He had done that the previous 3 years according to the commish. They didn’t care he made an idiot move when it concerned his own team because it made the commish and everyone else’s team stronger. Now he’s an idiot with a trade because the guy is a Packers fan and it’s going to hurt their chances so now they are all in an uproar .
Why not talk to the guy after the second season in a row he did that with Rodgers and be like hey, you could probably get him 2-3 rounds later and try to make the league better or replace him if he just dont get it.
That probably wasn’t done because hey if he’s the idiot that wants to draft Rodgers in the 1st he isn’t winning so more money/bragging rights/chance at winning the trophy for me. That was the mindset. Now that same mindset has come back to bite them on the ass when this could have easily been prevented. This is a situation of their own creation.
Now his options are either piss off most of the league or disallow the trade of the one ‘dumbass’ (his words) they allowed in the league for four years straight because they thought it was funny and an easy win. It might be best to do that and hope he doesn’t return for the sake of a better played league, but really he did nothing wrong.
To me you can’t veto a trade if there isn’t collusion. You have to know your league. This guy knew what was up with the league. He knew this guy was a ‘mark’ for Rodgers and the Pack and used that to his advantage, but that’s ‘good ethical play’ right guys? Why isn’t he under the gun for being unscrupulous if you are worried about ‘league integrity’?
If both parties agree and there is no collusion you got to allow it no matter how bad it sucks. If the guy doesn’t ‘learn’ find a new player, but to punish a guy for playing the entire league and making the ‘joke’ on them instead of this one poor guy (like it had been the previous 3 seasons) is beyond hilarious to me so kudos to that owner. He exposed the entire situation for what it was. It’s okay if it benefits us for THREE SEASONS, but now that it bites us on the butt we aren’t going to allow it.