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Fantasy football made headlines on the baseball field during the Memorial Day weekend when Tommy Pham of the Cincinnati Reds and Joc Pederson of the San Francisco Giants had an altercation about an issue in a league they were in last season. We have since learned that Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout is the commissioner of that league, when Pham threw him under the bus.
What’s Trout got to do with it?
Trout’s response: “Every commissioner I know always gets booed.”
So what do veteran fantasy football players think of this story? We turned to our ESPN analysts — most of which are currently fantasy commissioners and have been playing for decades — to get their take on what is suddenly the world’s most famous dysfunctional fantasy football league.
As a fantasy football analyst, what has been your reaction to this story?
Mike Clay: It wouldn’t be fantasy sports without the occasional drama, right? This is a tough one to judge since we don’t know their rules (per ESPN regulations, Pederson did nothing wrong, but Pham claims the league had its own amendments). Of course, I can’t imagine moving one player to IR to pick someone up off waivers had a major impact on the league standings, so I’m as surprised as Pederson that this popped up a half-year after the fact.
Matt Bowen: Very simple here – no one really wants to be the commish of a fantasy league. The heat coming down on Trout is the same stuff we hear in our home leagues, right? Whether it’s scoring structure, roster size, the IR spot(s), waivers, etc. There are always complaints. Ask my cousin Michael who has run our league here in Chicago for 10-plus years. By Week 4, we all have something to tell him.
Matthew Berry: It’s the greatest example ever that leagues need to have clear rules and a strong commish. Trout clearly didn’t do enough here to make a clear ruling. That said, six months is a long time to hold a grudge about a league you quit (Pham left the league midway through). And come on, what’s the point of…
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Source : espn
