Wednesday night: TenQ picks up DeAngelo Williams ($12) and Billy
Cundiff ($1) in FA.
Thursday morning: TenQ cuts only Dan Carpenter, which shows TenQ knew
about its successful FA bids.
Saturday evening: An undercover agent informs the Commissioner’s
Office that Ten Q’s active roster has 19 players. The Commissioner
interrupts an important dinner with heads of other fantasy leagues to
text message “Yo. Fix your roster. Standard fine.”
Sunday morning at 9:25 am ET, Ten Q texts “What did I do? I’m out of
town until teds party.”
Less than 45 minutes later, the Commissioner texts “You have 19
players on your active roster.”
Sunday afternoon at 3:56 pm ET (almost at the end of the 1 a.m.
games): Ten Q texts “Pls drop laurent robinson I’m not online since
thursday Sincerest apologies for the error.” The Commissioner viewed
the message while purchasing wine at Whole Foods, and was in no
condition to make the transaction for Ten Q (even if he had
administrator privileges in the software, which he doesn’t).
Sunday evening at 8:29 pm ET: Ten Q cuts Laurent in the software.
Monday morning: Commissioner informs Ten Q that another standard fine
will be assessed: “Even if you didn’t have internet, you cannot ask
the commissioner at 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to make a cut that
should have been made on Thursday.”
Ten Q responds: “I will not challenge your decision (altho it is
excessive) and I do apologize however in my defense I was not made
aware of error until I plugged my phone back into grid at 1:53pm
sunday. At which point I felt it would appear less bad if I dropped a
4 o’clock player that hadn’t started yet so I had limited options
which is why it took me two hours to make a decision. I still love you
laurent”
Tuesday morning: Ten Q sends the Commissioner a “self-reporting
violation”: “im still in violation. im $2 over cap. I did not account
for my IR players. please advice.”
Commissioner responds by calling Ten Q a “nightmare” and asking if the
error will be remedied by cutting someone off of Ten Q’s IR. Ten Q
responds by stating “I know. I’m sorry. I would prefer to find 2 on
active roster…Also its no cuts tuesday. Ideally I would be allowed
to drop owen daniels”
Commissioner’s position: “The problem is that you not only were able
to play this past week while over the cap with 19 players, but you
essentially have been
allowed to make cuts with the knowledge of how your players performed
in week 12.
If you rectify the situation by cutting from your IR, I do not think
you gained as much of an advantage since you are cutting a player
(besides Laurent) that you could not have used, and in light of your
self reporting, I can wrap your latest transgression into yesterday’s
$8 fine for failure to remedy your roster after the commissioner
already warned you on Saturday night. However, if it’s from your
active roster, I will have to fine you again, which I believe is now a
$16 fine.”
Ten Q’s rebuttal: “My position is that I gained no advantage and bent
over backwards not to gain an advantage once I figured out what
happened. I waived laurent before his game. Owen daniels did not play
and was not expected to play in week 12 so no advantage there either.
I could not have used owen daniels in week 12. Forcing me to waive
brandon tate is a massive penalty not fitting the crime. Please
reconsider”
1. Seth is fined a total of $20. $4 standard fine, $8 standard fine &
half of $16 standard fine;
2. The pardon is only to lesson the monetary impact. Seth’s next
standard fine will be $32 and this Commissioner’s leniency should not
be expected;
3. Seth should cut Owen Daniels tomorrow since it is too late to
include him in waivers this week;
4. Applications for the 2010-11 commissioner position are now being accepted.
Shades