This week brought a heavy docket of new cases to SportsJudge.com, thanks to the end of fantasy baseball's trading season and the start of fantasy football season. Here are three of our many recent highlights from around the country:
(1) In the case Commissioner v. Irish Car Bombs & Lock It Up, Docket No. 1476(T) (New Jersey) (Sept. 15, 2008), the Court of Fantasy Football, Trade Division upheld the trade of Kurt Warner from Irish Car Bombs to Lock It Up for Santonio Holmes. Applying the general rule that "this court shall uphold a trade as long as it adequately benefits both teams," the court found it irrelevant that Holmes was a third round draft pick and Warner was a tenth round pick. Instead, the court focused on that Lock It Up had lost its starting quarterback for the season, and Warner was a substantial upgrade over any quarterback available on waivers. In addition, Lock It Up already had extra depth at wide receiver, making the trade of Holmes less harmful.
(2) In the case Commissioner v. Teams A, B. C & D, Docket No. 1443 (C) (New York, baseball) (Sept. 9, 2008), the Court of Fantasy Baseball, Unfair Practices Division ordered the roster of Team A frozen for the remainder of the season after Team A, which is out of contention in its head-to-head league, decided to selectively bench his players during some, but not all, recent weeks. According to the court opinion, such a drastic remedy is needed because "it is the overarching principle of fantasy sports that each contestant's objective is to maximize his performance." If this implicit rule did not exist, fantasy sports "would deteriorate into nothing more than a collection of near-Ponzi schemes of side dealing, trickery, and deceit." At all costs, that must be prevented.
(3) In the case Commissioner v. Phisherman & Rice-a-Roni, Docket No. 1438(C) (California, football) (Sept. 9, 2008), the Court of Fantasy Football, Trade Division approved the trade of running back Ryan Grant for running back Larry Johnson. Although Johnson was selected in the first round of that league's draft and Grant in the third, the team that had selected Johnson was frozen out of his Yahoo! draft room and became stuck with an auto-draft team. That owner indicated to SportsJudge that he had preferred for Grant from the very beginning. According to the court, "when two players are of roughly comparable age, statistics and ability, there is no reason why owners cannot make trades based on personal preference. This trade falls well within the reasonableness standard."
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