FPGP RULE: The Greg Owen Clause

For the sake of clarity, I am going to make an addendum to the rules which is probably implicit, but I feel the need to clarify. A trade is executed when you send me an email indicating who you want and who you want to dump. That means if you send it on Wednesday night, you get the new player's standing on the money list at that point. If you send it Thursday a.m. before the tourney starts, or anytime during the tourney, you will not get the points/money from that tourney. Effectively the trade will be executed for the next PGA Tour stop.

If you make a trade, and the player craps out that week, you are shit out of luck. This is an issue because Jumpin Jeff was joking about "sending my money back and I can repick Owen next week" after he slips in the money rankings this week. There has never been an explicit rule about that kind of behavior, so to be absolutely clear, the Greg Owen Clause is as follows:

1. You make a trade, you live with it. You cannot back out on a trade for any reason.
2. If you do not get the money to the Commish within a week, the trade is null and void (that was already understood).
3. NO HEDGING. That is, you cannot ask for a trade then see the guy missed the cut, and simply not pay. If you do so, YOU LOSE YOUR TRADE RIGHTS. The trade will not go through (per #2 above) and you do not get to make another one.

I would hope that no one would try number 3, but just in case...