If the 1st rounder or 2nd rounder part was that crucial to the rule, it should have been written in. If there should be a 5, 10 game freeze window in the beginning of the season where we are going to use different numbers, that needs to be written into the rule as well.


My comment about half the league not knowing the spirit of the rules referred to the unwritten portions of it, not the written portion thats posted multiple times of a year. That 1st rounder/2nd rounder bit is not written into the rules and I don't remember it ever coming up in any trade discussion/argument over my years here. And we've had multiple adjustments to whatever the original trade rule was. My assumption would be that the current rule is a version of the original rule altered to the best that it could be (which we all voted on) I don't think its reasonable to reflect on what the rule was initially, when there is a current one in place.