Why ?

ukhotstove · 10-07-2004, 03:33 PM

Why when a new league starts up and someone becomes the GM of a team do they feel the need to trade away all the players they started with,I mean why pick that team if all your going to do is trade everyone away.Reason why I thought of this is the ammount of times an opening as come up in a new league that as had only a couple of sims then when you go to look at that team none of the original players are there.An idea that I did think of was why not put a cap on the number of trades that can be made by each team say for the first season or maybe only open the trades up after the first month of the season as been simmed,anyways just my 2 cents worth.

Steve Kuffrey · 10-07-2004, 03:34 PM

Some want to put "their stamp" or identity on a team.

Cowboys3356 · 10-07-2004, 04:30 PM

Another way to help "control" wild trading is to limit a player to one trade a year. Basically a player can be traded only once a season. Also don't allow the signing & trading of Free Agents in the same season. Finally a rule stating that once you sign a FA or trade for a player then you have to keep them on your Major League Roster for the rest of the current season. Of course these kinds of rules usually don't go over well with people and would probably not work out very well.

Basically people do alot of trading because it is really the only way to be "active" in a league aside from writing articles and most people that play in online leagues do not know how to write!

atarizx3 · 10-07-2004, 04:47 PM

In the leagues I'm in, I am very active as far as trading goes.

Like C3356 said, it's really the only way to interact with the other GM's on a consistent basis

And, like SK stated, it's the main way you can make your team your own.

10-07-2004, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 5,551 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 227 Thanked 210x in 156 posts	Why ? Why when a new league starts up and someone becomes the GM of a team do they feel the need to trade away all the players they started with,I mean why pick that team if all your going to do is trade everyone away.Reason why I thought of this is the ammount of times an opening as come up in a new league that as had only a couple of sims then when you go to look at that team none of the original players are there.An idea that I did think of was why not put a cap on the number of trades that can be made by each team say for the first season or maybe only open the trades up after the first month of the season as been simmed,anyways just my 2 cents worth.

10-07-2004, 03:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 16,933 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	Some want to put "their stamp" or identity on a team. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays No longer an active league.

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atarizx3 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allenstown, NH Posts: 987 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1x in 1 post	In the leagues I'm in, I am very active as far as trading goes. Like C3356 said, it's really the only way to interact with the other GM's on a consistent basis And, like SK stated, it's the main way you can make your team your own. __________________

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10-07-2004, 04:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cowboys3356 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,382 Thanks: 8 Thanked 5x in 5 posts	Another way to help "control" wild trading is to limit a player to one trade a year. Basically a player can be traded only once a season. Also don't allow the signing & trading of Free Agents in the same season. Finally a rule stating that once you sign a FA or trade for a player then you have to keep them on your Major League Roster for the rest of the current season. Of course these kinds of rules usually don't go over well with people and would probably not work out very well. Basically people do alot of trading because it is really the only way to be "active" in a league aside from writing articles and most people that play in online leagues do not know how to write!