haha... in all seriousness June is gonna be terrible for me. But I may open things up in mid-july, we'll see.
Mid-July would be awesome! Hopefully Eja can keep track of all of his trades until then!
This is the commish's office once trading opens up again:
I agree that Mid-July would be fantastic... or perhaps July 1st (post Finals & Draft).
It's your call of course GC, but IMO if people want to make binding deals over the summer, perhaps there is a way to make this happen.
U mentioned that u are very busy over the summer. I am not suggesting to implement this now, but maybe for next year. I have a suggestion which would offload u, while keeping checks & balances alive during the summer months.
The idea is an off-season trade council, which would be comprised of 4 voluntary (active) & approved-by-you members, plus yourself. The council would be be able to approve trades and update the google docs & web site transaction log, etc... to keep the record keeping current (or perhaps log all deals somewhere for reference and u update it in the fall).
The off-season trade process:
1. Starts on July 1st. Ends on Sept 1st (or whenever u chose to start up in the fall)
2. Agreed upon trades must be submitted by both trade partners to all 5 members of the trade council.
3. All 5 members do not need to approve trades, only two non-GC members or just yourself. The ideas is that at least two of the 5 members would be online daily or so, to handle any transactions.
4. If the trade council does not believe a trade is in the best interest of the league or if they find an issue with the deal, they can not reject that trade, but only pend it until the fall or when GC aka u are available to make a final judgement.
5. Trades by council members can only be approved by GC or two council members not involved in the trade.
Example,
- TB agrees to send James Ennis to the UF for the UF 2016 #1.
- Both GMs PM this deal to the council.
- Trade council member Eja and YH are online at the time. They each PM back to everyone on the confirm PM that they are reviewing the proposal and verifying the assets being traded
- After reviewing, Eja and YH PM each other with their thoughts, where Eja notes that Mk has lost his mind b/c he already sent the UF 2016 #1 to MMSB for Donald Sloan.
- Eja replies back to on the Trade Conf PM that the deal is pended b/c UF doesn't own his 2016 #1.
- TB & UF revise their deal to, TB sends James Ennis and the UF send Jordan McRae and the UF 2016 #2.
- Trade council member Eja and YH reply back to everyone on the confirm PM that they are reviewing the proposal and verifying the assets being traded again
- Everything looks good this time. They both approve the deal by posting it on the CB thread and updating both the roster doc and transaction log.
Thoughts?
Mk