[Nittany Dodgers]

Originally Posted by Preds

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.

You say legit, I say loophole. I dealt with a guy in my local league that did nothing but try to find loopholes year in and year out. But I'm fine if teams want to operate like this. I acknowledge other teams have done this, and I'm not saying this trade should be voided or anything like that. I'm just voicing my opinion, and if others agree with me then we can look at revising the rules to get rid of these trades. If I'm in the minority, it won't be the first time, and we'll do nothing.