is this unethical? and if so, what do i do?

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

I am the commish of a dynasty league. There is an owner who cannot make the playoffs no matter what, so what he is doing is intentioanlly losing by benching his whole team, in order to get the 1st pick of the amateur draft (currently in 3rd to last). Should I try to take action against him?

[benb18a]

I would wait until the seasons over, and say that you didnt notice it until now, and then can him

[Vixtor]

It's definitely unethical to throw games like that. He should field some kind of roster every week. You can't be allowed to just forefit intentionally.

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

I would wait until the seasons over, and say that you didnt notice it until now, and then can him

the problem is i no him personally, he isnt some random guy in my league, so i cant really just get rid of him

[Vixtor]

the problem is i no him personally, he isnt some random guy in my league, so i cant really just get rid of him

Just take away his first round pick if he does it again.

[benb18a]

Just take away his first round pick if he does it again.

That's a great idea. Tell him if he doesn't field a full team, without dropping all his good players, he will forfeit his first round pick next year

[bulger2holt]

Thats why we charge 10.00 per loss. probably wouldnt stop him though if he wanted that pick bad enough.

[steelerfan513]

just a quick note: im in this league as well and i made a similar post about it in cheering and venting.

starters

QB: AJ Feely
QB: Empty
WR: Roddy White
WR: Rod Smith
WR: Amani Toomer (Injured Reserve)
RB: Maurice Morris
RB: Empty
TE: Ernie Conwell

Notable benched players

QB: Peyton Manning
QB: Jon Kitna
WR: Keyshawn Johnson
WR: Braylon Edwards
RB: Willie Parker
RB: Corey Dillon
RB: Carnell Williams
TE: Antonio Gates

[WickedSmaat]

Definately crossing the lines I think. I would probably want to go along the lines of either moving his pick back to the 10th pick or just having him forfeit the first round, then pick 2 last round picks... One thing I like about one of my baseball dynasty's is that the 7th place team(the top non playoff team at the end of the year) get's the #1 rookie pick. This is set in place mostly to prevent people from just throwing the rest of the year. I wouldn't make a rule like that in the middle of the season though.

[stomperrob]

You could field a lineup for him and lock it for the rest of the season. What he's doing is unfair to the other owners as it could be affecting who makes the playoffs.