Late Lineups discussion

[Steve]

Week 3
I recieved all lineups from everyone except George.
Per rule lineups have to be in by Friday 10PM for weekend games.
I tried to call george and left a message, giving him a extra Hour, Still no line up.
So he will be givin last weeks lineup.
I try to give warnings and try to contact people 1 time. George used his warning on week 1.

I am not going to sit here waiting for lineups on saturdays or sundays Not my responsibility.


Does everyone agree with this???

Steve

[Steve]

Sorry Steve,
MY job just gave me a promotion to plant foreman.Witch means working all hours of the day and night.I just got off at 1230 am.Ill do better next time If its not to late the only change I would like to make is at QB to Mark Brunell this week.
Thanks. George

This is the e-mail i got from George this morning.

This kinda puts me in a spot as to what to do. It seems by Georges e-mail that he had to work late and could not get his lineup in on time, I think because he had to work there was nothing he could do but get me his lineup as soon as he could, which he did, ( I know by the time his e-mail was sent), For this reason I have decided to give him his lineup.

I think that there will be times for everyone that stuff like this will happen, I have to take these things in stride and make my best judgments.

Everyone is good at getting thier lineups in on time, some get them in as early as Wednesday and some wait til the last moment. All I ask is to try to think ahead, And if you want to use the lineup from last week to please let me know dont make me guess, this is not hard to do.

Thanks All
Steve

[meanmachine]

this is BULLSHIT you had all week to get your lineup in ......... we make these rules for a reason. this league is for money and thats why we make rules .. now since your lineup got let in LATE all someone has to say if they forget is a good excuse ............... THIS right here is why the other years people have bitched .. WE MAKE RULES FOR A REASON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what the rule says is what should be done no judgement calls ............

[meanmachine]

its just we start breakin rules or letting this slide will just cause trouble.. we all have busy lives work kids etc... get it in by weds and if you want to change it before the deadline thats fine ..... but letting this thing go will just cause trouble down the road ..

[Steve]

I knew in the back of my mind not to fuck with the rules, I felt I was doing the right thing, I now dont know if I did.
My intension was to be as fair as I can be, I also see now by Mean machines reply that maybe I made a mistake because he makes a good point rules are there for a reason, & I bent those rules. And this is a money game.

My first mistake is that when I talked to george Saturday morning, Is that he got his lineup in as soon as he got home, i did not actually look at the time I took it for granted, See His e-mail at home.centurytel.net/SlydersPlace/gem.htm

My second mistake was that I did not abide by the rules, The rules state
Starting line up has to be in by Friday night for Weekend games and by Wednesday night For Thursday games, ECT
NO Lineups will be accepted after Friday or Wednesday 10 PM, It is your responsibility to Get Your lineups In ON TIME
NO EXCEPTIONS if you do not get your lineup in on time you will be given your previous weeks lineup.

My third mistake was to make the decision without confronting any other members in the league before making my decision.

That said
My decision has now caused someone to have a loss that they should not have, and in a money game that was and is not right.

So I Called george and Asked him to tell me when he put in his lineup, He said he got home shortly after 12:30 Got up around 5am and thats when he sent in his lineup after he saw the message i left on his phone friday night.

After talking to george I went to actually look at the time on his e-mail, as you can see by the link above his e-mail was at 5:31 Am
(My first mistake).


Mean Machines complaint is not that he lost, its because I did not follow the rules, which caused him to get a loss, because George should have been playing Bledsoe because that was what was in his previous weeks lineup, and he did not have his lineup in on time

To rectift this situation I beleave that I should put georges lineup back to what it should be to make things right.

I would like to have everyons opinion on this .

I am not going to finish this weeks results until this is solved


Sorry to George & jason for my mistakes

Steve

From this time foreward I will not accept lineups after 10 per the rules

[jinnae]

My only question is what time did he turn in his line up? If it was after work I would understand BUT if he waited 10 hours because he forgot Then I AGREE with you. SAT morning or afternoon IS NOT exceptable!!!

[jinnae]

Sorry you posted the same time I was typing.

[jinnae]

I think to make it fair there should be a vote with everyone in the leage.

[meanmachine]

only thing else im going to say is that rules are there for a reason .........

its not really I lost but its the fact that the rule was broken for me to get my loss ..

[Steve]

he sent his e-mail at 5:31 Sat Am

[Steve]

I agree we all should vote.
My vote is to Put Georges lineup Back to previous week, because it was Sat morning when he submitted it.

[jinnae]

I dont know its a hard call on both ends.. Is the same kind of thing gona happen when entry fees are due?

[Melissas Malisha]

I think if you talked to George and let him know the situation that Jason lost due to his late line up, he would on his own, understand and have his original line up reinstated. I agree that rules are set so that this kind of thing does not happen. I also want to thank you Steve for doing such a fantastic job for our fantasy football league. I'm sorry that you had to make a last minute decision and I would have made the same one. I would have needed to take it back however because it did make the difference in a win or lose. Now everybody knows when the line ups need to be in and the consequences if they are not. I ask that everybody be responsible for there line ups getting in on time so that Steve doesn't need to be doing more than he already does for us.
Thank you
Melissa's Malisha

[meanmachine]

i agree melissa thx steve for all you do and you shouldnt have to do this . and at mid season cookout everybody better pay thats what we all agreed to do so lets stick to our word and the rules of our league other wise its not worth it to play .............

[nitemare]

All I know is that i am 3 and 0 kick'in ass and taking names. I personally dont care wich line-up you use jason desesevers to lose. His team sucks and he has no game anyway. Sorry jinnae for whooping your ass this week, but i have to do what i have to do. Now as far as paying at the cook out you all might as well just pay me. Save us all some time. I only except cash no checks please. Thank you all for playing and it has been fun.


Just kidding jason i think it was a tough call for steve, and i know he would have did it for any of us. I personally in georges position would now be pissed knowing my line-up was accepted and thinking I won. However i guess everyone is right in the fact that rules are rules.I just ask everyone how they would feel if it had happened to them. Cause lets not forget this is now affecting a win lose issue for george. Finally i back steves decision either way. It just needs to be the same for everyone. Sorry george i vote in jasons favor.