Vic posted this in a comment section, and I thought it would be good to put it out on the blog, to make sure everyone understands the rules behind trades.
talonflier said...
I am looking for redemption via the trade, but I have one question regarding the trade. I understand that the player chosen must be lower than the player dumped based on 2005 final positions. Also, I understand all points +/- will be dumped for the dumpee, but how will points for the traded (new player) be calculated? Will it be based off of the current position (serving as the new baseline) +/- future delta, or off the 2005 end-o-year position? Lastly, why do Stevie V. and Rob continually engage (seen in yet another animal reference) in this perverse, reverse anthropomorphistic dialogue with oral fixation overtones (e.g. whose mouth is on whom pix?). They were traveling together for the New Orleans jazz festival (did you catch the caught from behind comment?). I'm not going to point any multi-colored flags here, but you can draw your own conclusions (Stevie also used french which is a foul in any blog). Being new I'll just assume we have a don't ask, don't tell policy in effect...not that there is anything wrong with----
May 04, 2006 9:11 PM
Steve said...
Thank you for the first real question on this blog in months...The trade is simple... you have to pick someone who was worse than your player in 2005. So, if you wanted to dump Sean O'Hair (a good idea by the way), you would have to pick someone ranked 20th or worse from the 2005 PGA Tour money list (O Hair was 19th).Now, let's say you decide to pick Mark Calcavechia... he was 25th on the 2005 money list, but is currently 97th (as of this post). His "starting" point for you would be 97, not 25. At the time of this post, he has earned $332,627. That would be deducted from his earnings on your tally... basically, the way I make the trade work in the spreadsheet is that I capture the player's current money total and subtract that from whatever their total becomes. Hopefully, that makes sense.So, the short story is that your trade basically puts you in that players shoes from the day he starts... his current money position is your start point, and you get credit for any money he earns going forward.As for Rob and Stevie V... I am not sure, but it provides entertainment... less so when the commentary ran through our Inboxes, but that lead to the creation of the blog.
May 04, 2006 9:46 PM
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As the world's foremost editor of Zoology books and the supplier of the photo in question, it behooves me to enter this discussion, especially because I accompanied Stevie V and Da Rodent to NOLA. From my observations of their behavior, "don't ask, don't tell" is a wise path to choose. However, I must insist that the photo was simply to illustrate the ultimate fate of Robbo in this year's FPGP (contrary to his current trashtalking braggadoccio) and possesses no sexual overtones whatsoever unless one is predisposed to viewing art in that manner. Vodo and Robbo DO have a lot in common, e.g., Brent 'Don't Call Me Al' Geiberger and Chrissy 'The Sissy' Riley. Start dusting off the minus signs to place next to their names on the FPGP scoreboard.
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