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Badman Central Fri Oct 18 4:27pm ET
The issue I have Kat(as it’s always been) is transparency. At least explain why you let a team pick up a player for a player that wasn’t listed to be dropped( especially when they listed two other players to drop in the same position). Or why they are allowed to drop a player 10:30am on Wednesday( to pick up a player to help them win the week).
It’s a friendly league, and never want it to make it a ridiculously competitive. We are in different time zones (and countries) and have varying degrees of free time to play this silly game. And would like to keep it that way for 44 more years.
But …if I’m going to invest $400 to play a game, at least make some effort to make it appear we on a equal playing field. Not saying anything will (and has) breed bitterness. Then don’t tell us later on you bend the rules because you felt like it.

We have always been grateful that you take on the thankless job of being the commissioner. You take time out of your busy days to deal with this motley crew of Sunday addicts. We( or I) just ask to keep the communication open. If something is awry, at least address it in an e-mail or something. Not asking to crack the whip. Just let us know why you bent the rules.
Otherwise, I will do everything in my power to exploit it and take everyone’s money. Except Holly’s. I can’t stop Malik Nabors.


Commissioner Thu Oct 17 7:58pm ET

P.S. We had discussed this quite a few years ago.  Allowing transactions that had missed deadlines. I believe this was the agreed resolution, letting those transactions go last so that everyone still got a chance to draft. 

Commissioner Thu Oct 17 7:53pm ET

Enabler here.  Yes, for the sake of peace and harmony, I have allowed some bending of the rules. Sometimes I get an email for pick-ups at Thursday 1 or 2 am and not midnight. We're not all in the same time zone.  Sometimes someone thought they posted a player on the message board but "forgot".   We all have lives and are busy.  I get it. 

But let's be clear. Those people who don't follow the rules DON'T get to pick in the order they normally would. I allow them to still complete their transactions, AFTER all the rule followers have gotten their free agent picks. I do this primarily so there is more money in the final kitty. And secondarily so that even when a team is having a shitty year, they don't get too discouraged and might have some hope of having a good week at some point.  

If you all would prefer that I be a hard-ass and follow the rules to the letter, I will be happy to do so.  But think about it.  Have you ever been the beneficiary of me bending the rules for you?  Stones, glass houses, etc.

Badman Central Wed Oct 16 2:58am ET
I’ll send my drops to Kat on Thursday.
Shash's Team Wed Oct 16 2:14am ET

Dropping Rachaad White and Zach Moss (RBs), Juju Smith Schuster and Amari Cooper (WRs) and Green Bay K.

Just Trippin' Wed Oct 16 1:33am ET

Just trippin is dropping Justice Hill

Diving Pigs Tue Oct 15 10:51pm ET
The rule as i understand it is this...
Tuesday = list all potential drops. Doesn't matter if it's your whole roster and you don't actually intend to drop them. The rule is list all potential drops on Tuesday.
Then...
Wednesday = email Kat your list of drops and players you want to add. You may only ask Kat to drop players that you posted on the message board on Tuesday. If they were not posted Tuesday, you can not drop them.
This rule has been abused all season by multiple teams, and Kat has enabled the rule abusers by awarding them players. So I guess the rule is no longer in play so let's just forget about add drop rules altogether. Disregard this message. 11th place rage!
Fishsticks Tue Oct 15 8:53pm ET
And clarify that we’re not dropping those viable players - I don’t expect to have to drop any of them to be honest , but we’ve been burned the last few weeks and had to play too many unintended zeros (as opposed to say byes or calculated one game zeros etc )
Fishsticks Tue Oct 15 8:51pm ET
Come to think of it , as this is an aspect of our system that I don’t love (the naming of potential drops 24 hours prior can potentially launch a whole series of other potential drops , which could be potentially and unnecessarily time consuming for everyone but mostly Kat I Imagine in having to sort through a
Number of potential drops and adds that never reach possibility ) of this would help anyone , when we see these players are playing / practicing Wednesday , I can come back to this space and clar
Fishsticks Tue Oct 15 7:16pm ET
Potential Drops for all injured players , applogies of this creates a hassle , we need to see who practices Wednesday as we kept but were unable to play Singletary and Taylor the last 2 weeks : Singletary , Taylor shakir , olave , Pacheco and Kupp
Spork Tue Oct 15 7:10pm ET

drop laporta

Dolphins in 2056! Tue Oct 15 6:30pm ET

drop Sermon

Diving Pigs Tue Oct 15 2:31pm ET

Drop RB Tajae Spears, C McCafrrey

Diving Pigs Thu Oct 10 8:01pm ET

Something is not adding up. Is there another place drops are being posted besides this message board that I should be checking? Today's transactions report and the Tuesday message board drop announcements are not in sync.

Badman Central Thu Oct 10 7:18pm ET
Interesting… because I don’t see Michael Pittman anywhere
Commissioner Thu Oct 10 5:06pm ET

Only IR - out for the season gets first pick, free pick.  All other players are drafted based on your standings in league.  It's advisable to see who is getting dropped on the message board, so you can know if there's an IR pick ahead of you. 

Diving Pigs Wed Oct 9 10:54pm ET
I'm still not clear on this year's rules.
As the team at bottom of the standings, do I have priority on RB pickup, or do short-term IR players have priority over people lower in the standings? Not sure how deep my list of pickups to Kat needs to be.
I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Wed Oct 9 12:37am ET
Also adding Mattison again to the list.
Shash's Team Wed Oct 9 12:15am ET

Dropping Amari Cooper and JSN (WRs), Mostert, Moss and White (RBs), Miami QB and Rams K.

Spork Tue Oct 8 11:59pm ET

Potentially dropping Kirk, Jennings, and Worthy. 

Fishsticks Tue Oct 8 10:27pm ET
Possible Pacheco (again)
Very unlikely but if he’s out a second week we have to consider options : singletary
Also Kupp , olave
Badman Central Tue Oct 8 9:08pm ET
Edited: Tue Oct 8 9:11pm ET
Possibly Drop Rb Jerome Ford
Commissioner Tue Oct 8 8:39pm ET

Pacheco is not out for the season, but his surgery went well and his return is projected in 6-8 weeks, which would put him optimistically at Week 12.  Let's face it, if the Chiefs make it to 8-0 or 9-1, they'll rest him even longer so he'll be healthy for the playoffs, so yeah, Fishsticks, why are you torturing yourselves? 

Maybe we explore next year a $50 bottom feeder prize for the team with the worst record of the year? 

Orca Bay Packers Tue Oct 8 3:25pm ET

The Orcas, like most other whales, have spent a good deal of their time plying the depths of the standings, so it feels pretty damn good to breech the surface and win a week. it doesn't change the fact that Seattle would rather play Walker as long as he's healthy and that Charbonnet's touch count is going to shrink as long as that's the case. We Orcas will never root for a player to be injured, so despite the fact that we like Zach, and he's a damn fine player, we're again going to potentially cut him from our roster if there's someone more promising available by the time we get to pick. But it's not like that seems very likely to happen. 

Diving Pigs Tue Oct 8 10:29am ET

DROP RB Zamir White. Potential CMcCaffrey drop (IR). Potential WR Xavier Legette drop pending MRI news.

Fishsticks Mon Oct 7 10:55pm ET
Damn you spork !!!
Fishsticks Mon Oct 7 9:32pm ET
That’s not entirely correct on rashee btw , he’s out for another 4 weeks tho but they’re optimistic injury isn’t as bad as first feared. So for sure Josh and I would likely keep him , and play a series of zeros and complain that grant was fucking us
Fishsticks Mon Oct 7 9:28pm ET
Spork with a possibly insurmountable 1.5 point lead for last place points with 2 min left to the half …
I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Mon Oct 7 9:15pm ET
Dropping Rashee Rice, I guess he's out for the season now. Bummer.
Fishsticks Mon Oct 7 6:53pm ET
I take it back — we’ve got olave vs worthy for spork to see who gets low score — first place not quite locked up by orca bay … can kelce put up 53 ? Or kamara amd kc defense goes for 100 + ?
Fishsticks Mon Oct 7 6:50pm ET
We ended up playing 3 zeros this week - low score i believe 2 weeks in a row … Josh , has it occurred to you , that maybe we’re just really bad at this ? :)
Fishsticks Mon Oct 7 6:49pm ET
When was he ruled out ?? Shit…
Nothing But Luck Mon Oct 7 12:31pm ET
Fishsticks wrote:
And right on que we lost our rb now - well be playing 2 zeros. Bad luck sure , poor strategy , perhaps - but for sure not fun. Injuries happen but to not be able to play anyone in their place feels antithetical to fantasy sports in general.



Are you guys holding onto pacheco to make some sort of point? Guy is out for the season! How do you not get rid of him 2 weeks ago?
Fishsticks Fri Oct 4 2:52pm ET
And right on que we lost our rb now - well be playing 2 zeros. Bad luck sure , poor strategy , perhaps - but for sure not fun. Injuries happen but to not be able to play anyone in their place feels antithetical to fantasy sports in general.
Fishsticks Fri Oct 4 11:13am ET
Got put on IR - 4!weeks minimum , but prognosis still not optimistic — they’re waiting for swelling to go down before determining acl or not (never heard of that btw ) … of course I wake up Friday am to find our WR shakir is now out … playing a zero again :).
I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Wed Oct 2 11:46pm ET
Definitely got fingers crossed for Rice, he was stepping up!
Fishsticks Wed Oct 2 5:51pm ET
Orca bay - thank you for your honesty.
Just Trippin' Wed Oct 2 2:14am ET

Just trippin is dropping WR Quentin Johnston and RB Emanuel Wilson

Diving Pigs Wed Oct 2 1:44am ET

potentially DROP WR Zay Flowers &  RB C McCaffrey (IR)

Orca Bay Packers Wed Oct 2 1:33am ET

It's possible that the Orcas will release Zach Charbonnet. It's also possible that we won't. Depends on who we might be able to pick up. Time will tell.

Badman Central Wed Oct 2 12:30am ET
Dropping Chi QB, Dallas Def
Spork Wed Oct 2 12:02am ET
Potentially dropping Bowers
Fishsticks Wed Oct 2 12:00am ET
Dealing with rashee rice situation in two other leagues , I think it’s absurd that you need to entertain dropping him in this one.
Thats said , I get so insanely jealous when shash threatens to drop more players than us - I’m gonna try to come up with one more…
Shash's Team Tue Oct 1 10:01pm ET
Dropping Mostert (RB) Cooper and Smith-Njigba (WR), Miami QB and Saints D.
I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Tue Oct 1 9:26pm ET
Alexander Mattison, Rashee Rice, Cardinals DST,
Dolphins in 2056! Tue Oct 1 8:53pm ET

Drop Akers and Cin D

Nothing But Luck Tue Oct 1 5:40pm ET
Potentially dropping austin ekeler and philly defense
Fishsticks Tue Oct 1 3:03pm ET
Potentially dropping : Steele , waddel, Pacheco and Kupp
Fishsticks Mon Sep 30 6:42pm ET
Got a nice 4 headed monster going for high points tonight - spork with that Detroit defense is the wildcard , other two each have Gibbs and Montgomery , and jeffe has walker and tyreke …. Nice to see how well grants doing this year without biijan robinson on his roster.
Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 9:59pm ET
I would never suggest we extend the deadline - I’m saying the nfl has made it impossible to know if you’re player is playing until it’s too late - hence that much more of a need for an IR spot :)
Commissioner Thu Sep 26 6:43pm ET

But I appreciate the ideas about the IR slot.  So we can work through the plusses and minuses this season to add the rule with minimal impact next year. 

 

Commissioner Thu Sep 26 6:39pm ET

The reason for the free agent deadline for our league is the Thursday night games.  And if I extend the deadline for injury reports for free agent pick-ups, to Friday, how do we deal with players that have already played?

I know injuries are frustrating, but we all suffer from a down player IR or not, at some point.  How each team owner deals with it is part of what wins you a week or the season or puts you in the basement. 

Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 10:11am ET
As the league makes changes every year , and the sport changes , we do need to consider how we play our game as well - an additional IR spot isn’t a gateway to more change :)
Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 10:08am ET
Announcing injuries , just so Rodger Goodall or the player association or whomever can squeeze every last dime out of the league just seems a step too far and completely not related to any spirit of fantasy football as I know it etc. Injuries shoujd be the frustration of seasons , and god knows they are. Guessing what those injuries mean and how real they are seems a frustration that , especially in loss , is too frustrating to bear and entirely non sequitor
Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 10:07am ET
Your words have spoken to me , and I will try to encorporate that sentiment most seriously in moving forward. Genuinely, I don’t take what you’re saying lightly. This isn’t about changing the league and its rules and ways , and what makes it so special , but rather as the nature of the game changes making slight modifications - one extra roster spot in an era of unusually high injuries , or even as I have just been trudging through these last few weeks , the nfls new every changing protocol on
Shash's Team Thu Sep 26 2:41am ET

Can we just keep this league special?

Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 1:04am ET
Could always allow independant pick ups for players ruled out after pick uos (an abbreviated version of rolling pick ups , one that only applies to players ruled out Thursday Friday sat Sunday etc
Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 1:02am ET
Guessing game.
Fishsticks Thu Sep 26 1:01am ET
So here’s another issue to consider in adding IR / or more specifically , unable to play slots :

The nfl doesn’t require you to declare if a player is active or playing on mon thru Wednesday. It’s not until Thursday that teams are required to declare so , the information needed to drop or pick up isn’t even available to us until after pick ups. I’m sure it could be shash-splained (trademark pending ) to me how that’s a valuable strategy that makes this league so special but now it’s just a
Fishsticks Wed Sep 25 5:34pm ET
Over / under on shash dropping Edwards and mostert is 8
Shash's Team Wed Sep 25 1:44am ET
Edited: Wed Sep 25 1:45am ET
Sorry. Double post.
Shash's Team Wed Sep 25 1:42am ET
Cleaning house with my loser RBs - Mostert, Edwards and White.

Dropping Smith Njigba (WR) - that was quick.

Also dropping both my kickers - Rams and Browns.
Badman Central Tue Sep 24 10:54pm ET
Drop WR Christian Kirk and Chargers QB
Spork Tue Sep 24 10:43pm ET

Dropping Clevland D, Pittman, and conditionally Worthy, Swift

I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Tue Sep 24 10:25pm ET
Alexander Mattison is on the block :)
Orca Bay Packers Tue Sep 24 10:06pm ET

The Orcas are conditionally cutting bait on Ty Chandler, Alec Pierce, the Colts K and the Colts Def.

Fishsticks Tue Sep 24 9:39pm ET
Dropping Kupp , Pacheco dell and charbonnet
Dolphins in 2056! Tue Sep 24 8:58pm ET

Dropping Ridley

Just Trippin' Tue Sep 24 7:31pm ET

Just Trippin is dropping herStripping is dropping Tank Bigsby, Mike Evans, Miami Defense

Nothing But Luck Tue Sep 24 12:18pm ET
Dropping austin ekeler
Diving Pigs Tue Sep 24 10:02am ET

Drop RB Jaylen Warren, Raiders D

Nothing But Luck Mon Sep 23 6:12pm ET
Dropping travis kelce.
Fishsticks Wed Sep 18 1:50pm ET
Dropping Chubb dropping pacheko amd dropping Kupp
Shash's Team Wed Sep 18 4:08am ET
Dropping McLaurin and Cooper (WR), Mostert and Edwards (RB), Miami QB.
Just Trippin' Wed Sep 18 2:06am ET

Just trippin is dropping TE Isaiah Likely, Tampa Bay defense & Jacksonville QB

Spork Wed Sep 18 12:01am ET

Drop WR Puka Nacua and K Detroit

I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Tue Sep 17 11:53pm ET
Drop Mattison rb and Carolina dst (what was I thinking drafting them??)
Orca Bay Packers Tue Sep 17 10:12pm ET

It's pretty clear that you have a problem when your active kicker scores more points than all three of your active receivers -- COMBINED!

Accordingly, the Orcas will conditionally drop zero targets Christian Watson and three targets Sam LaPorta. 

Dolphins in 2056! Tue Sep 17 8:05pm ET

Drop Elliot RB and Bears QB

Badman Central Tue Sep 17 1:03pm ET
Edited: Wed Sep 18 1:35am ET
Drop WR Christian Kirk& Chargers QB
Diving Pigs Tue Sep 17 10:11am ET
Drop RB Tajae Spears, WR Josh Palmer
Shash's Team Wed Sep 11 1:52am ET
Dropping CLE and LA kickers, Gus Edwards and Raheem Mostert (RBs), McLaurin (WR).

You like that, Frank? You like that?
Badman Central Wed Sep 11 1:24am ET
BMC Drop WR Christian Kirk
Spork Wed Sep 11 12:48am ET

Drop Tee Higgins

Orca Bay Packers Tue Sep 10 4:12pm ET

Lucy, we got some droppin' to do... Trey Benson, Christian Watson, Courtland Sutton... All potentially banished.

Just Trippin' Tue Sep 10 11:12am ET

Just Trippin is dropping: RB Chase Brown, WR Diontae Johnson, DT Tampa Bay

Fishsticks Tue Sep 10 11:07am ET
I am disheartened to see a first or second round pick being potentially put on waivers because he’s on IR for less than 1/4 of a season - it’s why we suggested all last season to have an IR spot this season , and brought it up at the end of the season and before the draft … this always had zero to do with our personal stake , if you know either of us , that’s not who we are - and everything to do with the well being of the league overall. I hope this is a non issue for seasons. Moving forward. Str
Diving Pigs Tue Sep 10 2:35am ET
Edited: Tue Sep 10 10:19am ET

Drop WR Puka Nacua, RB Tajae Spears, Texans D.

I'd Rather Be Selling Furniture Tue Sep 10 1:08am ET
Mark Andrews te, Tyler Allgeier rb
Commissioner Wed Sep 4 3:24pm ET

Hi all, 

Happy 2024 season!!! Best of luck to everyone.