By: Thomas Davis
Ortiz has made 4 trades this year and none have gone before the trade committee. As posted in the group chat, the rules say all trades involving the commissioner go before the trade committee. The trade in question was accepted at 10:17am and upheld at 10:18am. The commissioner came to me in the preseason and asked me to approve his draft pick trade, which I did because it was an extremely simple trade. I was asked by someone in the trade committee to not do that again because it gives one person too much power, which I have respected.
The reason I vetoed the original trade is I do not want to set precedent that the commissioner can abuse our league rules whenever it fits his needs. Just like the previous veto, it wasn't the trade itself, but the process of the trade that required a veto. What happens if he makes a questionable deal at 11:55am on Thursday and Maggs is not responding to his phone or I am in a meeting? Ortiz now knows the rule and does not have precedent to just push his trade through and move on.
At the time of this writing, the trade has been submitted through the proper channels and has been approved.
Trade deadline is approximately 49 hours away, good luck
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