2025 Amendment #3 Discussion - Trade Instant Process

[Scott Hamil]

Gents, 

I sent this via groupme for discussion.  Hoping for some feedback on how to right in the new mechanism so that nothing is lost, but the system is more streamlined.  

Official vote thread to follow when language is finalized.  

📜 Proposed Amendment:

Change the trade processing time from 24 hours to instant.

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🧠 Rationale:

• In 16 years of EC, no trade has ever been vetoed.

• A veto requires 6 "nay" votes from non-involved owners (50% + 1), and no trade has received more than 3 that I can recall.  It's a very high bar.  

• The current 24-hour waiting period adds unnecessary friction:

• 24 wait shortens the window for team to be able to trade, already shortened because of our wednesday night waivers (will be another amendment proposal) 

• the 24 hour window sometimes hinders teams in 2-1 or similar trades from participating in the waiver FAAB run 

• Multi-team trades (like last season’s attempt to do a 3-team deal) are delayed to 48 hours unnecessarily

• Owners must monitor the league constantly to adjust lineups post-trade, especially when they process close to NFL game loc.  

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🔁 New Mechanism: Owner-Initiated Trade Review

• Any owner may request a league-wide vote on a trade within 24 hours of the trade taking place.  

• The vote window remains 24 hours.  

• If the trade is vetoed by majority (6 "nay" votes), the commissioner will reverse the trade, and reset rosters to pre-trade - even if the NFL game has started - in the case of an NFL game starting, an alternate will be named.  (this is coverage for an outlier case, but I want to have a clear path forward here) 

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🛡️ ALL Protections Remain:

Existing safeguard against collusion stays unchanged:

• The League can still vote to veto a trade, nothing is lost 
• There is still a failsafe “The Commissioner retains the right to overturn any trade where collusion is suspected. This action must be documented by email and posted to the League page, and it must occur before the next regularly scheduled NFL game.”

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🔍 Summary: What Changes vs What Doesn’t

Current System	Proposed System
24-hour delay on all trades	Trades process immediately
League can vote to veto	Still allowed (via owner-initiated call)
Harder to execute 3-team deals	Easier, due to real-time flexibility
Owners must time lineup changes	More freedom and responsiveness
Collusion safeguard via Commish	Still in place, unchanged

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✍️ Closing:

Final bylaw language still in the works, but this outlines the intent: streamline the trade process without removing any safeguards.

Commish

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Scott Hamil

(404) 637-4080

[Tim Waite]

This is a no brainer. Collusion is not a problem in our league. With Thursday night games every week, the 24hr window is a hindrance all season. The fact you can still call a veto helps the mouth-breathers.

Yay

Timothy D. Waite

c: (770) 355-7492

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[Kyle Burriss]

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[Scott Hamil]

I think Kyle got hacked haha.  He has been watching too much Hentai

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[Kyle Solon]

Either he bought the budget friendly ChatGPT or the league is now compromised must be destroyed 

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[Kyle Burriss]

That is a vote in favor of the amendment in Chinese.  Somebody has to bring a little bit of culture to this week.

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