Posted by grayfoxx on 5/4/2016 11:27:00 AM (view original):
Say I keep 24 players, I now get a 1st round pick.
Say there is another team that needs 7 players(and has to go through 7 rounds to finish his roster)
Can I trade him my 2nd and 3rd round picks so he doesnt have to wait through 7 rounds..........NO.........I dont own my 2nd and 3rd round picks.
You dont own a pick until you pay for it (leave an open roster spot) Contrarian traded the pick before he owned it, and now he has to finish paying for it(by keeping only 24 players).
In the leagues I run you could make that trade. Then again, I've spelled that out in the rules of said leagues by saying your own all of your picks regardless of how many players you keep. I just believe that if a draft goes 7 rounds (as per your example), all teams own 7 rounds worth of picks. If you can't use them, you pass or trade them to teams who can. If I need 7 picks, you can bet I'd rather have your 2nd and 3rd round pick than take my 6th and 7th round pick, and I'd gladly make a trade to move up to your picks.
But the point is that I've spelled this out in the rules of the league, so everyone is aware of it.
It comes down to which rule set you want to play under. If you own all your picks for next season regardless of keepers, then it doesn't matter how many keepers you have and you can trade away any amount of future picks. If you are not awarded picks until you post your keepers are awarded picks based on the number of keepers, the rules state you can't trade extra picks you don't use and for every future pick traded, you must cut 1 additional player below 25. I just think that this particular rule set makes trading more difficult for future seasons...