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I do not...As was the case with Moneyball, some pretty horrible contracts were handed out because of ebay-esque bidding. Since those contracts became unfavorable to the team that won said player, those players were later moved before the start of the season. Now if those teams had not jumped in on the bidding, or didn't like the eventual asking price then they should not have bid. It leads to market inefficiencies in the free agency.The June 1 rule also holds true to players that are resigned at the end of a contract the season before. As has been stated in many a post now, we try to emulate the MLB as best we can, and MLB has a similar rule. I understand that it would help facilitate trading, but, there is such a thing as a gentleman's agreement. If a player is holding up a trade, then use a placeholder in his stead, then swap them out later. But that is also reliant on both GMs holding up their end of the bargain, which sometimes they do not. This rule was discussed in detail several years back, and I am firmly against changing it. I hate to be a stickler about it, but I think it is for the best of the league, the integrity of FA, and overall competitiveness that we leave it as is. As an example:GM A has the high bid on Player A. GM B jumps in and wins Player A at the last minute. This all takes place during the first week of FA. GM B says, oh snikeys, this guy isn't worth that, and trades him for 8 cents on the dollar to GM C - who was also in the bidding but tapped out early on. Now GM A has a right to be mad because an overzealous GM (B) outbid him for a players services, and then moved him as soon as he could before the season started, and it didn't impact his scoring at all. GM C makes out because he prolly didn't give up too much, and prolly got some money with player A as well. GM B just downgraded his team because he got caught in the moment, lost his nerve after winning, and so on. He then takes his savings, and moves on to another FA, does the same thing. This also puts further stress on the TC, because what direction is GM B going in? The basis of all trade evaluations. I realize this circumstance is a little unlikely, but it is still a possibility. In a league where we don't negotiate contracts as they do in MLB, it is left open to the free market bidding system that lasts for, what seems like, ever. Keeping the June 1 rule in at least makes a GM sit with their decision as games are going on, making it less likely they will totally lose it in the FA market.