Help! Unfair trade

[jimbo79]

OK, I am not a commishioner but I find this trade very concerning.

Yahoo 10 man league. Standard scoring.

Team A (1st place, 8-2) gives up Chris Johnson and Visanthe Schianco to Team B (Last place, 1-9)

Team B givies up Clinton Portis and Antonio Gates to Team A.

So basically Team A gets the league's leading rusher and league's leading TE for a garbage TE and mediocre RB.

Additionally, Team B has not even been filling his roster the last few weeks, leaving bye players in and an injured quarter back.

Is this considered collusion?

Thanks for any help.

[bungle613]

It's the job of your league commish to look into it, it sounds like it is possible that the 2 have cooked up a deal.

Based solely on the players involved it is not vetoable. Johnson can't exactly be classed as a mediocre Rb and Portis is injured to the point he may miss playing time. Shiancoe while not Gates has quietly put up the 9th best TE total.

[Matthias]

I'd be more concerned about an inactive owner trading than the trade itself. The trade itself is at least defensible as there's a question when/if Portis will come back this year and Chris Johnson has been tearing it up.

But if someone can't be bothered to update their lineup, and the league is non-keeper, then they should not be in the business of trading, especially with the team in first. Do you know the two guys involved in the trade?

[Paulyedward]

I don't like the part of the owner being non active and then pulling the trigger on a blockbuster trade. I would see if that owner is willing to discuss matters with everyone in your league. I call people out like that, you need to maintain integrity in your league. Thanks for help on mine.

[Spikey_3]

I smell conspiracy.......But i agree with the last two post. Call him out get to bottom

[spodog]

Shianco is a garbage TE?

Chris Johnson is MEDIOCRE?

I'm exhausted reading these.

Portis is unlikely to play in Week 11.
- Maybe the owner dealing him wants to hedge against risk he's hurt for the next few weeks.
- Maybe the owner dealing him thinks (like many do) that Johnson has an almost unlimited upside

This trade seems reasonable to me. Certainly not in the obvious collusion category by a long stretch.

[mariners100]

Something sounds wrong here... but if you just look at names its one sided.

Portis is hurt and may not play this week, Gates is still a top 5 TE.

C.Johnson is definitely not mediocre and Schianco is no where near garbage...

The trade is not that unfair... is this a keeper league? Getting Johnson could be a move for the future over an oft injured Portis.

[Dan Lambskin]

i agree...based on Portis injury the trade is at least defensible...however, a 1-9 team (who at this point i cant even see being able to make the playoffs) being involved in the deal seems shady

definately worth looking into, as well as looking into earlier trade deadlines

[spodog]

definately worth looking into, as well as looking into earlier trade deadlines

Lamb - when do you propose a deadline should be?

For leagues that jump into the playoffs in Week 14 or Week 15, this week or next week is a pretty good cutoff for trades, IMO

[Dan Lambskin]

definately worth looking into, as well as looking into earlier trade deadlines

Lamb - when do you propose a deadline should be?

For leagues that jump into the playoffs in Week 14 or Week 15, this week or next week is a pretty good cutoff for trades, IMO

2 of my leagues have them this weekend, one was last weekend

generally i'm in favor of it being a little earlier (week 8 maybe) so that you dont have teams out of it trading with teams in contention