Hodges could make his request and the contestant has until the end of that days voting to comply or put his player into that nights draft.
A player swap would need to be confirmed before the next round starts or that player is released and paid out x percentage of his salary.
Just another way to keep the game ticking over at night after the days play.
Just spitballing- all good if that’s getting a bit too complicated.
Kia ora Defence
I don't support player swaps or trades as being a part of this game. They tend to benefit the two parties involved but the other contestants get left behind somewhat. For trades to be a part of the game there would need to be ubiquitous trading where everyone is doing it so everyone gets to benefit from trading - rather than there only be two or three trades all game long.
Your other idea about the player forfeited being put into the next day's draft interests me. That could be an extra penalty in a way. Not only do you forfeit the player but player X goes into the next days draft so your competitor gets to have him and not you personally, since you forfeited him, you are not allowed to bid on him. I think that adds a bit more of a penalty than only forfeiting the player, is FOMO the right term the youngsters say these days?
Regarding Wizards idea of a handling fee I don't favour this unless it is really low like $50,000 otherwise you are impacting the fines tajhay would charge. Tajhay would know you either pay his fee or play a handling fee of $200,000 so he is going to make all his fees over $200,000 which is starting to get prescriptive and takes away from tajhay's degrees of freedom to use a mathematics term.
Regarding tajhay's ideas
If I read correctly that they not be allowed to purchase another Hodges player if they forfeit one. What do other people think of this? My knee jerk reaction is that it is a bit stiff of a penalty however from the Hodges agency perspective this is what would happen in real life if you didn't cooperate with them. What are people's thoughts on this? Or alternatively Tajhay mentioned being stricter on you in the future on any other players you acquire maybe that is a better compromise although less consistent and transparent in its application.
My Recommendations
You can say no to a Hodges Agency ultimatum with the following consequences
1) You Forfeit the player
2) You get all your money back
3) There is no transaction or handling fee
4) The player goes into the draft the next day regardless of what letters are up for grabs. You may not bid on him or acquire him.
5) You are still allowed to acquire future Hodges players but Chris Hodges has a memory and may be stiffer on you in the future.
6) If condition 4 happens the new owner MUST accept the penalty with no opt out. Potential bidders should mentally prepare for the penalty and be willing to accept it. If the penalty was heavily customised to the previous owner then Chris Hodges will re-customise a similar penalty for the new owner and the new bidders will have an idea of the type of penalty to expect.
The penalties are threefold
You forfeit the player, someone else gets player X instead of you the next day, and Chris Hodges is cross with you.
