League Integrity?

[JagFan 191]

I’ve read story’s like this on here for years, and it’s fascinating to read the opinions.  My first experience, and I’m curious…

 $100 buy in, 12 team redraft start up, invited by a friend.

Manager drops Lamar last night.  A few ???’s immediately went in the league thread.  10 minutes later the commish puts Lamar back on his roster.  When asked what’s up, a clear fabrication of “he accidentally dropped Lamar when attempting to put Dak into his starting lineup”.  Dropping a player is a deliberate action on CBS…

I would’ve been okay with an oops, and do the right thing after an explanation.  But I can’t tolerate a commish blatantly lying when money is invested.

My team is 4-0 with a wide margin lead.  I doubt my decision would be popular, so I’ll not share that.  
 Curious on the opinions here.

[plasma george 63]

As a 25 year commissioner in a $200 league  with friends and family

Id ask the owner WTF ?  But someone like lamaar would never be dropped
Why would any FF owner drop Lamar ?

seems odd

[jpcdds 26]

What was lost in the drop and the add? Was it because Lamar was now on waivers and no one could pick him up right away? I assume the commish was the manager who dropped Lamar? 
 

Did either of those actions cause the manager to “cheat to win a game”? 

[WhiteWonder 2,878]

Sounds like a nothing burger and an inexperienced owner.  Assuming the commish is not the same owner who dropped Lamar (because I think you would have highlighted that and I also don't think anyone running a league would make this mistake), just because dropping a player is a separate action on CBS doesn't mean it can't accidentally be done. Let's say newbie owner has had Lamar in as his starting QB ever since the draft, when sites auto generate your initial starting lineup post draft. Perhaps he thought he had to "DROP" lamar from his starting lineup in order to replace him with Dak. 

It may sound like a long shot and crazy that someone could make that mistake but it could happen, especially when people are doing things quickly on their phones. 

I commish a relatively new league where my cousin plays and last year was his first time ever playing fantasy. I've had to walk him through how waivers work a few times and he is 3-1 and leading the league in points so far this season.

 

Main questions to ask are

1. Was the drop done on its own or part of an add/drop?  If done on it's own, 100% believable that it was accidental. 

2. Is there any legit reason to believe he was dropping Lamar so that a buddy could pick him up (collusion)? 

 

In the end, nothing really came of it. Lamar being put back on his roster is the most palatable outcome regardless of the intentions behind the drop. Only reason to be miffed about it at all is if you thought you were going to get Lamar based on having the top Waiver priority. 

[rotisserieking 58]

3 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

It may sound like a long shot and crazy that someone could make that mistake but it could happen, especially when people are doing things quickly on their phones. 

100% agreed on the phone apps being a potential issue. The Yahoo app often acts oddly as compared to desktop.

[Showboat 270]

Agree with others - you seem to be making a mountain out of a mole hill.  The commish acted quickly an appropriately.  Maybe it was a white lie to cover for suspected collusion and save face for the culprit.  Seems appropriate for a first offense (if this is a chronic issue, the owner should be dis-invited from the league).   

[Ray_T 770]

6 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

Sounds like a nothing burger and an inexperienced owner.  Assuming the commish is not the same owner who dropped Lamar (because I think you would have highlighted that and I also don't think anyone running a league would make this mistake), just because dropping a player is a separate action on CBS doesn't mean it can't accidentally be done. Let's say newbie owner has had Lamar in as his starting QB ever since the draft, when sites auto generate your initial starting lineup post draft. Perhaps he thought he had to "DROP" lamar from his starting lineup in order to replace him with Dak. 

It may sound like a long shot and crazy that someone could make that mistake but it could happen, especially when people are doing things quickly on their phones. 

I commish a relatively new league where my cousin plays and last year was his first time ever playing fantasy. I've had to walk him through how waivers work a few times and he is 3-1 and leading the league in points so far this season.

 

Main questions to ask are

1. Was the drop done on its own or part of an add/drop?  If done on it's own, 100% believable that it was accidental. 

2. Is there any legit reason to believe he was dropping Lamar so that a buddy could pick him up (collusion)? 

 

In the end, nothing really came of it. Lamar being put back on his roster is the most palatable outcome regardless of the intentions behind the drop. Only reason to be miffed about it at all is if you thought you were going to get Lamar based on having the top Waiver priority. 

100%.

if it was a case where he dropped lamar and his buddy picked him up and suddenly has a stacked team, that would be one issue.

in general when a top notch player like Lamar is dropped the only plausable explanation is it must have been done by accident because nobody who knows anything about fantasy football would drop him onto the wire intentionally.

I'd be inclined to take him at his word.    if Lamar somehow got dropped a second time, then maybe I'd have concerns.

it doesnt feel like this is a shady move.  its restoring what should have been.   I wouldnt make a fuss over something like this.