u/Hat_Machine

Started a league with different groups of friends a year ago. We had 9 people interested, a close friend had people they knew at work who could fill the league out to 12 people. They postured themselves as being a fantasy guru who was trade savvy, not afraid to get their guy. They made that very evident during the startup draft, trading away future picks for guys in the draft. That was in June-July.

Over the course of the fantasy year and the fantasy offseason, they've slowly whittled away their team to a husk of nothing. They were the first to be paid up with dues through 2028, and they kept continuously flip-flopping on players. They'd trade for rookies with older players, then send away the younger players for older players. They successfully turned $1.00 into a quarter and 75 pennies.

Being bad at fantasy football isn't a crime, and they've paid through the seasons, so normally we'd let it ride, but they've recently revealed that they're a liar. They accepted a bad, bad trade and told another league member IRL that they "just didn't want that player on their team anymore", but after the other league member told them how bad it was they came back into the sleeper chat and started screaming to reverse the trade. Now league members are talking in the background and he's pretty much one false step away from people voting him out of the league.

The problem is, the aftermath. Right now their team is:

QBs - Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud, Kirk Cousins, Tua Tagovailoa

RBs - James Cook, Jaylen Warren, Kaytron Allen, Nicholas Singleton, J'Mari Taylor

WRs - Puka Nacua, Jaylin Lane, Zachariah Branch, Malachi Fields, Deion Burks, Keon Coleman, Brenen Thompson, Skyler Bell, Cyrus Allen, Tutu Atwell

TEs - Isiah Likely, Matt Hibner, Mike Gesicki

Picks - 2x 2027 3rds, 2027 4th, 2028 4th, 1-4th 2029 picks

People in the league don't wanna give up their rookie pick spots, so just having comp picks wouldn't make the team good enough for someone to take over. I had the idea that we do an expansion type draft, where the person who replaces them gets to draft players from some teams, and teams that get chosen from get the option to protect another player. Has anyone here done anything like this, and how did it go?

Are you reelin’ in the beers?

League member from hell has us considering an expansion-draft type league rebalance - has anyone else tried this?