[Dan_the_Man]

I have added the rule to our league rules.

Uwe and I have decided to implement a new rule in an effort to create another layer of commitment when an owner decides to trade their future draft picks. We feel that an owner who is trading away one or more of their future draft picks must pay the league fee in advance for the affected season(s). From my research this type of enforcement is relatively common place, but generally we agreed that it is a simple layer of commitment we can add to our league to protect from unfair behavior, either intentional or unintentional.

For example, during this past 2015/2016 season the following trade occurred:


In this situation Rene traded a draft pick from the next two rookie drafts. With the new rule this trade will require Rene to pay the league fee for those two affected seasons in advance.

The goal of this additional rule is to ensure teams remain committed to the future of their team and maintain fairness within the league. We hope that this would help dissuade anyone from trading away future picks and then leaving the league, thus intentionally putting their abandoned team in a very bad situation for the replacement owner. This new rule should help deter teams from making decisions which might imbalance the league.

If you have any questions or need clarity please let me know, meanwhile we will update the rules with this new rule (in German for clarity) and I will personally contact all owners who are impacted by this rule for the 2017 season.

It will affect Chucky, Peter and me for our recent trades - I will send personal messages to each affected owners.