Trade Deadline
Moderator: Executive Committee
Trade Deadline
What do you guys think about changing the deadline (starting next year) from Aug 31 to Labor Day? Almost everyone would have the day off, might lead to a more active trade day. And while some may be away for Labor Day weekend, as is 2/7ths of the time the trade deadline will come on Sat or Sun of Labor Day weekend anyway as is.
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Re: Trade Deadline
I don't really have a position on it. I think 8/31 is pretty clean as it is. There are like 10 months a year to make deals and we're a month after MLB anyway, so I don't think more time is really an issue.
Re: Trade Deadline
One other aspect of changing the deadline: usually MLB has a full slate of games on Labor Day. We can add that one extra day in to the sim schedule as the normal Sunday, then get a new DB out on Tuesday with all the new transactions in place to start up Tuesday's games with.