The first trade in over 2 seasons of Pussy Palace and this blockbuster trade was shut down by the PP Trade Committee. An argument can be made that the clarity of the rules could and should be adjusted moving foward however what foiled this trade was the excessive and open discussion of trade terms that would send each team players from each respected roster in a deal that would have been finalized at 1:10 PM Sunday afternoon- AFTER players would be locked. This would allow each team to hold onto each others players for 1 last weekend for matchup based purposes in addition to further roster construction among additional game integrity infringements. Basically- if the MMCB and RS kept this under wraps-this trade would have been processed without review. The issue was how it was brought about and expected in the group me forum.
After much uproar- PP members challenged teams that if indeed there was no competitive advantage to be had- to complete the trade today. Shortly thereafter- a new deal was in place including specifically WR Doug Baldwin -who just so happened to play last evening which ended in the same end result-locked player-halting the trade once again and a perhervial "fuck-you" to the other league members challenging the trade.
Bottom line - the trade was reviewed by the trade committee and viewed as collusion due to the manner it was presented and exposed prematurely to the league revealing a plot between the two teams to aid each other in a 1 week pact. The final vote came down to Mags who submitted the following statement-
"We are not here to pass judgment on who wins the trade or how lopsided this trade is. I do not believe the jd nor joe 2 have any intentions of combining teams or sabotaging the league. However anyone looks at the trade and who won the trade does not matter. On that note. For ONLY the pure fact they publicly told everyone that they were going to hold off and do the trade on Sunday so it would take effect Tuesday I have vetoed the trade."
With this being said the trade was the first trade vetoed in 2 PP seasons which ironically involved current PP Champ JD. The integrity of the league was not compromised and justice was served. Let this be a lesson to PP-keep unofficial trade talks confidential and this could be all avoided.

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