hezagenius Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm in a MFL league and the commish has the ability to see waiver requests. Does the owner get an email whenever someone submits a waiver request? Or do they have to go into the team page to see the waiver request? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I believe it has to be set up in Options to get emails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm in a MFL league and the commish has the ability to see waiver requests. Is this a fact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Why would anyone be allowed to see waiver requests? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezagenius Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 This is what the setting says Commissioner Lockout:No, the commissioner still has the ability to view pending owner-initiated transactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 That's bush league IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 That's bush league IMOyeah but, why does MFL even allow it as an option??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezagenius Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) I have no idea why that's an option. Pretty ghetto if you ask me. Edited September 16, 2015 by hezagenius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezagenius Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 I've had some players sniped out from under me in the past. I don't think the commish is cheating necessarily but if they get notifications and see someone wants to pick up a player and then they're like "oh that reminds me that I wanted that player" and then they can set up their own waiver request to get him if they have a higher priority. I'm sure it's too late to do anything about this week's waivers but I'll send out a league email tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezagenius Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 On the left side where all the links are, there is a section called "League" Under that is a link to "League Bylaws". Click on that. In the bylaws page, the 2nd section is called "Abilities Setup". The last thing listed in that section is the Commissioner Lockout setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezagenius Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 I don't know. That was my original question. I don't really know what it could mean other than pending roster moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) yeah but, why does MFL even allow it as an option??? Usually before seasons start, especially in dynasty's, the commish privelalidge is always on to compete roster adjustments. Once rosters have been finalized, the commish usually turns off league access. Especially the ability to see ww claims Edited September 16, 2015 by tazinib1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I am the commissioner of my league and it is set so I can see pending transactions. I do not get an email when somebody puts in a request and the only time I have ever looked at pending transactions is if there is some question about what an owner tried to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ck_7 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Yes in MFL the commissioner needs to lock himself out from seeing waiver wire bids and other teams trade offers. Why this is even a thing? Maybe to be able to check for collusion? Im not sure. When a commissioner lock himself out the league gets an email notification and if he ever unlocks it the league also gets an email. Locking out also stops the commissioner from doing a few other things like adding and deleting teams. Just ask the commissioner to lockout. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 But you could look at what people's blind bids are, if you wanted to? If I wanted to, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Is there a reason a commissioner wouldn't turn off that ability? If I remember correctly, anytime that option is changed the entire league receives an email letting them know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 If I remember correctly, anytime that option is changed the entire league receives an email letting them know.seems justified. Still not sure why it would even be an option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Is there a reason a commissioner wouldn't turn off that ability? No. Commish has to turn it back on to perform any actions on behalf of one of the teams, but that is not a common need and it is very easy to switch it back and forth. Commish should turn it off until someone asks him to fix something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Def. Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 No. Commish has to turn it back on to perform any actions on behalf of one of the teams, but that is not a common need and it is very easy to switch it back and forth. Commish should turn it off until someone asks him to fix something. This ^ Generally you're only fixing something for a team after waivers anyways. Should not be on come kickoff till waivers complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm Commish and I never even knew this existed. I've never been emailed any claims and I've never gone in to see claims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 No. Commish has to turn it back on to perform any actions on behalf of one of the teams, but that is not a common need and it is very easy to switch it back and forth. Commish should turn it off until someone asks him to fix something. This. If it is set to off, the commish is truly locked out from performing anything for the league, ie submitting a lineup for another owner. In all my MFL leagues, it is switched to off when the season starts. If the commish needs to turn it on for any reason, the leaguewide email gets sent (and usually there is the next email saying that the access has been turned off), and usually our commish will send a note explaining why he needed to turn it on - usually because someone did not have internet access and needed to call in a lineup change or FCFS claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 yeah but, why does MFL even allow it as an option??? Not sure but CBS doesn't let us do that in our league, I have no way as commish to see any waiver requests before they are processed We can see the keeper list of teams before we set ours, I never look at them. My co-commish has his set 24 hours before our deadline (usually emails them to me) then goes to confirm that everybody has set their keepers, and if not he sends out a league wide reminder. Seems MFL uses a very broad brush for commish privileges. On CBS a commish can do things like add/drop or set lineup for another team, without turning something on and off regularly, its just part of the standard commissioner access. And moves made using commissioner privilege show as such on the transaction report, so you'd know if I changed your line-up or roster. But looking at waiver claims, that is not possible ever. (Not sure why it ever would need to be either.) After waivers run their is a history of them, those that cleared and those that didn't, date/time submitted, why waiver claim wasn't granted (player was already acquired, player you tried to drop was already gone). In any league you have to hope your commish is ethical, otherwise there will always be things they can do (regardless of your league site and its controls) to give them an unfair advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Guys who haven't commished a league on MFL...it is way different than your typical 'big box' site. Think of it as 'open source', the commish can do and see basically everything. That's why MFL is the only site that can handle a fully customized set of rules. Commish powers on sites like NFL, ESPN, and CBS are nowhere near as broad and deep as they are on MFL. The commish lockout status creates a partition so the commish doesn't have an unfair advantage during the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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