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I played in an ESPN league about 7 years ago. Maybe 8? I don't know how they do it now, but back then, they put you into a random league. I was put in a league where about 5 out of the 10 or 12 were friends. You can tell by the league's messageboards.
I was in 1st place in this league, but lost my 1st round player just before the playoffs. I don't even remember which player it was, but it was a RB and my best player. Since there was trading in this league, I put up some very good offers for a RB in return. At the time I had too many good WR's on my roster, and with one RB short, it made sense to trade one or two of my WR's for a decent RB.
All of my trade offers were declined. One owner said he thought he was out of it, so he didn't want to trade anymore. He said "It wouldn't be right". That same owner traded his best RB for 2 schitty WR's the next week, and the team he traded that RB to beat me in the post-season. I wrot e a letter to ESPN and they told me there was nothing they could do. I told them to take their fixed game and shove it up their a$$.
I'll never play in a league with trading, with people I don't know anymore. In fact, in any league that I'm in, I propose the ban of trading altogether.
I'm done venting.
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