Trading and the League Season

[Rich-League Officer]

Shawn, I am confused by your 2nd part.
The need to elevate traded players to the roster immediately?
We have no such rule.

The only rule is with regard to bids/signings of PS players.
If teams sign someone off another teams PS, it's with the intention of placing him on the 53 man.
That is mandated.

But you can trade for a player and place him on your PS.

[Steve-LA Chargers]

I vote YES to the 'prevent LA from giving away a Kings Ransom ever again before the start new season button is pressed' proposal.

[Steve-LA Chargers]

Seriously though. I'd still have OT Ronnie Stanley if this had already been in place. Wish I never traded him to SF right before Rich implemented the new aging system. Biggest regret I've had so far. If that had never happened, I wouldn't have traded into the 1st round a couple of drafts ago to try to get a a stud T to replace Stanley only to see Justin grab him right before me. It was a nightmare domino effect.

[Rich-League Officer]

It's always my fault

[Rich-League Officer]

I'm sure teams do build a certain way based on the rules but...
Rules change in all sports and you have to adapt.
And the mandate of this league has always been to mimic the NFL as best as we can.

[Steve-LA Chargers]

It's always my fault

No way, man; it was 100% my fault. Never should have traded him. No way I could have foreseen your brilliant system coming into being and changing everything for the better. Should have cut a lesser player instead of trading him. If we ban trades before Free Agency, I would have been held in check.

[Mitch-Oilers]

@Steve - Now, you have to hire extra training staff just to ensure your old team is able to get to and from the practice facility. ha!

[Matt-Jacksonville]

Nothing changes with the trade deadline in season. All the same. It is the offseason only that changes. The decision point stays the same in your example. The proposal really only reopens trading after the resigning period rather than after the playoffs and before SNS

I disagree. With people unable to trade guys after the season and before FA, the decision comes at the trade deadline instead of the postseason. If you wait till FA starts you've already lost them or you are forced to sign them. There is no trade option at that point. You are effectively deciding to trade them prior to the deadline or not at all.

[Rich-League Officer]

I was thinking about this offseason in the NFL where Derek Carr was clearly done with the Raiders.
There was talk of cutting him which they did or even trading him.
The problem was, in the real world no team is trading for an unsigned player.
The player is not going to sign with this new team, he wants to test free agency.
The PNFL did used to do this and we changed it to add trading.
As Matt said, trading may get shifted to the deadline which is fine.
As for trying to decide do I trade my vet QB or hold him, well you're the GM, you figure it out.
We already created a rule to make the unknown, known. (retirements)

[Dean-Atlanta]

I've got a program built that will generate a new draft class in about 5 mins with whatever rating scale we want to use. All Charlie would need to do is add the name. Click! Click! Boom!

Click Click Boom? This is definitely regretting the past. If we go to quoting Kid Rock lyrics on this forum, Rich is going to need to fumigate and disinfect this joint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vdNhPpW2KM