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Metalhead
Headbanger
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Posted - 12/16/2023 12:16:11 PM |
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Free Agency ending date
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What are everyone's thoughts concerning our old school approach to the Free Agency deadline? As it stands right now, our last free agency bid sessions are tomorrow, which are during the first week of the playoffs. Do we want to extend it one more week, into the second round of the playoffs, and then make this the rule going forward?
I'd like to give a little background about why the rules have been set up the way they were. We have a fairly large roster as compared to many other leagues, and so a restrictive free agency deadline was set up in order to reward teams that plan ahead for the three week gauntlet that has to be run in order to win a Championship. We don't want teams winning the league just because they picked up a backup player that because of injuries is thrust into a starting role during the playoff run itself. If someone had such player(s) on their roster and then opportunity rang, they deserve it. But I'm of the opinion (just my opinion) that it would be a bummer to see someone pickup a free agent in Week 17 and have that be the deciding factor after we've all played a full season's campaign.
That being said, I'm open to extending it to be after the second week of the playoffs but am very reluctant to have it be available in the Championship week.
Since this would be a rules change during a season, we really need to have consensus in order to be fair. There may be teams that blew out their Free Agency budget at the end of the year because they were observing the upcoming deadline. If so, we should be respectful of those decisions made under the current rules structure.
Even if we don't make the change in 2023, we should decide if we want to make this change for 2024 and beyond.
What does everyone think that we should do for 2023? |
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Old Doc Walt
Water Boy
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Posted - 12/16/2023 8:28:20 PM |
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Free Agency
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| "But I'm of the opinion (just my opinion) that it would be a bummer to see someone pickup a free agent in Week 17 and have that be the deciding factor after we've all played a full season's campaign." I guess I don't quite understand this -- maybe you could say more? I don't do a huge amount of FA stuff (well, this year I did due to injuries), but I've won regular season games due to a successful FA acquisition, and I see that being a reflection of football knowledge and luck, but so is the rest of the games. I guess I don’t see the difference. I remember having my QB1 go down in the first round of our playoffs, and I almost lost my backup the same weekend. All of which is to say: I don't really care, since I'm the #12 seed and going to lose. LOL. |
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