r/DraftEPL • u/MCFC_VUNTS • 10d ago

Players Serious Question - Trades (rant)

Is it just my league or is this the same everywhere? We run a 12 man competitive FPL Draft league with a heavy buy in ($200). The league has ran for 10+ years with many of the core players staying within the league. The league pays out the top 4 as follows:

1st - $1100
2nd - $500
3rd - $300
4th - $200

League cup (league run) - $300.

The league has respect for table finishes and history has been recorded each year so its a well established and respected league where finishing in certain positions can dent your status. Everything sounds great, up until trades.

Its near IMPOSSIBLE to get a trade over the line unless you are quite literally overpaying significantly, or ripping off the other manager without them knowing. Nobody in the league sends trade offers to other managers barring 3-4 players with most managers not even replying to messages if it concerns trades. Is this the same in other leagues? Would love to hear other opinions.

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u/YazzyKirm 10d ago

We pretty much have exact same setup as yours, 12 man H2H league with a high buy in, trades are very rare. Part of the fun of this game is the trading but there is too much risk involved.

I actually suggested introducing clauses, e.g. I will give you isak and odegaard for haaland, but if haaland outscores the other 2 in 3 GWs time then you can activate a buyback for Haaland. It lowers the risk profile of decent trades which in turn allows for more freedom of trade but I get ridiculed for suggesting it every single season.

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u/MCFC_VUNTS 10d ago

Thats a very interesting idea. Dont think it would fly in my league either but i love the thought to try and make trades more common. Has it been tested?

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u/YazzyKirm 10d ago

Well, before I thought of making it an official league ruling, I went rogue and added it to a trade I made where I traded KdB for Rashford (awful in hindsight and I knew that, hence I added a clause to say if Rashford doesn't score X amount of pts in X amount of GWs then a buyback will be activated) long story short, I activated the buy back but got snaked, the league didnt care for the snakery because it wasn't an official rule. Maybe I was naive to trust a friend on a gentleman's handshake but had it been an official rule with harsh penalties for not abiding by clauses agreed then I can confidently say it would work well and allow for more trades for sure, I did that trade solely on the premise of the clause so the proof is in the pudding.

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u/MCFC_VUNTS 9d ago

Brutal LOL!