Trade Committee: Case 24A01
30 Oct 2024Last Updated: October 30, 2024
Summary
A trade was made between the teams Atlanta Falcons and Davante! Get the tables!. The Trade Committee had sanctioned to reverse a portion of the trade.
Timeline
For brevity:
- Times are in Pacific Time.
- The team Atlanta Falcons is abbreviated to ATL.
- The team Davante! Get the tables! is abbreviated to DGT.
Date | Time | Event |
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2024-10-25 | 14:50 | Bot notifies the Trade Committee of the trade between ATL and DGT. |
16:01 | Trade Committee begins deliberations on the trade. | |
2024-10-26 | 19:40 | DGT informs the Commissioner that they wish to rescind their trade. |
21:32 | Commissioner informs the Trade Committee that DGT had requested their trade be rescinded. | |
2024-10-29 | 00:20 | Trade between ATL and DGT is fulfilled and processed. |
07:47 | DGT drops Rashee Rice. | |
07:49 | The Commissioner confirms with DGT that the drop was intentional. | |
07:51 | DGT confirms intention to drop Rashee Rice. | |
07:54 | The Commissioner informs the Trade Committee of the action in dropping Rashee Rice. | |
09:19 | The Trade Committee begins discussions on remediation. | |
09:29 | The Trade Committee concludes on the remediation. The conclusion is to trade Rashee Rice back for a R3. ATL maintains possession of the R5. | |
09:31 | DGT is informed of the remediation. | |
10:52 | ATL confirms the trade proposal is sent. | |
2024-10-30 | 09:01 | Bot notifies the Trade Committee of the trade between DGT and ATL. |
The Committee’s Statement
The Trade Committee ultimately decided that: even though two consenting managers agreed with the terms of the trade, the trade was judged as fair, and the request to cancel came a day later – the Trade Committee would allow the trade to process unabated.
In the previous system, there was also no guarantee that a trade would be cancelled: if you could not garner enough vetoes, your trade would also process and be fulfilled. In the previous system, you had to receive support of 3 other teams to “cancel” a trade. With the Trade Committee, your only need the support of 2 other parties.
From the perspective of the Trade Committee – if we ignore/remove the request to withdraw after the trade was accepted – the trade was fair on paper. Judging anything outside of the trade is beyond the Trade Committee’s capabilities; we cannot guarantee that level of commitment consistently enough to fulfill that expectation.
As a response to the only player involved in the trade being dropped, the Commissioner requested a plan for remediation of the trade. The Trade Committee concluded to reverse a portion of the trade. In return for Rashee Rice, the R3 draft pick would be traded; the R5 draft pick would not be a part of the trade.
The Trade Committee chose to not reverse the full trade to dissuade abusing this one-off decision for future mishaps. This R5 “tax” is not a precedent for future reversals. This is a novel situation where the Trade Committee acted to the best of their abilities with the limited amount of time & information at hand.
Future incidents will continue to be handled on a case-by-case basis. If the issues manifest into a pattern of similar problems, the Trade Committee will respond in kind by advertising how they will handle this as a class of issues.