Posted by contrarian23 on 5/1/2016 12:37:00 PM (view original):
I am astonished this is so difficult.
Scenario 1: I have 24 guys I'm going to keep. Jason Bere is my 24th keeper. I get 1 draft pick, a first rounder. I draft Tony Clark. I trade Clark for Drabek. i now have Drabek instead of Clark. I have 25 players.
Scenario 2: I trade the #1 draft pick in advance for Drabek, i now have Drabek instead of Clark (the guy I would have drafted with the #1pick.) i have 25 players.
scenarios 1 and 2 are exactly the same.
But in leagues with this dumb rule, in scenario 2 i must cut Bere, and use a 2nd round pick to replace him. So the 2 scenarios are no longer the same.
Your scenario #1 is flawed!!
As you described it, Bere was your 25th keeper, not 24th as you are NOW trying to spin it.
You had a full roster (with Bere) and didn't want to drop him for that #1 pick you traded away earlier.
As I see it, it is you that is having the trouble understanding things.
You can't trade something you don't have! Without cutting Bere (or someone else) you have NO 1st rd. pick!
What's so hard?
And I AM getting your point. When you trade away a future pick you MUST understand that you'll have to "possess" that pick to trade it. That means you'll have to cut player(s) so that you have the roster position available. To either trade or pick a guy. You already made that choice, a season ahead. You TRADED it!
End of argument.
I suspect this is why many leagues have rules detailing the trading of future draft picks, some even prevent that occurrence.
Though I do respect your many teams and length of experience and knowledge here on WIS, I just think you're wrong on this one.
I would NOT play (intentionally) in a league that allowed the trading of future season draft picks under the scenario you are requesting.