Humble opponent

I was explaining what the purpose of a veto vote was for to one league owner. when I said that votes should only be cast in blatantly obvious moments of collusion. His response was "How do we know yall aren't colluding?"

No, I started in the league in 2010. It's a $100.00 dollar league. I can't even recall how I ended up becoming commissioner.

Well, I'm not changing any settings. It's just that the veto is going to be utilized in the proper way. From what I'm seeing it looks like the majority agree that the trade should have gone through.

Guys I apologize of the size. It was done in notepad...all I have with the new computer.

Hey Guys,

I'm new the site. The site looks to be pretty legit due to the amount of activity each day. I am posting for help to resolve a very important matter in my fantasy league this year. This site was referenced from one of the league owners. My league needs non-biased third party opinions, so please I'm asking for your help. By the way, I am the commissioner of the league. I'm not sure if the posts have a character limit on here so I apologize if this post was pieced together. Without further ado, here is the entire situation. So I'll start out saying that this is a ten team league and by the title I'm sure you understand that this is all stemmed by a trade which was vetoed. I'm completely transparent with the league. I've been playing fantasy for 4 years while the accepter of my trade is playing for the first year. I was actually involved in the trade; the trade was accepted last Thursday, Oct 3 before week 5 started. My teams record was 2-2 Team: QB-Stafford,Luck / Rb's-Jamal Charles,Doug Martin,D Sproles,Joique Bell,Lamar Miller/WRs-Vincent Jackson,Larry Fitz,T.Y. Hilton,Cecil Shorts,Chris Givens/ Te-Jared Cook/ Defense-Chiefs,Patriots. The other owner who accepted the trade has the following record and team: 1-3 QB-Tony Romo, Alex Smith,Russel Wilson/ Rb's-Frank Gore, Bernard Pierce, Ray Rice, DeAngelo Williams/ Wr's-Dez Bryant,Rueben Randle,Randall Cobb,Steve Smith,Miles Austin/ Te-Tony Gonzalez,Greg Olsen/ Defense-Bears. (Guy has a good team for his first draft.) Ok, so now you've seen the teams. The trade that I offered just after week 4 finished. My trade offer was Darren Sproles for Ray Rice. As I was looking for opportunities on rosters, I came to see this owner's roster had Ray Rice on the bench. I knew he has been performing horribly, splitting carries, and been injured. In my league, Ray Rice was avg 4.3 points/week while on a 27th ranked offense. His lowest game other than not playing in week 3 was in week 4 for 1.7 points. Rice's stats through week 4 were:30 carries for 89 yards 1 td, 11 catches for 44 yards. Darren Sproles was avg 13.4 points/week while being on the 4th ranked offense. He just had a monster game in week 4 for 27.4 points/week. His lowest week of points was 7. Sproles stats through week 4 were: 22 carries for 93 yards 1 td, 23 catches for 277 yards 1 td. So my thought is, sell high/buy low. I provided the owner with a trade evaluator which showed all the stats including strength of schedule. With that said, according to the numbers in 4 weeks, the players were comparable. If anything, Sproles is the better performer. My thought is that the owner wants more consistency in points per week while I was willing to play the risk/reward since rice has done nothing and been hurt. The owner accepted the trade and slowly my league got out of hand. The trade evaluation period is 3 days so of course, the vetoes were used and our trade was blocked before the start of week 5. Of course, I'm upset, just like the owners who used the vetoes. To be honest, this is my second year running the league and I'm still learning all the rules. I definitely take ownership of the league and take full responsibility when I do something wrong. Anyway, my trade was vetoed and it led me to start researching the meaning of veto and why it exists in the league. The more I read, the more I thought the league did not have the right to tell two teams they could not do the deal. Since Thursday, Oct 3, I have done nothing but fight the entire league. I did not abuse my power as commissioner. What I did was use the league board to present my case. My thought is that clearly no one I'm playing with understands why veto even exists in the league. I read hundreds of articles, forums, and personal opinions on the issue of veto power. All pretty much stating the same exact thing every time. Veto power exists to prevent collusion from occurring in the league. What I stated on the league was,in short summary, that the league basically formed collusion verse my trade. It abused the system which was put in place specifically for moments of collusion and collusion only. I sourced a number of articles and very similar situations. I brought up court because I think it's relevant. An entire case is built on factual information with credible sources. If you walk into court and give opinion to state your case, you obviously would lose. Here is one of the sources I quoted. Who would be more qualified to give an explanation of what veto power is and when it should be used than the ESPN senior fantasy analyst, Matthew Berry. He states the following listed in a piece (LINK he wrote: "thou shall not veto.