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Hmmm...maybe there should be a reinterpretation of the rule to prohibit the inclusion of players who are subject to the 60 day moratorium and do away with trades which cannot be approved and processed within the standard 48 hours.
I'm actually okay with not being allowed to trade draft picks but not restricting when we can trade a drafted player. Trading draft picks can get messy when you are trading multiple years i.e. 2019 and 2020 draft picks in the same deal, because our team pages only keep up with the current draft. We should also consider the fact that we lose draft picks if we sign top tier FA, so trading them away is another way to get around not losing that pick.But once we've drafted a player he is in our organization and we should be allowed to do with them what we please.
I think that the compulsion to trade has become such an obsession some GMs are willing to do whatever it takes to get a deal done. FGM, like MLB, doesn’t allow the trading of draft picks as a protection against recklessness, yet I think a greater problem is evolving. I think the latest trades involving 2019 draftees is a total circumvention of the 60 Day moratorium rule. Yes, draftees, like newly signed free agents, are part of our organization, but FGM, like MLB, has recognized that sometimes we need to protect GMs from themselves.At some point, we have to have a little integrity and follow the rules. We have teams in this league that have been devastated by GMs who only think in the short term and forget about the long term effects. The list of teams who have had multiple GMs are endless. We have witnessed the destruction of teams by GMs who want immediate results that are characteristic of redraft leagues. We’ve had GMs who make ridiculous trades and trade away assets for paltry returns. Or misuse their salary cap and sign free agents to egregious contracts. The list of gung-ho GMs who come into FGM like gangbusters and then go MIA and have to be removed is endless. It’s an ongoing problem and the current disregard for protocol only exasperates this ongoing concern. I may be the only one who feels it’s a situation which will lead to greater difficulties, but as a moderator, I would be remiss if I didn’t voice my growing sense of dispair.All of us want to win, but there has to be some parameters within a league structure for it to survive. During my tenure within FGM I have helped bring about positive changes for the good of the league. I fixed the Trade Committee approval process, got rid of the Compensatory Draft Round, got rid of the EDR and fixed the use of the MiLB roster, got rid of the June 1st off-season free agency moratorium, updated our pitching rules, and have done my best to stop owners from destroying teams by monitoring activity and vetoing bad trades. But I also know that sometimes we have to throw down the gauntlet and say enough is enough.For what it’s worth, if we continue to dilute the integrity of FGM by circumventing the rules, it will be a signal that my leadership is no longer compatible with the interests of this league and someone else needs to take the helm. I think my history within this league has shown that I have always done whatever is necessary to help FGM. I started out as a newbie and gradually took on a variety of responsibilities to help the league as needed, and in many cases, because no one else wanted to do it. I’m not pointing this out as a veiled threat or because I am looking for a pat on the back. Everything I’ve done to help this league has been done willingly, but by the same token, this issue has placed me at a crossroads because I simply don’t, and can’t, support actions which circumvent the rules. I want what’s best for FGM, but I don’t see how doing away with our 60 day rule is anything more that trading draft picks and for me, that is simply unacceptable.