LogFAQs > #924384521

I mean for what it's worth, I don't actually care whether we change the rules or not. The same applied for the change to the trade procedure

My comments/suggestions are purely based on the past few seasons of KCF not being fond of a lot of trades and feeling there have been some unfair and/or questionable trades that he just hasn't spoken up about. KCF sees it as a potential problem so my suggestions have simply been potential ways of eliminating that problem.

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Everyone takes part in the league because it is fun and a lot of us are invested in it. At the end of the day I would think most peoples goals are to improve their team and win. So whilst I am sure everyone wants all users to do well, ultimately the moves that users make are to improve their team. Nobody is trying to deliberately weaken other user teams and when trades are made I am sure everyone intends on trying to make their trade partner better too (or to give them what they requested) because in doing so, you are more likely to also get what you want.

There are limited opportunities to make changes to teams. This is pretty much confined to offseason moves. We don't see as many in season moves and usually when we do it's either due to injuries or a team looking to get assets for the following season. We average a season every 6 months or so (which isn't a problem in itself), but I feel active users are more inclined to make sweeping changes rather than play the slow game because the slow game might not payoff until 2-3 seasons time which could be 12-18 months down the line

The 4 places you can make changes are RFA, FA, the Draft and Trades.

RFA is generally a good place to get proven players but you're limited by draft picks you possess so teams may try to acquire more via trades if they see multiple guys they like (or dont want to give away a high pick). RFA can also end up being costly as you likely have to overpay to get your player. Either way you are limited in the terms of the players you can get

FA is a bit of a crapshoot. Maybe there will be players you want there and maybe you will get them. Or maybe there won't be or maybe you get outbid. You also likely have to overpay and cap space has seemed to be at more of a premium in recent years

Trades are a surefire way to make the changes that you want if you can find a trade partner. Whether that's a player, a pick or offloading a player. So I feel trades are the route that users go for when they want to make sweeping change because it seems to be the route that users have the most control over. Sure there's the draft too but that's a slower impact and I feel like some people feel like only high round players can make immediate impacts.

Ok so that leads to 3 problems.

1. Users don't want to let anything of value walk away in free agency because they are a trade asset. Hence sign and trades.

2. Users will typically look to trade with other users first for various reasons. Not being able to trade draft picks with AI is one reason. Lacking immediate information on AI players is another (I.e. Age, contract, etc), you have to request it from KCF. Having a limited number of AI trades in a season is another (i.e. fear of wasting your AI trade if you can deal with a user instead)

3. Some users aren't active which may deter people from trying to trade with them. Combined with the AI being seen as a last resort (and not being able to trade picks) this leads to a greatly reduced number of potential trade partners. This is likely what leads to some of the bad trades. Player A wants X or to trade away Y but now there might only be 1-3 teams who have X or where Y would make sense. So that's who they make the trade with. KCF then sees the trade and wonders why 1 team does it because he has more knowledge and can see 5 other ways to better accomplish that or thinks that the move won't accomplish what they thought.

Probably another post to come but I'm on mobile so