a) your first post has my name on it. i had nothing to do with the shady trading that you're referring to.
b) i don't know why it was bumped either.
c) i was NOT ok with the idea that someone will pay someone else to sign their guy so they get a supplemental pick and i also vetoed spacecoyote's trades. as i said before, i think the first one got vetoed and the other made it through.
d) i WAS ok with people including cash in trades over the salary of the participating players as long as each person 'got something' out of it. like what my chat said- i'm willing to send away a decent prospect for some cash relief (which was fine and dandy with the league).
e) i played by the rules of shtickless when i was in the league knowing that there basically were no rules in that world. that does not apply to miket-run worlds. he and i see pretty eye to eye as far as that goes and i expect league rules to be followed/enforced in a world where the rules matter/are in place to maintain the high quality of the league. just as mike has 'played by the rules of the world' in his final seasons in worlds that he thought were going the wrong way.