In case you missed it, here are the origins of Foxx's Brown Sox ML club:

Season 06: Round 1 (picks 12, 18) [IFA $8.8MM]
Season 07: Round 1 (picks 1, 8, 10, 13) [IFA $13.1] [IFA $7.0]
Season 08: Round 1 (pick 15)
Season 09: Round 1 (picks 1, 4, 8, 12, 15, 16, 18)
Season 10: Round 1 (picks 6, 10, 35)

Of the above, two of the IFAs and one of the others were originally Brown Sox. The other 17 were obtained via trade.

I think that trades will be scrutinized in Foxx the rest of the way...On another topic-

I still have a question as to the pre-season waiver wire. The original cheater placed many of his star players on the waiver wire to clear some salary in order to sign the younger players that were demanding more money.

One school of thought was to ignore the waiver wire and allow the players to clear, in effect "sticking" the cheater with the salaries. This would presumably limit his ability to sign long term contracts or otherwise bind him up financially.

The other thought was to actively claim the players as a way to more evenly distribute the talent. I personally favored this path- I see each world as having a finite set of talent and a fast way to create a juggernaut is to stockpile a disproportionate percentage of the talent pool. In order to eventually level the playing field in Foxx, the talent will need to be redistributed- by any means possible. I think the crappy teams should claim the talent when it is available and also not be swayed into trading their #1 picks to the cheater no matter how appealing the deal may appear...

Anybody have thoughts on how best to handle the WW and/or the redistribution of talent?

Quote: Originally Posted By grivfmd1 on 2/26/2010
I actually have no issue with the involved owners discussing their deal. Or a non-involved owner giving a "heads up" as in "pay attention to the trades" but since I feel all owners should pay attention to trades and have CONSISTENT criteria for vetoing or accepting a trade I do not see the reason for non-involved owners to actively discuss a trade under consideration. Nor do I feel a commish should be imposing his view of trading on other league members - esp when they have reviewed and vetoed a trade. When these activities occur then I feel it is a form of collusion. Not all collusion is necessarily evil but it runs that risk. (Much like: Not all federal overreaching is necessarily evil, but it runs that risk). In a private world there are other ways for a Commish to deal with these issues. I understand in public worlds there is not.

Isn't saying trades sould not be discussed doing just that?

Feamster, "free" talent is free talent. It will take years to remove all the talent he has accumulated. As long as he's giving it away, take it. Personally, regardless of how great the offer, I would not trade with him and allow him to get younger/cheaper. But, if he wants to waive that 28 y/o stud making 14m, I'd claim him. The sooner he has to start the arb/FA clock on his younger players, the better.

Quote: Originally Posted By tropicana on 2/25/2010
Yeah, I am seriously leaning more towards mentally deficient now than an alias. sport65 has no basis in reality, I don't think...

Although, I haven't ruled out alias. That was absolutely ridiculous, the "only veto because it was a bad deal," to "He was a cheater, protest via the Veto button!" Then the explanation being that he had no idea frapercaper had cheated. Uhhh...what? Seriously? You had no idea? How is that possible???

On that note, is anyone kicking around this thread in a league with sport65 other than Foxx? Curious what the guy is like in there or if this is how he posts in there too.

sport65 joined a league I am in this past season. The team he took over won 65 games the year before(after being abandoned and babysat) after 84 win seasons the 2 years before that. He won 48 games. We have a new commish starting with the coming season, and are putting minimum win requirements in place. 48 wins won't cut it. He hasn't re-upped for next seaon yet, so I don't know if he's coming back. He was letting his players at the ML level get fatigued so I TC'd him and suggested he rotate players out of the lineup to keep them fresh. He thanked me for the info as a newbie and made the needed adjustments. He was not active at all on the chat. Seemed like your classic clueless n00b who has a lot to learn about the game, that's all.

The El Paso franchise is totally run by AI since Feb 11, even though dude has been logging in daily. Anyone notice that?

His minors are atrocious.

And the scourge that is bornlosers has moved on. He may be looking for another world, so be careful.

Quote: Originally Posted By tropicana on 5/05/2010And the scourge that is bornlosers has moved on. He may be looking for another world, so be careful

You just made me go read the WC for Foxx.....thanks for wasting the past 10 minutes of my life. My brain hurts. There's one owner in there this season who is a complete and total ***, and I'm not even talking about Mike.

HAHAHA, ltdolt. I had fun with him last season.

Greed will be the death of everyone.

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I know I'm rooting for that.

LOL...I wanted the first pick REALLY bad. I do not have it.

As long as you pick before ltbolt, I think we'll still get a firework show.