TRADES

You may want to trade away some of your strengths to shore up your weaknesses during the course of the season. Trades with other teams in your league are allowed from the start of the season to the season trading deadline of Friday, December 16, 2005. The number of trades you make during the season is unlimited. Trades do not necessarily need to include the same number of athletes, although each team must stay within the limits of their 24-athlete roster.

To propose a trade, go to your team page and select “Propose Trade”, which allows you to select the team with which you want to deal with and the athletes you wish to trade. An email will be sent to the other team you are offering your proposed trade. That team can then go to his team page to view the proposal, and accept or decline it. There must be agreement from both teams for a trade to be completed. If no action is taken in 3 days, the offer will automatically be revoked. If your trade is rejected, you will receive an email notification. If the offer is accepted, the entire league will be notified so that each team can review the deal. During the review period, trades are marked as pending. This period will last 24 hours in which time other members can review the proposed trade and protest it if they deem the trade unfair to the rest of the league. Any protested trade will be sent to the commissioner for review.

Once the trade has been accepted and the waiting period has finished, the trade will be processed and its results reflected on each team's roster. In order for a trade to be valid, all athletes involved must still be on the same team they were on when the deal was proposed. If they are not, the trade will automatically be rejected.

Trades must be made in an attempt to benefit both teams. If a trade is discovered that appears to be collusive, or one-sided to the point that it cannot benefit one of the parties involved, league members may protest the trade and send it on to the commissioner for review. The commissioner reserves the right to handle all such situations to preserve the integrity of the game. In any situation where the commissioner believes that a proposed trade is collusive or will not fairly benefit both teams, the commissioner may, in its sole discretion, reject the trade. Decisions of the commissioner on all such matters shall be final.