LogFAQs > #924385316

Basically I feel that

A. Sign and trades happen because free agency is such a crap shoot and assets are at a premium. Nobody wants to lose assets for nothing and one of the most likely reasons for a sign and trade is cap issues so replacing them in free agency with a similar caliber player isn't possible. So teams usually want relief at another position or draft assets to get a cheap replacement who might develop.

People are willing to take on sign and trades because again free agency is a crap shoot and trades are the best way to be certain of getting what you want. You also get a reduced contract compared to trying to fight for the player in free agency.

B. Trades issues exist due to users trying to make sweeping changes or acquire/clear certain assets. As the AI and inactive users drastically reduces the available market, this can lead to bad trades as you are working with what is available to you. I don't think anyone is trying to screw anyone else over deliberately, they are just trying to work with what the partners they have available.

I think a lot of trade issues wouldn't exist if users could acquire draft picks from AI (which I know isn't possible because of how AI values picks).

I also think a lot of bad trades could be eliminated if users asked KCF to find them an AI team to accomplish whatever goal they had in mind player wise. However it seems that only happens as a last resort in most cases. And I know I am guilty of that too. I'll look at user teams first and then only look for potential AI trades if I don't think there's a user trade out there.

I think the feeling of wasting KCFs time also plays into that. Users don't want to get KCF involved or to use his time unless they have to. Which should now be less of a concern when all trades have to run through him