Denorien wrote:pacoboy wrote:2 exceptions where you can break this rule: 1) you trade for a player ( 1 trade only ) and 2) the guy who owns the highest card doesn’t want him.
2) the guy who owns the highest card doesn’t want him.
If this is true, can I use it to construct 'extra' trades and other 'off-the-record' agreements with other teams? Of course, since I will never admit to it, you'll never be able to prove it.
I don't think 2) should be allowed. Teams own their players based on highest salary, etc. There shouldn't be a wiggle.
I must respectfully disagree with Steve. The DFL rule has always been that if the highest priced card owner doesn't want a player who played for more than one franchise, that the other franchises with rights to the player could use the player if the highest priced card owner gives permission prior to the start of the season, or if permission isn't granted, after completion of the first series of the season. Of course, merely because a rule is long standing doesn't necessarily make it good, but in this case the purpose of the rule is to give other managers with rights to a player the opportunity to use the player in the event the player is not being used by the owner of the highest priced card. It's a good rule.
Let's give a potential example involving Steve's Tigers team. Detroit owns the highest rights to Colavito. Cleveland also has a card for Colavito, but it is lower priced than the Detroit card. Cleveland can claim him after the first series if Detroit doesn't use him if Steve gives no permission to use him prior to the start of the season. Cleveland owns the highest rights to Mossi. Detroit also has a card for Mossi, but it is lower priced than the Cleveland card. Detroit can claim Mossi after the first series if Cleveland doesn't use him if Cleveland gives no permission to use him prior to the start of the season.
Now let's take it a step farther. Under the rules, Detroit and Cleveland make an agreement where Detroit gives Cleveland permission to use Colavito and Cleveland gives Detroit permission to use Mossi. Under the rules, this is perfectly legal and it is NOT a trade, since both teams own secondary rights to the players involved. It is merely picking up a player to which the manager has a right to claim. Note that this type of transaction would be perfectly legal even if no trades were allowed, as again, it is not a trade.
For players carded to more than one franchise, the rule has always been "use them or risk losing them." I think we should leave the rules the way they are regarding rights to players.