Yahoo Fantasy Football Plus 2008

[Cocos Disciples]

I'm willing to deal one of Reggie Bush, Rashard Mendenhall or Fred Taylor for a WR or TE of similar value, 1 for 1.

[TheKilo]

Rashard Mendenhall for Donald Lee?

[Gom]

I can't do it Gom. TJ is a constant producer' date=' he's too valueable to part with.[/quote']

Ok. I'm kinda learning how football players get judged. Sorry if I made a bad proposal. Not like offering an injured player or something. I check to see if my guys are injured first. Anyways, it's still out there. An All-Pro TE for a solid receiver. Anyone? Bueller?

[ORS]

Mendenhall is a tough one to call. He's a good looking rookie who is playing behind an established RB in Parker. How will that effect his touches? That's what makes it hard for someone to offer a player with a starting gig. Then again, Parker is more of a HR back, and I can see a bruiser like Rashard being a TD vulture at the goalline. But, don't know until you see it in real games, which won't happen for another week.

 

I'll think about it and maybe make an offer, but don't be surprised if it's less than you are thinking Coco.

[Gom]

Let me make something clear with regards to trades. If you make a Yahoo trade proposal involving one of your team's players' date=' you can't make another trade proposal involving that player until the first proposal has been accepted ( and approved ) or rejected. Sending out multiple trade proposals involving the same player is not allowed. Violators will have trading privedges suspended.[/quote']

 

Is this your rule or Yahoo's rule?

 

If it's Yahoo's rule, fine. However, I must say I disagree with this if it's yours. Look, I know baseball, and don't know a thing about football, but I think the whole thing is about activity. We had a couple of inactive owners in FB, and it was a real drag. I sent out many proposals and I admit, I've done it in baseball. It's kind of like a "first come, first serve" kind of deal.

 

SFOC, you shouldn't "discourage" activity. How many times have we sent trade proposals to people in FB and had them sit for a week or two with no response? I enjoy trading, don't know s*** about football, and don't want you to spoil my fun.

 

I mean, we had 21 trades in FB, and I was involved in 13 of them. Take me out of it, and thats only 8 trades all year. For a league that had 1/3 of our members computer drafting, that is kind of low.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Is this your rule or Yahoo's rule?

 

If it's Yahoo's rule, fine. However, I must say I disagree with this if it's yours. Look, I know baseball, and don't know a thing about football, but I think the whole thing is about activity. We had a couple of inactive owners in FB, and it was a real drag. I sent out many proposals and I admit, I've done it in baseball. It's kind of like a "first come, first serve" kind of deal.

 

SFOC, you shouldn't "discourage" activity. How many times have we sent trade proposals to people in FB and had them sit for a week or two with no response? I enjoy trading, don't know s*** about football, and don't want you to spoil my fun.

 

I mean, we had 21 trades in FB, and I was involved in 13 of them. Take me out of it, and thats only 8 trades all year. For a league that had 1/3 of our members computer drafting, that is kind of low.

 

Gom, I simply pointed out that you can't send out multiple "Yahoo Official" trade proposals involving the same player. What iuf more than one person hits the accept button ? Are you seriously arguing for the right to trade the same player to more than one person ? You can send out as many propasals via PM's, e-mails, etc. as you want. How is this discouraging activity ? BTW, trades doesn't equal activity, it's merely a component.

[Gom]

Gom' date=' I simply pointed out that you can't send out multiple "Yahoo Official" trade proposals involving the same player. What iuf more than one person hits the accept button ? Are you seriously arguing for the right to trade the same player to more than one person ? You can send out as many propasals via PM's, e-mails, etc. as you want. How is this discouraging activity ? BTW, trades doesn't equal activity, it's merely a component.[/quote']

I'll tell you what happens in Yahoo Fantasy Baseball. If one trade is accepted, the other is automatically cancelled immediately. The odds that two people click accept on a trade at EXACTLY the same time.

 

I realize that trades are a part of it, but anything that restricts activity I'm against. I'm against limiting waiver wire moves, etc. Look, if you're in a league where everybody is active every day, that's great.

 

For example, ORS didn't make a lot of trades, but I believe he led the league in waiver wire moves. Therefore, he was one of the, if not the most, active owners in the league.

 

In fact, I think it's even better if you put out multiple offers for a player. That will make people check their emails if they do want to make a trade, knowing that the player may go to his opponent.

 

I respectfully disagree.

 

I'm willing to trade TE Gonzales or TE Winslow for a WR of comparable value. Any offers?

[ORS]

I don't see a problem with having multiple offers out. Like Gom said, the software cancels out the other offer once one is accepted. In other words, the first deal struck is the deal. I don't see how that is any different than talking to more than one person via PM, AIM, other form of media. In those forms, the first deal struck wins too.

 

Gom, I'm looking at your offer and I don't like the fit. I'm not going to outright reject it just yet, but if I do counter, expect something a little different.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

If the Yahoo software automatically cancels out other trades then fine. However, I'm pretty sure that it didn't in Fantasy Baseball. I thught I remembered a case that it didn't do it. Whatever.

[ORS]

I recall reading that it does, SFoC, but I have no experience in seeing it work. I'll check the FAQ and see I can find a link to the part I read.

[ORS]

It doesn't cancel them, it freezes them while they are pending approval. This way if the trade is vetoed, the other proposals are still good.

 

Additionally, players can only be involved in one pending transaction at a time. So, even if a player has been offered to a number of teams, when any one of the trades has been accepted, no other teams can accept a deal containing the same player.

 

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/football/rosters/football-36.html

[Sox Fan on Cape]

For example, ORS didn't make a lot of trades, but I believe he led the league in waiver wire moves. Therefore, he was one of the, if not the most, active owners in the league.

 

ORS made 3 trades and I made 2 . ORS made more waiver wire moves than I. So by your definition ORS was more active than I. You made considerably more trades than I, so that makes you more active ? Activity has to dom with managing your team.

[Gom]

I can tell you that it does cancel them out. Many times, I'd have the same player in multiple proposals, and I would tell both players that I have "player X" in two deals, and the first one to accept get's him.

 

As for who is more active SFOC, it's really splitting hairs between you, me, and ORS, and a lot of others. We had some dead weight, and we all know what I mean.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

It doesn't cancel them, it freezes them while they are pending approval. This way if the trade is vetoed, the other proposals are still good.

 

 

 

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/football/rosters/football-36.html

 

Okay. That makes sense. What I had remembered was the status banner reading "a trade is pending between.... involving player X, yet I still had a trade proposal for the same player.

[ORS]

SFoC, my dues hit the mail today, let me know if they don't show up by the end of next week.

 

So, this isn't the only league I'm in. I'm doing two other Yahoo public leagues. Did I tell anyone how much I hate those? This one dude has like 4 WR (Colston, Welker, Coles, V. Jackson) and 6 RB (Jackson, Lynch, Taylor, Jones, Bush, K. Smith). So, he's a little light on the back-end of his WR corps and light on depth at a position requiring 3 to play each week. I happen to have a deep WR corps (Owens, Burress, Cotchery, Bowe, Meacham, Galloway), so I offer him Galloway for Kevin Smith. I figure that's a fair trade. He gets a solid producer at a position of weakness for him and he gives up an unproven rookie who will have to breakout like AP, which he isn't doing, to get some playing time on his roster. Predictably, he counters, because that's how these things go, but look at this s***.

 

Terrell Owens for Reggie Bush.

 

This s*** just isn't fun with strangers.

 

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I love fantasy sports, so while the public leagues are frustrating, I do enjoy them, or, they at least give me a "fix" of more FFB.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

ORS funds arrived in today's mail. Thanks.

[msubulldogs21]

ORS funds arrived in today's mail. Thanks.

 

Sending mine off tomorrow... :thumbsup:

[The Dustball]

Mine are sent.

[The Dustball]

Wow. Losing 94-30 so far. Thank you T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Torry Holt for the combined 4 points.

 

EDIT: Making a mini-comeback. 102-60

[Cocos Disciples]

Up 56-18, thanks in large part to Drew Brees and Baltimore.

[msubulldogs21]

Leading 96-19. Come on Kilo, could you at least keep it within 70?

[ORS]

Rotoworld's blurbs should be taken with serious grains of salt. f***ing cinder block sized ones. I picked up Courtney Taylor when they predicted him to be the WR1 in Seattle while Engram and Branch are out with injury. 2 catches, 17 yds. They have Ginn Jr as the WR1 too. Their combined 2 pts, along with Cooley's goose egg are hurting this week.

[MDF3530]

My fantasy team is going to suck big time if Brady misses any prolonged stretch of time. My backup QB is Vince Young.

[Cocos Disciples]

Crap, Reggie Bush got 22 points and I sat him. I'm still leading though.

[TheKilo]

Leading 96-19. Come on Kilo' date=' could you at least keep it within 70?[/quote']

 

Dude, not my fault Willie Parker decided to go off for 31 f***ing points.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Crap' date=' Reggie Bush got 22 points and I sat him. I'm still leading though.[/quote']

 

Don't worry, you've got nothing to fear.

[msubulldogs21]

SFOC, have my funds come in yet? I sent 'em off Wednesday.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Nope.

[mtbykr]

My fantasy team is going to suck big time if Brady misses any prolonged stretch of time. My backup QB is Vince Young.

 

not good, he's out with a knee injury too

[The Dustball]

Nope.

 

Have mine come in? I sent them last friday.