the lone star Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) So my league doesn't have any hard anti-collusion rules, but I thought I would ask about these scenarios anyway. Please let me know which ones you think, if any, are examples of collusion. Scenario 1: Team A trades players to Team B and they agree to split any earnings. Scenario 2: Team C trades star players to Team D, but it is for what the league has determined as fair-market value. There is no agreement to split earnings, but Team C wants to trade to Team D because he dislikes the other owners in the league and wants to make things tougher for them. Scenario 3: Team E agrees to not enter into trade talks that Team F is involved in, because Teams E and F have a close personal bond. Likewise, Team F agrees to not enter into trade talks if Team E is involved, but Team G wants to hear bids from all interested teams. Scenario 4: Team H agrees to trade a certain package of draft picks to Team I, if Team I beats Team H in their matchup that week. The trade would still be for fair-market-value though. Also assume that teams have been able to make low-stakes bets like this in the past, but this particular instance definitely raises the stakes. No rule against bets though. Scenario 5: Team J makes a bid on a free agent. Team J cannot increase his own bid on the player, so he asks Team K to increase the bid, so that Team J can come in after him and bid the player up again to the price that he wants. Team J is successful in doing this. Scenario 6: The commissioner sends out mass texts to everyone in the league telling them to increase the bid on a star free agent. The commissioner is successful in doing this. Please discuss below. Thanks Edited October 16, 2018 by the lone star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 You sure do post a lot about crap like this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYpkBLUE22 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, tazinib1 said: You sure do post a lot about crap like this. I was gonna say. OP, what kind of leagues are you in??? You seem suspect about the integrity of your league/leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Yawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robo Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 If collusion and tanking need to be expressed as rules, then you need to play in a different league. We did have to institute a draft order reverse order incentive in the consolation round of some leagues, but that wasn't as much about tanking as about giving owners a few more games of interest for the last few weeks. And that was baseball, but I could see doing it in a football league too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 3 hours ago, NYpkBLUE22 said: I was gonna say. OP, what kind of leagues are you in??? You seem suspect about the integrity of your league/leagues. To each their own though. I could talk about players, but honestly, if I were able to predict the future accurately, then I wouldn't be playing fantasy football that much at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millworkguy Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Wasnt that Donald trump's line...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millworkguy Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Oh, that's right. He said collusion wasnt a crime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 added two other scenarios just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr23724 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1, 5, and 6 to me are collusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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