OK, dammit. I figured there was another WC blow-up that prompted the bump of this thread. Shocker, I was right.
Since my opinion is being discussed, here you go:
First, I get along well with trop and panda. We don't see eye to eye on some things but I get along well, IMO, with both of them. mrasso was accepted into MG so, while we don't have many exchanges, I accept/respect the way he plays. As for brian, I sort of mentored him while he was learning but that went awry when I refused to evaluate a trade, his pitching staff or something in Hamilton when he joined. To me, that's collusive and he got a boner for me because of it. Nonetheless, we argued to the point of me blocking him because I just couldn't take the poor grammar and retarded reasoning.
Now, onto my opinion.
brian feels he's treated unfairly. Maybe he is but he brought it on himself by making ridiculous offers to almost everyone on the world and playing "What did I do?" card after getting chastised for it. I know he understands the game because he asked me HUNDREDS of questions before he joined Hamilton. If he denies this, he's a liar. However, he's asking for a consistent trade approval/veto policy. panda says "Not possible." I strongly disagree. There are types of trades. Classify them and say "Veto" or "Approve". It works marvelously in MG. That's not to say we don't have disputes but an "illegal" deal happens about once every 5 seasons or so. It gets vetoed and we move on(in this season's case, without deano who stated "That's stupid. Replace me"). And, for the record, the other owner in the deal immediately said "My bad. I'd forgotten my 6 year minor league guy with options had cleared waivers." That doesn't happen in Hamilton. Ever.
I didn't look closely at panda's recent deals but, at a glance, they looked like legit deals with similar(this is important as that's the precedent that has been set over several seasons) current/future talent being moved. He also cleared some cap space. I MIGHT have vetoed them due to the heavy cash inclusion before FA started but that would have been my only objection. That's a personal pet peeve of mine and no precedent has ever been set for that in Hamilton. Therefore, if I vetoed, I'd have done so quietly.
By contrast, trop gave up a ton to mrasso a ton ot talent and got what appears to be a good prospect in return. That's ENTIRELY acceptable in MG/Coop. But a precedent has been set in Hamilton that the talent exchange has to be somewhat similar. Similar talent is obviously a judgement call but, IMO, that deal crossed the line. Veto.
Finally, brian keeps yapping about his deal that got vetoed last season. Way worse than trop/mrasso's. Much, much worse. And given his propensity to prey on n00bs and his offering of crap deals, it should have gotten 30 vetoes. Sometimes you make a bed for yourself and, when you do, your actions are viewed differently. brian created a situation for himself where his deals are scrutinized just a bit more. And, far too often, they don't stand up to the extra look.
Now, if anyone in Hamilton wants my opinion, and I don't know why they would, there it is. I was very vocal in my 2nd-5th seasons on "fair trading"(there were a handful of n00brapers that I felt were holding back the world) but I tired of it. Because, apparently, the trade process that goes pretty smoothly in my other worlds, just doesn't work in Hamilton.