I agree.
We need to step away from the "Real Life Football" model a bit... in real life a Week is 7 Days, in MFN a Week is 2 Days during the Season.
That right there should be enough to tell us we can't operate like 'real life football'.
How many of you have a Secretary that can contact my Secretary so we can hammer a deal out before the dead line? None of us. This is a very short, very condensed 'conception' of the NFL.
The Stats can't be like the NFL, and the Management isn't going to be like the NFL. We have to accept that. I get 'truism' and I get being 'faithful to reality', but if any of us had the actual time to treat MFN like it was our Job... then we likely wouldn't have the job we have and would instead be on a Coaching Staff some where that matters.
So with that in mind, why not have Trade Offers viewable? If the guys don't want to wait... he accepts instantly. We can still critique, but both sides were already good so they moved on. But some one unsure or new can hold out a bit, hear the voices of other Owners in his League before making the final decision.
In the mind frame it makes each League BETTER, as we can help new owners (myself included) become better informed owners. Some won't care, think they know everything already, and do it anyways. That's fine, some learn the hard way.
But if just ONE discussion occurs where an Owner learns more about the League he's in and the way Trades work and the impact of Players... then that's a Win. That's an Improved Owner that can help make his League better.
We don't have a Mentor Program, there is no 'sit and watch me do this until you are ready'. But it's better for everyone to help Owners at least gain compentancy, because that jacked up Trade eventually effects EVERYONE in the League.
Now, I don't think good jobs of 'snow jobs' have been given, I've personally shot a lot of them down... but I'm not naïve enough to think they don't occur. However the flip side is also true, some times two teams each have viable plans, but the LEAGUE can't understand the thinking. So it helps both ways, where Teams can explain their logic and reason to the League if a Trade Offer catches flak, and maybe with the Owners perspective being given the League can see the Reasoning... which can save a lot of pent up resentments that arise from what is actually a failure to shift perspectives.
I love the idea. Maybe it can be 'Optional'. The person Receiving the Offer can 'Send to Forum' the Deal, or can just accept it and move on. The Accepted Deal hits the Forum anyways, so it can't be hidden... it can simply be accepted without input. We'll all see once it happens anyways.
But let the OPTION exist, I'm sure it will go a long way to improving all the Leagues.