14 Team Keeper League (4 keepers per season). PPR League (one point per reception) 1 point per 10 yards rushing and passing. 3 Bonus points for 100yrds rushing or receptions 5 Xtra Bonus Points for 200yrd games. Draft Picks are allowed. Team 1 (5-3) 3rd position. Roster: QB Philip Rivers, SD QB RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac RB RB/WR Chris Johnson, Ten RB WR Roddy White, Atl WR WR Antonio Bryant, TB WR TE Vernon Davis, SF TE D/ST Jaguars D/ST, Jac D/ST K Nick Folk, Dal K HC Steelers Coach, Pit HC Bench Braylon Edwards, NYJ WR Bench Jets D/ST, NYJ D/ST Bench Rashard Mendenhall, Pit RB Bench Texans Coach, Hou HC Bench Earl Bennett, Chi WR Bench Nate Washington, Ten WR Bench Matt Cassel, KC QB IR Chris Cooley*, Was TE O Team 2 (3-4-1) 10th position. Roster: QB Matt Ryan, Atl QB RB Brandon Jacobs, NYG RB RB/WR Laurence Maroney, NE RB WR Marques Colston, NO WR WR Derrick Mason, Bal WR TE Kellen Winslow, TB TE D/ST Broncos D/ST, Den D/ST K Lawrence Tynes, NYG K HC Ravens Coach, Bal HC Bench Roy E. Williams, Dal WR Bench Willie Parker, Pit RB P Bench Ted Ginn Jr., Mia WR Bench Shonn Greene, NYJ RB Bench 49ers D/ST, SF D/ST Bench Marcedes Lewis, Jac TE Bench Vince Young, Ten QB IR The proposed trade is as follows: Team 1: Rashard Menderhall plus 1st round(4 team keeper league)pick for 2010 season. Team 2: Marques Colston Is this trade fair and should I allow it to proceed? Thank You D G Commissioner ESPN A C SOC 2009 League.
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THE JUDGE RULES AS FOLLOWS:
This is a fairly typical dispute for a keeper league. Team 1, in third place, is trading a decent bench player (Mendenhall) and his first round pick next year for Colston, a top wide receiver. I sympathize with the teams (probably the teams in first and second place) that will likely complain that this is unfair to them in that Team 1 will now have a pretty dominant lineup, including MJD, C. Johnson, and now Colston. But that is the nature of keeper league trades. In keeper leagues, the teams that are out of contention will (properly) try to take advantage of the teams vying for first place, in order to build a team for next year and the future. Whereas this trade might very well affect the results this year, I would suggest that teams that are overly concerned with this year’s finish do not adequately appreciate the objectives in a keeper league—which is to try to contend not just once, but year after year.
Most importantly, no evidence of collusion has been offered, and I can’t say that this trade is so imbalanced as to disrupt the fairness of the league in the long run. Teams must be allowed to take chances and build for the future.
The trade should be allowed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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