If you told him that you were accepting the trade, then you CAN accept it. He should be able to contact the commish and revoke it before you can do so, if something happened to make it unfair (like the Shockey for Roy Williams trade I read about on the Injury forum) and should be able to prevent you from being shady.
Note: I think this only matters if we're talking about selling damaged goods. If dude was trading you Ronnie Brown for Bryant Johnson or something like that... where what he's selling just became more valuable, then it's his responsibility to cancel the trade before you can accept it. Otherwise, IMO you're in the right.
If you gave him no indication of your intent, and you're selling damaged goods, IMO you have an obligation to contact him before accepting the trade, to make sure he still wants it--if something has happened that makes your player less valuable.
For the record, I would not trade an injured player, without absolute disclosure... I don't like playing games with D-Bags, so I wouldn't be one myself.
Maybe if you're playing with people you don't know, but among your friends, especially in a money league, your conduct matters. My friends know I'd take a bullet for them, and that I wouldn't try to trade them Tom Brady for Tony Romo this week. I don't insist that all of my friends are up to date, up to the minute with sports scores, especially if it's the kind of thing where you have to get in RIGHT AT THE BUZZER to try and accept the trade before they realize they need to pull it. I think your conduct defines your identity to those around you, and unless you let it be known that it's a game where cheating or underhandedness is cool (like in games like Illuminati, etc) then it's a mistake to define yourself as a d-bag.
eaglesrule wrote:i also think that is a dumb rule.
Agreed. What is the reasoning behind this rule?!?
This doesn't have anything to do with class. It has to do with an ill-conceived rule.
Trades should be allowed at any time except while the game of a player in a trade is in progress.
I'll tell you why the rule is actually a good idea. It's kind of a "political protection" rule. I played in a league a few years back with some friends where we played 16 games (no playoffs, no week 17) . I was 11-1 or something heading into Week 13. The commisioner was 12-0. I was winning by a fair margin going into Monday Night. He had some weak guy still left to play as a flex (don't remember who it was, but it was somebody who wasn't very good). Anyways, he traded one of the other guys in a league (who had already won his matchup) his 5th WR for Tiki. The next day, the commish gave the guy back Tiki, in exchange for a slightly worse player as his last bench spot. Of course, Tiki got him the win that Monday Night. Commisioner got a win he didn't "deserve" in exchange for a very slight downgrade as his last bench spot. Commisioner ended up 15-1 and I ended up 14-2.
Granted, there were a ton of other probelms with this league besides this rule, and in this case the rule was obviously taken advantage of. Still, a rule like this protects this situation from ever occuring. I could see it happening in a critical late regular-season matchup or something....
Yeah, that's a dumb rule. If you feel like you need a no trade period, fine. But why can't he revoke the offer during the period? If he can pull the offer back at any time, then there's no discussion to be had.
At any rate, yes, class does matter - whether this is a league with friends and family or with people you don't know. There's a difference between trash talk and screwing someone over based on a dumb rule. Everyone gets over trash talk, but no one likes to be taken advantage of, and if there's a perception that you play dirty, it will eventually catch up to you.
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by FatFoot » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:31 pm 
