Now after learning of the new rules, I think the rule is a complete JOKE. Why in God's name would you not be able to trade other players on your team if you made a 2part trade involving different players?
That makes ZERO sense, I think is a farce, and I condemn it to hell. Seriouly, I was under the impression that the penalty meant you cannot trade the players involved in that particular 2-part deal for 48 hours, and I was ALL FOR IT. But after learning it means your entire team is basically put on STALL MODE and you can't trade some other player not even involded in that said 2part trade, well that is entirely stupid.
I am with Boozy, if he's trading players that weren't actually apart of his previous trade with the penalty(on those players) I would let the trade through.
Would you rather change the rule to simply no multi-part trades? Because I'd be more for that than I would be just for only the players involved - which isn't really a penalty at all.
The most important part, and I think you're not making a lot of sense here, is that you seem to think that which you side you believe the rule should be effects if Boozy should be a mod or not. The fact is that he didn't challenge the rule until it effected him. Everyone followed the rule before him and now that it's his turn to pay a penalty it should be changed? That's a farce if I ever saw one.
How is penalizing the payers involved not a penalty?
I know so many GM's that trade for a certain player and are only doing so because another GM wants that said player, so he does that trade and then trades that same player to the other GM. Thus, locking any player involved int he trade.
Here's just my recent example(*I just did this trade)
Sacramento Send:
Lamar Odom $11,400,000 (1)
Kirk Hinrich $10,000,000 (4)
2009 1st Round Pick (Via Sacramento)
Beno Udrih $5,500,000 5
Tayshaun Prince $9,500,000 (3)
Philly Send:
Steve Nash $12,250,000 (2)
Marreese Speights $1,285,500 (2+2TO)
Jamaal Magloire $1,141,838 (1)
Eduardo Najera $3,250,000 (3)
Kevin Martin $9,260,335 (4)
2nd Trade
Sacramento Sends:
Eduardo Najera $3,250,000 (3)
Kevin Martin $9,260,335 (4)
Philly Sends:
Tayshaun Prince $9,500,000 (3)
Beno Udrih $5,500,000 5
2 part trade, yes. SO ALL players in that trade are on 48 hour lock. It does hurt me, cuz now I can't trade Kmart like I was shopping/talking and trying to do for 2 days because he was in it(even though he was just traded back to me in the trade). So it is still a penalty, same goes for MF and Prince.
But after doing that, your sayig I can't shop Mike Miller, who was playing 18 holes at Riviera while this trade went down(and had nothing to do with it) is what makes nos ense.