Hossa
Registered User
Gents,
There is a standard submission format for submitting trades, which can be found in the Rule Book. While some GMs regularly follow the proper format, there has been a decline in years in terms of the properness of trade submissions. The Rule Book states the following on trades:
Maybe it's a byproduct of a smart phone world, but too often we get trades which are not well organized and sometimes even require a bit of detective work to comprehend. Whether it's incomplete or misspelt names, creative short-forms, weird e-mail titles or the absence of spacing, they are getting harder to sort and harder to read. Moreover, it forces the DoPP to clean up the trade submissions before passing things on to the Sim God and posting it on the trade blog.
So, if GMs could be a bit more diligent in properly submitting trades, it would make it easier for those of us approving them to do our jobs. This is particular true in the lead up to the trade deadline.
Thanks,
Sean.
There is a standard submission format for submitting trades, which can be found in the Rule Book. While some GMs regularly follow the proper format, there has been a decline in years in terms of the properness of trade submissions. The Rule Book states the following on trades:
An owner can trade players, draft picks, money, and future considerations.
The maximum amount of cash that can change teams in any given trade is $1M.
All teams must confirm all trades. A trade will not processed until this happens.
The trading deadline is 80% through the season and trading will resume after
the playoffs are over. If a trade looks lopsided to the point that it may
be a factor in crippling a franchise, the DOPP reserves the right to veto the
trade. Another reason a trade may not go through is if it is not submitted in
the right format. If the right format is not used, the confirmation email may
be simply deleted. Below is an example of the desired format:
To: Director of Player Personnel
CC: Team you made the trade with
Subject: HFNHL Trade: SJ & DET
Director of Player Personnel, I have agreed to the following deal:
To SJ: C Sergei Fedorov, LW Vyacheslav Kozlov, 1999 DET 2nd, $500,000
To DET: C Alexei Yashin, D Bill Houlder, 2000 SJ 1st, $200,000
Maybe it's a byproduct of a smart phone world, but too often we get trades which are not well organized and sometimes even require a bit of detective work to comprehend. Whether it's incomplete or misspelt names, creative short-forms, weird e-mail titles or the absence of spacing, they are getting harder to sort and harder to read. Moreover, it forces the DoPP to clean up the trade submissions before passing things on to the Sim God and posting it on the trade blog.
So, if GMs could be a bit more diligent in properly submitting trades, it would make it easier for those of us approving them to do our jobs. This is particular true in the lead up to the trade deadline.
Thanks,
Sean.
