Chipped wrote:
Just because someone has a dominating team doesn't mean he/she needed a dummy team to build it. Savvy drafting, especially in the original allocation draft, can help one build a dominating team quickly.
Accusing those with dominating teams of needing a dummy team to build one is an insult to our integrity and skill. I acknowledge that collusion may be an existing problem, but you act as though we can't build a team without colluding. Calling out the cheaters is good and I encourage it, but you might want to take the time to figure out how to build a dominant team yourself.
Apparently its not that hard if you can get other owners in your league to trade you a high 80 or 90 level for two low 70 levels and a number 2 draft pick that will be at are near the end of the round. There are plenty of examples of this BS, here's just one of many....
https://mfn19.myfootballnow.com/forums/thread/1/701?page=1#2976
for those who dont want to take time to review it, the deal is an average LT & CB plus end of round 2 pick for a SS who was a mid round one pick and is in his second season, 77/87.
and... check out the position of Seamons in the above referenced trade, he is listed in the trade as a DT, but he is actually a SS, a key defensive position. Hopefully that is a glitch?
Integrity? dont think so, but the trade is "legal". Skill at getting someone to make that trade?, maybe and maybe not. Cincinatti, who was the benefactor of this trade is 16-0 and about to win the league championship and is dominating the league, why? Look at the number of 85+ players on their roster. "You help me here and I will help you in the other league" ? sure, that goes on, along with a bunch of other "deals" that dont show up on a trade that is out of value balance. So it comes down to how you get the most first round draft pick level players, the 85s and up, not hard to figure that they are of "value", given that the ability to game plan and set rules is fairly even. The teams who have the most, by far, pull off these trades for mid level players or those about to retire and Round 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 picks. Round 4, 5 and 6 dont really matter when it comes to getting a good pick, an impact player. And once you get to halfway through Round 2, there usually isnt much left if anything either. They also trade 1st round picks if they are late round or they figure they will get a better pick through another trade with another owner who will happily give up the 1st round top ten pick for ...... ? You guessed it! 2 mid levels and a #2, #3, and oooh! a #4 thrown in there! Sweeet!
So, if thats the way the majority of players in this game want it, OK. But, apparently, and from what I have been reading posted by JDB and the interest level in the threads about this subject of late, I think there is a major concern.
Having a "dummy" team to fleece is not the only way to acquire the the "blue chips", its just one of several possible methods.
Last edited at 8/06/2016 7:37 am