Loophole in our league rules...
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:47 pm
10 man .5PPR 3-keeper league. Drafted players kept cost the round above their draft round to keep. Players claimed off waivers count as a 10th rounder (the next waiver keeper would be a 9th, etc...)
Short backstory, there was a lot of discussion about the rules and what should be allowed etc before we started the draft but I wasn't a part of it as I joined the league last minute. Among some of the things I didn't agree with was a waiver claim system instead of FAAB. I noticed that the way things were worded there were a lot of legal strategies that could really imbalance the league and I brought this up and some patchwork was done which improved things a lot, but now the rules are finalized and anything is fair game that isn't collusion.
I drafted David Johnson and because he is now on IR he is cuttable. Because benches are so shallow I considered the possibility of cutting him if I needed to so I was reading through the rules again and noticed that: "Dropped players that are picked up from FA will be counted as 10th round if kept". I realized that if I drop him when I have the first waiver priority and then reclaim him technically I would be able to keep him at a 10th round draft value. It's like cutting a player and then re-signing him for cheaper. Obviously this is a bit of a cheap maneuver, but it is technically a legal one according to our league rules and it has been said that anything not against the rules is fair game. Should I
A) Do it and get away with it if I can and profit from finding cheap but legal strategy (keeping in mind I've been telling the league the rules could be manipulated and everyone saying not to worry about it they could change them next season)
B) Bring this loophole to the leagues attention and move to have it corrected
Short backstory, there was a lot of discussion about the rules and what should be allowed etc before we started the draft but I wasn't a part of it as I joined the league last minute. Among some of the things I didn't agree with was a waiver claim system instead of FAAB. I noticed that the way things were worded there were a lot of legal strategies that could really imbalance the league and I brought this up and some patchwork was done which improved things a lot, but now the rules are finalized and anything is fair game that isn't collusion.
I drafted David Johnson and because he is now on IR he is cuttable. Because benches are so shallow I considered the possibility of cutting him if I needed to so I was reading through the rules again and noticed that: "Dropped players that are picked up from FA will be counted as 10th round if kept". I realized that if I drop him when I have the first waiver priority and then reclaim him technically I would be able to keep him at a 10th round draft value. It's like cutting a player and then re-signing him for cheaper. Obviously this is a bit of a cheap maneuver, but it is technically a legal one according to our league rules and it has been said that anything not against the rules is fair game. Should I
A) Do it and get away with it if I can and profit from finding cheap but legal strategy (keeping in mind I've been telling the league the rules could be manipulated and everyone saying not to worry about it they could change them next season)
B) Bring this loophole to the leagues attention and move to have it corrected