r/DynastyFFIDP

Drafted Garrett with the intent of trading him this off season or early in the season… I’d like to think he’s easily worth a 1st and maybe a little more depending on your scoring settings. Am I over valuing??? For context, this league’s scoring settings are essentially 10 points for a sack + .1 per yard lost

Here's what happened: Last year, an owner in the dynasty league I was in had all but been eliminated from playoff contention, and he apparently told the commissioner that he wasn't coming back next year. The commissioner has not announced this news to the rest of the league that he is leaving the league and not coming back. The leaving owner then began to negotiate a trade with me, and told me that he was leaving, but honestly, I didn't think it was unethical for him to negotiate a trade, as our league has a dispersal draft rule. Some teams come in and there is only one player to take, and in those circumstances, there's an amnesty provision and exclusive free agency provision, and the FAAB budget is completely reset. He had a young team with one stud, mainly because he traded away his other players during the season, and some of those trades were with the commissioner. But even though he told me he was not coming back for next season, he did NOT take a discount, and got fair market value for the player, which included a 2nd year WR who put up 1,000 yards, a first round pick, and second round pick. This was a superflex IDP league with PPR and TE premium. No trade deadline either. However, prior to the trade, he was in negotiations with the commissioner and the commissioner's brother (another owner in the league), because the leaving owner is family friends with them. The leaving owner said he'd rather trade the stud player to me because he personally wanted to trade with me more than the other two, as he felt that they had stronger teams, so he wanted to see if my team could compete with theirs (I beat both of them in the playoffs regardless of this trade veto).

There wasn't a trade review committee and there isn't anything in the rulebook about a commissioner's veto on trades. In fact, the commissioner had expressly said that he was vehemently against trade committees and that teams/owners should be able to trade freely, so long as they follow the rules and both approve of the deal (and post it in accordance with the rules). It was this logic that the commissioner used to obtain a stud rookie from the leaving owner earlier in the year, in a trade that many considered to be undervalued.

The leaving owner and I made a trade, where I would receive the stud on his team, for the 2nd year standout, a first round pick, and 2nd round pick. I wanted to give him a bench player instead of the 2nd year standout, but ultimately paid that price after he rejected my offers and counteroffers. That is, the trade was freely and genuinely negotiated by and between the parties. There was no collusion either, as the owners didn't agree to split any earnings, and there was no agreement to gain an unfair advantage, as again, the deal was negotiated freely, genuinely, and competitively. And fair market value was paid. And in accordance with the rules, both owners agreed to this trade and indicated as such on the message board. No trade in the history of the league that had been posted on the boards and approved by the 2 owners involved in the trade had been vetoed before.

However, the commissioner was slow to process the trade, so I followed up with him twice about it. He ghosted me both times. He then sent me an email asking me to pay the remainder of my dues, as I and the majority of the league opted to pay league dues into 2 halves. I understood this as, if I pay dues, then the trade would go through, and that if I did not, it would not, as payment was required. I also genuinely believed the trade would go through because the commissioner didn't veto his own trade with the leaving owner which was more lopsided, and there weren't any rules, grounds, or precedents for vetoing the trade.

After paying the remainder of my dues, the commissioner then unilaterally vetoed the trade. I was very upset and surprised and felt like he was incredibly deceptive about his true intents. We finished the year, (which only had 3 more weeks left), and then he found a new owner for the team. The new owner was a contact in his own network and not someone that I knew. Within a week of finding a replacement owner, the commissioner made a trade with the replacement owner to obtain the stud player that I was going to acquire in the trade that he vetoed. What's worse is that he only had to give up a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and did not have to give up a 1,000 yard 2nd year WR. So, the commissioner paid a lower price for the stud, and by vetoing the trade, he prevented me from having the player on my roster for the playoffs, as well as the next season.

So, with all of this in mind...Did the Commissioner Act Ethically by Vetoing This Trade? Was This A Conflict of Interest, Self-Dealing, Opportunity Usurpation, Nepotism/Cronyism, Abuse of Power, or Misuse of Information?

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