Las Vegas Legion Cap Hit and KCKolbe Bet

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Correct.


For example, during S1. Ethan Hunt was traded to the sabercats. He then expressed interest that he did not want to play for this team and wanted to be traded elsewhere. This was not ideal for the sabercats but he was acting on his own and wasn't influenced by an outside force. This isn't breaking the rules.

Now if he expressed this interest because another GM said "hey come play for us" and did it because an outside force was acting upon him in an unfair manner. This isn't ok.  The Varga Cushing bet is an outside force, that resulted in kckolbe being forced to leave against his will. He can still do whatever he wants because he has his autonomy back.

I'll admit I'm not the most active or up to date user but wasn't the bet to be executed when the players hit free agency, thereby making all this talk of hold outs and forcing trades irrelevant? From the bet thread with emphasis added:

kckolbe and RavensFanFromOntario - If the Legion win two or more games over the course of S3 and S4, Cushing will sign as a free agent in Las Vegas. If not, Varga has to come to Yellowknife as a free agent.

In addition he wasn't being "forced to leave against his will" unless you think he was coerced into making the bet he offered. Assuming he voluntarily entered into that bet you can't give him "his autonomy back" because he never lost it, except for what he gave up on his own accord (ie: exercising said autonomy).

I don't have a problem with the bet being nullified because from what I understand the other player in the bet retired but the arguments in support of nullification posted in this thread leave much to be desired. I also disagree with the blanket ban on free agency bets because I thought the Cushing bet was one of the most interesting storylines of the season and if the number of wins needed was, say, 4 it would've gotten even more interesting next season.