn’t do it “only because I realized my guy played on Thursday night”, but because it was the time it took for the other side to respond to me and come to a deal. I sent out I tried to give what review time I could.
The review period is really a formality in most cases anyway. I’ve only ever seen one trade in an SDMB league veto’d, and that was a very stacked one in the dynasty league this year. Even trades that people thought were stacked one way or another did not find significant objection. Would you, or anyone, have lodged a veto vote on this trade had it had longer to sit?
Why is it that you didn’t object to me doing the same thing for you?
From here
And your response
If the two day review period is sacred, then why didn’t you object here?
I also stated the policy in another trade you were involved in here
Here’s a time that I pushed a trade through before gameday in the same way, but it actually worked against me since the player I was receiving that week was injured and the player I was giving away had a good matchup. I could’ve let it slide for the full 2 day period and let it work to my favor, but there was a reasonable expectation that we were trading for the week the trade occured in, so I pushed it through.
Another time in this league I pushed a trade through before 2 days due to needing the rosters to reflect the change for a game.
And another time I offered the service to people who made a trade a few hours before gametime, with an explanation.
So if someone else had made a deal today that involved a Miami or Carolina player and asked me to push it through for them, you don’t think I’d do it? That I save my commissioner powers only for my benefit?
Why is it that you didn’t object to it the multiple times I did it in leagues you were involved in, including two that involved you and were to your benefit? (and so you can’t claim you had no idea I did it).
Are you objecting because you feel that if I had given the trade more time for review, that the league would’ve veto’d it, and hence I snuck it in at the last minute because I knew it wouldn’t pass muster?
Let’s examine that. Does the rest of the league think that I acted inappropriately here, cheating for myself, or if given the chance, would’ve vetoed that trade? If there’s a consensus that I did cheat, then we can decide on the punishment together.
I try very hard to run a good and fair league. I take accusations of cheating very seriously. When people ask me to use commissioner tools to help them, I’m fine with it. I even offer it when I can see that their intent may conflict with something logistical with the league. When issues of potential controversy arise, I work hard to reach a consensus and don’t try to rule arbitrarily or with an iron fist.
So I ask the league: did I cheat here? If so, how should I be punished? Was there a reasonable chance that the trade would’ve been vetoed had I not pushed it through due to time constraints?
Or is Jules just angry because even though he knows this is something that’s happened before, even for him twice, and never objected, this time it worked against his favor and now he’s outraged?