How do you guys deal with dumping in your fantasy leagues?

[kkcountry]

I am playing in a 10 team (non keeper) fantasy baseball league, and the standings as of now look like this.



Well, Team 1 and Team 2 decided to make a little trade today. Here's how it would go.

Team 1 would receive:
Travis Hafner
Jeremy Bonderman
Jake Peavy

Team 2 would receive:
Victor Martinez
Dontrelle Willis
Ryan Zimmerman

Also, Team 1 had been playing Victor Martinez at 1st base, so basically he is upgrading at 1st base and getting two aces for Victor Martinez, a guy with a 4.81 ERA, and some toss in from his bench.

Now if that didn't look shady enough, here's what team two's pitching staff looked like before the trade:



He traded two of his only six healthy pitchers in a league where you have to start six!!!!

Now I would be rallying up (actually i'm pretty sure anybody with half a brain can see what's going on) the other owners in the league to veto this, but conveniently trades can only be vetoed by the league GM, and who is the GM? The guy who quit and dumped the only things he had worth a damn to another team.

Another part of this which is depressing is that we all know each other and are all friends in this league. I wouldn't [censored] my friends over 2 bucks, let alone a couple hundred.

Well, what would you do?

[brettbrettr]

Make the last place team at year's end pay a fairly significant sucker loss. In $100 leagues, make it $200.

[SossMan]

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Make the last place team at year's end pay a fairly significant sucker loss. In $100 leagues, make it $200.

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brilliant.

[Benholio]

This is why you need to have a mechanism in place for voting down/vetoing trades.

[SuperUberBob]

Kill their family pets.

[Karak567]

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Kill their family pets.

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[Sluss]

1.Always have voting.

2.Don't play in leagues where the commish is a jackass.

3.Make a post on league message board protesting garbage trade.

[AbreuTime]

4. Win league anyway and never let team 1 let it down.
5. Be commissioner next year and set fair guidelines.

[rwperu34]

The best solution is to make a message board post AND send e-mails AND make phone calls to the league letting them know about the deal. If there is not a huge outcry, there is not much you can do. Then give it your best shot to win and hope they pay if you do. No matter what happens, don't play with them again. I'd probably cut them out of your life completely if possible, because this is some of the most blatant cheating I've ever seen. If they'll cheat like this in fantasy baseball, they'll sleep with your girl, steal from you...etc.

[BobOjedaFan]

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Well, what would you do?

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Get a girlfriend