Fantasy Football Ruling Issue

[doughhater]

The exact situation went like this.

Team 1 has the Baltimore defense on Thursday. He then accepts a trade on Friday trading away BAL/DeAngelo/1st rounder for Gore/Keyshawn so that he can play those players on Sunday, kind of a 2 for 1. He does this because that week is a must win for him in order for him to have any shot of making the playoffs. Yahoo decides that since the BAL defense has already played that week they are ineligible to be traded and nullifies the trade. Team 1 loses and is eliminated from the playoffs. Now Team 2 is angry and thinks that the trade should be honored.

[BigSoonerFan]

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The exact situation went like this.

Team 1 has the Baltimore defense on Thursday. He then accepts a trade on Friday trading away BAL/DeAngelo/1st rounder for Gore/Keyshawn so that he can play those players on Sunday, kind of a 2 for 1. He does this because that week is a must win for him in order for him to have any shot of making the playoffs. Yahoo decides that since the BAL defense has already played that week they are ineligible to be traded and nullifies the trade. Team 1 loses and is eliminated from the playoffs. Now Team 2 is angry and thinks that the trade should be honored.

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You can't make an illegal trade (i.e., trading a player/defense that has already played while the others haven't). The trade was invalid and Player 2 made a mistake in not knowing this. (but who doesn't already know this?) His loss.

[MEbenhoe]

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The exact situation went like this.

Team 1 has the Baltimore defense on Thursday. He then accepts a trade on Friday trading away BAL/DeAngelo/1st rounder for Gore/Keyshawn so that he can play those players on Sunday, kind of a 2 for 1. He does this because that week is a must win for him in order for him to have any shot of making the playoffs. Yahoo decides that since the BAL defense has already played that week they are ineligible to be traded and nullifies the trade. Team 1 loses and is eliminated from the playoffs. Now Team 2 is angry and thinks that the trade should be honored.

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This is incorrect, the trade was made Wednesday night/Thursday morning, but didnt clear in time due to our league's 1 day review period.

[thenatedogg3]

You left out an important fact. Team 1 would have scored 20 less points if the trade went through. If the trade would have helped him win, than he would have a real argument. Also that trade was accepted no later than thursday afternoon. I check the league every day and I am positive that it happened before the thursday night games. The fact that DeAngelo had a great game and Gore had a bad one is the real issue here. I am sure team 2 would have taken the trade if DeAngelo blew out his knee and Gore ran for 200. Thats how fantasy is, you deal with the moves you make. Team 1 should just deal with it. If gore has a great week this week, will team 1 now want to do the trade again? Cant just let a guy go back and forth whenever he wants.