# Controversy Index

- **2018** - **Keeper count rule fight**. The league debated expanding keepers, with a poll favoring three but nearby discussion still arguing for two and clarifying fresh-league draft assumptions. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:152220881054183003`, `msg:152224045660935157`, `msg:152224881379444022`, `poll:1522248813770518`, `msg:152224939746143045`, `msg:152225026962778556`.
- **2018** - **Utility roster spot vote**. Managers disputed whether rosters should use one or two utility spots before the draft; a poll and commissioner comments settled on two. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:152207484399225157`, `msg:152207588148017382`, `poll:1522075881444049`, `msg:152216195892697302`, `msg:152216293658399676`.
- **2019** - **Draft-pick trade sanctions unresolved**. The illegal draft-pick/keeper dispute produced a doubled-fine poll, but the fine-amount poll had no votes and later buy-in/punishment messages stayed evidence-poor. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `poll:1565803327768119`, `poll:1565803509143080`, `msg:156570540561146373`, `msg:156580332783663974`, `msg:156580350916253974`.
- **2019** - **Eddie Rosario accidental drop**. Nate claimed Eddie Rosario was removed from his roster by a glitch or hack, triggering waiver-position objections, a league straw poll, and a later decision to add Rosario back. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:156350604151139447`, `msg:156350618061183974`, `msg:156351054688110250`, `msg:156353811626567097`, `msg:156356187001471985`, `poll:1563561869992159`, `msg:156374333928363974`, `msg:156374638816267097`, `organized/_global/external-media-downloads/156339281952350250.jpg`.
- **2019** - **Seamus-Craig draft-pick trade**. A draft-pick/Yelich keeper dispute escalated into claims that Seamus and Craig made an illegal or collusive trade, with polls opened on fines and whether collusion doubled the penalty. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:156570520147236373`, `msg:156570540561146373`, `msg:156580235663896373`, `msg:156580332783663974`, `poll:1565803327768119`, `msg:156580350916253974`, `poll:1565803509143080`.
- **2020** - **Draft-pick trades reversed**. The prior draft-pick trades and Yelich keeper implications were reopened; managers debated legality, sanctions, keeper compensation, and Craig's ultimatum before a 5-3 vote reversed the trade. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:158453766858355028`, `msg:158454100469447552`, `msg:158454549308893860`, `msg:158454683539145500`, `organized/_global/external-media-downloads/158454683539145500.jpg`, `msg:158477963629057582`, `msg:158541055106062087`.
- **2021** - **Acuna can't-cut question**. Managers questioned how Skly was able to drop a first-round player and whether a future pick penalty or can't-cut exception should apply. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:162677959372417708`, `msg:162680849300076562`, `msg:162680862072251214`, `msg:162680904000552430`, `msg:162681162802573631`.
- **2021** - **Low-IP strategy investigation**. A screenshot prompted questions about whether a pitching strategy should be illegal, with follow-up discussion pointing to the low weekly innings minimum and winter-meeting rule changes. Status: `needs human review` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:162749660904970029`, `39403408/gallery/162749660904970029_2016x980.2d094a0f5fb04633a0fd9898c9ee1c62.jpeg`, `msg:162749673225099106`, `msg:162751160394492364`, `msg:162786759095264218`, `39403408/gallery/162786759095264218_1170x2532.80fcd7cbf6cd49769f716c2dc284bfa1.jpeg`.
- **2022** - **Barlow-Ohtani veto**. A trade involving Barlow/Ohtani drew veto and unveto requests, comparisons to the Seamus/Craig trade, and questions about whether Seamus could trade before fulfilling punishment. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `low` Evidence: `msg:165334204656487004`, `msg:165334214106362344`, `msg:165334282179621116`, `msg:165334289085947004`.
- **2022** - **Donaldson discipline passed narrowly**. The poll favored fining or suspending Brad for Donaldson 3-2, and a later league notice threatened penalties for rostering Donaldson by Sunday, but the exact applied penalty is not shown. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `poll:1653617660270531`, `msg:165361766032372875`, `msg:165486749756793576`, `39403408/gallery/165361817384549744_667x287.0ef590c672dc409abbaf6a1dba32fd01.jpeg`.
- **2022** - **Donaldson roster sanction vote**. Brad's roster spot for Josh Donaldson led to sanction polls and later demands for an investigation into whether he dropped Donaldson. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:165361766032372875`, `poll:1653617660270531`, `msg:165362224329525073`, `msg:165367932908346414`, `msg:165409262592314281`.
- **2022** - **League-wide collusion claims**. Late-season messages accused multiple managers and the league office of collusion, but the source bundle does not show a formal ruling or remediation. Status: `unresolved` Confidence: `low` Evidence: `msg:166239855102840361`, `msg:166239858845645565`, `msg:166242042383333215`.
- **2023** - **FAAB and paid moves rejected**. A waiver-wire complaint raised FAAB-style budgeting, and the winter poll on $1 free-agent moves with a $25 starting budget failed narrowly. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:168961219340278339`, `39403408/gallery/168961219340278339_1170x2532.d2d27edab5054703b3224aec3f94814c.jpeg`, `msg:170344407757060986`, `poll:1703444077550681`, `msg:170382601737376461`.
- **2023** - **Full-roster rule confusion**. Managers asked about penalties for not submitting a full roster and later accused teams of exceeding bench limits, but nearby evidence suggests the roster penalty was not clearly ratified into the handbook. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:168020861616194345`, `msg:168020893384737919`, `msg:168020907624754257`, `39403408/gallery/168020907624754257_1332x2370.9d0744500aa5449f98f64036607002ff.jpeg`, `msg:168208510518206446`, `msg:168208616485451341`.
- **2023** - **Innings minimum reduction rejected**. The league voted on reducing the weekly minimum innings from 18 to 12; the proposal failed 7-2. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:170344414360446189`, `poll:1703444143571741`, `msg:170382601744216461`.
- **2023** - **Intentional full-lineup dispute**. Toth later asked whether Bere should automatically lose pitching categories for not setting a full lineup and objected that full lineup and innings penalties were being applied inconsistently. Status: `unresolved` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:169204051756617027`, `msg:169204058307484306`, `msg:169204067052490493`, `msg:169204247272154306`, `msg:169204279171427027`.
- **2023** - **Pitching limit not upheld**. General messages say missing minimum innings forfeits pitching categories, but the Toth v Craig poll rejected upholding the pitching limit 2-0 and commissioner-roster media complicates consistent enforcement. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `poll:1688346951363518`, `msg:168322821829067595`, `msg:168834896393689973`, `39403408/gallery/168834896393689973_1284x2778.ec74eb499fc14b39912a80970b02d8ca.jpeg`.
- **2023** - **Post-trade redraft vote**. After the Toth-Bere dispute, managers held a redraft poll; the result rejected a redraft. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:167908261437802853`, `poll:1679082614345599`, `msg:167916962269530507`.
- **2023** - **Regular-season payout formula**. A payout structure based on regular-season standings and money owed to the champion was put to a winter vote and approved by the available poll result. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:170344454981205973`, `poll:1703444549701308`, `msg:170353080566778348`.
- **2023** - **Toth-Bere trade arbitration**. Toth argued that Bere accepted and pushed through a trade after Toth withdrew, challenged Bere acting as arbiter, and opened a reversal poll; the commissioner kept the trade in place despite continued objections. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:167893163348906197`, `39403408/gallery/167893163348906197_1284x2013.dfb6d10edb9e49249722030de7b00cb4.jpeg`, `msg:167893166239339917`, `39403408/gallery/167893166239339917_992x744.456e01a68a964ae99d6482ed424677bd.jpeg`, `msg:167893257148341013`, `39403408/gallery/167893257148341013_1333x750.228d736ee24941c790a2950a8f3b9cb8.jpeg`, `msg:167898011350109917`, `msg:167898032328089660`, `39403408/gallery/167898032328089660_400x300.3cf3f5aeb38141e79d2e8826d1d24867.gif`, `poll:1678982122376037`, `msg:167902066454152914`.
- **2023** - **Toth-Craig pitching limit**. Toth sought relief from the 18-inning pitching limit against Craig, citing a full pitching roster and other managers' roster issues; the poll did not uphold the limit. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:168834675018584337`, `msg:168834695138492754`, `poll:1688346951363518`, `msg:168834896393689973`, `39403408/gallery/168834896393689973_1284x2778.ec74eb499fc14b39912a80970b02d8ca.jpeg`, `msg:168843332188328326`.
- **2023** - **Wander trade winner poll**. The earlier Wander trade remained contested into the playoffs, including an illegal-trade reminder and a poll on who won the trade. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:169473019143132431`, `msg:169504764163911802`, `poll:1695047641611043`, `msg:169513576693742113`.
- **2023** - **Wander-Xander reversal demand**. Bere later demanded a reversal of the Wander/Xander trade and accused the commissioner of inconsistency; a commissioner statement followed, but the final disposition is not fully captured in text. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:168350357842050712`, `msg:168350359422082885`, `msg:168350453312667089`, `msg:168350483407977595`, `39403408/gallery/168350483407977595_1170x2532.1a1947e3f5d7421c86499ef8d02e1208.jpeg`, `msg:168350917470257089`, `39403408/gallery/168350917470257089_540x1140.41bc933f0f5847da82ae3cd51939b470.jpeg`.
- **2024** - **Brad payout dispute**. A regular-season payout rule created a dispute over what Brad was owed, whether Craig paying $0 was fair, and whether handbook text or the poll governed Bere's amount. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:170621514116815768`, `poll:1706215141143539`, `msg:172710355223371621`, `msg:172710405792156990`, `msg:172710414732023813`, `39403408/gallery/172710414732023813_533x1024.307a358d683e4d17b1342d2348050a84.jpeg`, `msg:172720188930338669`, `msg:172720263960827095`.
- **2024** - **Champion history updated**. The 2024 handbook updates league history through 2023, recording Sky as 2022 champion, Bere as 2023 champion, and the commissioner handoff from Bere to Bregin. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `39403408/gallery/170968702522150038_The_League_2024_Fantasy_Handbook.pdf`, `organized/_global/pdf-extracts/170968702522150038_The_League_2024_Fantasy_Handbook.txt`.
- **2025** - **Full pitching roster forfeiture**. After the inning-minimum fight, the commissioner put a full-pitching-roster forfeiture rule to a vote; it passed 9-0, though later messages still questioned commissioner discretion and midseason changes. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:174923053035452935`, `msg:174923063190337094`, `poll:1749230631874620`, `msg:174944491011876669`, `msg:174986787599729770`.
- **2025** - **Outstanding trade limit**. Bere proposed increasing outstanding trade offers from seven to nine so managers could negotiate more freely; the poll passed unanimously among recorded votes. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:174829027656615955`, `msg:174829034537005691`, `poll:1748290345347995`, `msg:174837962112666823`.
- **2025** - **Pitching rule moved to 15**. A 4-2 vote reduced the minimum to 15 and added commissioner forfeiture for missing a full pitching roster; a later 9-0 vote made the full-pitching-roster forfeiture official despite disputed old meeting authority. Status: `resolved` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `poll:1748273511172107`, `poll:1749230631874620`, `msg:174769334495737523`, `msg:174774066013985097`, `msg:174923053035452935`, `39403408/gallery/174766307717119882_474x1024.d80d43ac7c2c49bbaea005a981916eca.jpeg`, `39403408/gallery/174769429034344701_1284x2778.efaf4637b9554be9b293140331480741.jpeg`, `39403408/gallery/174827428610262776_1284x2778.6852ffe65bb6418c9e4ccb629cf79f5f.jpeg`.
- **2025** - **Targeted 18-inning rule**. Toth challenged the 18-inning minimum as targeted and inconsistently enforced, called for no confidence, cited meeting-minute problems, and proposed a midseason reduction with full-roster enforcement. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:174762191111606424`, `msg:174762197072772340`, `msg:174766307717119882`, `39403408/gallery/174766307717119882_474x1024.d80d43ac7c2c49bbaea005a981916eca.jpeg`, `msg:174769310150641385`, `msg:174774066013985097`, `msg:174827335506605802`, `poll:1748273511172107`, `msg:174828423650454051`.
- **2025** - **Trade cap voted to 9**. The league voted 5-0 to raise outstanding trade offers from 7 to 9, but immediate messages questioned whether the commissioner/Yahoo settings could implement it. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `poll:1748290345347995`, `msg:174829027656615955`, `msg:174829041058320033`, `msg:174837962112666823`.
- **2026** - **Draft order and commissioner legitimacy**. Managers challenged commissioner legitimacy, draft-date communication, and how the draft order was selected, with evidence of requests for proof and complaints that order release was delayed. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:176866819089528069`, `msg:177058423359289412`, `39403408/gallery/177058423359289412_1134x2016.jpg.original`, `msg:177289532737395132`, `msg:177289558438848720`, `msg:177405326338417776`, `msg:177410528397037664`.
- **2026** - **Judge-Wood collusion allegation**. Managers asked whether Adam or Toth was running an illegal-collusion investigation into a Judge/Jimmy Wood trade. Status: `unresolved` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:178156659411863339`, `msg:178156828122857757`.
- **2026** - **Mason Miller drop reversal**. Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop was reversed by commissioner tools after a claimed phone glitch, triggering waiver objections, unfair-treatment claims from Toth, and calls for a formal explanation. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:178188253317977295`, `msg:178188302373954040`, `msg:178188316586486745`, `msg:178190002415548118`, `msg:178199487956734040`, `msg:178205477209904013`, `msg:178215372198939511`, `39403408/gallery/178199186228237367_1080x485.jpg.original`, `39403408/gallery/178209390803935265_1290x1560.jpeg.original`.
- **2026** - **Mason Miller drop reversed**. The commissioner reversed Craig's accidental Mason Miller drop and announced a forward policy for immediate technical mistakes, but Toth disputed equal treatment and manager-replacement authority, leaving fairness unresolved. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `high` Evidence: `msg:178188302373954040`, `msg:178188316586486745`, `msg:178190002415548118`, `msg:178191855368882599`, `msg:178192440605465356`, `msg:178205477209904013`, `39403408/gallery/178191870093843344_1179x2556.jpeg.original`, `39403408/gallery/178198832757082358_1179x955.jpeg.original`, `39403408/gallery/178199186228237367_1080x485.jpg.original`.
- **2026** - **Midseason owner replacement authority**. After the Mason Miller ruling, Toth quit and a new manager was announced; managers questioned whether the commissioner had authority to appoint a new owner midseason before Toth later returned. Status: `ambiguous` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:178190005885660004`, `msg:178191855368882599`, `msg:178191870093843344`, `39403408/gallery/178191870093843344_1179x2556.jpeg.original`, `msg:178192440605465356`, `msg:178224081442942675`.
- **2026** - **Post-draft opponent switch**. A manager accused Bregin of changing opponents after the draft and assigning Toth during a bad week, followed by a claim that the commissioner had already lost control. Status: `unresolved` Confidence: `medium` Evidence: `msg:177446176158109172`, `39403408/gallery/177446176158109172_1170x382.jpeg.original`, `msg:177449021642391318`, `msg:177449024315205174`.