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Originally Posted by Nittany Dodgers
Well, I don't like these trades for one. I can't remember if we had addressed these before or not. And I believe Mike even advised a team in the Frenzy that a trade of this sort would raise a red flag among owners, but I'd let him speak for himself there.
The fact that you've got to keep these players on your own roster for the summer, and have room for their contracts, I guess is the only deterent to trading the RFAs. I have no problem with putting stricter standards in place to make it harder for teams to trade these players. I think in the Frenzy, with generally tighter cap situations, that piece of it is usually enough to make it difficult to make a trade like this, but in SAC'D, where there is usually more cap room to play with, I think this might not be enough of a hindrance.
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Yup I stand by what I said prior, but I also told Jason that I believe Frank had done a deal in SACD similar to what he had in mind, and for him to look it up, as nothing was said last year.
Frank and Brett did another deal with the pending part B this year, so he's now done 2 of these deals, and nobody raised a stink on either, thus why can't I follow suit? Seriously?
FTR, I can see the argument both ways, the fact that these players remain on your roster for the duration of the off-season IS a hinderance. For example, I'd love to have Jordan and cut him and use his cap space on the UFA WR's, however, I couldn't afford to with my limited cap space, so now I have to figure out a way to work with what I have at the moment, and come the in-season period I'm going to have a couple thousand I could have used now to play with but only limited options left. Further, teams are fully tied to roster requirements, salary cap, contract years, you name it until the deal is finalized on the execution date, so whats to say we just don't announce Part B till then? Just being more open about it now.
Finally, you placed the ban on trading RFA's because of me, and personally I still think it's too restrictive. Frank's found a legit way to deal with the restriction, while staying within the rules.