[IBL] idea for a new protest process

[Todd Morgan]

Otherwise known as "clubbing Baby Seals".

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:44 PM, Joel Roberts via Members <
members at lists.ibl.org> wrote:

> I mostly agree about the collusion/newbie boundaries. However, in the past
> we have had owners who have made a series of extremely lopsided
> future-for-now trades with the idea that they will win it all and to hell
> with down the road. Which is fine, *except* that they do this with the
> (clear?) intention that they will be resigning at the end of the year,
> leaving the wreckage of their team to the next owner. In fact, that's the
> situation I was in when I joined the league the first time. Allowing this
> to happen is not necessarily in the best interests of the league.
>
> While you can't read people's minds, I think that one of the other reasons
> for a protest mechanism is to protect against the most egregious instances
> of this.
>
> Granted, the trade that was overturned (and I have no opinion on that)
> appeared to be going in the direct opposite direction and so doesn't fit
> into this category either. Still, I'm just saying that there are reasons
> for the rule to exist aside from strict collusion/newbie.
>
>
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