Poll: Reducing Required Vetoes

[Ben (Rays GM)]

There was some discussion about reducing the required number of vetoes. Currently the veto rule reads as follows:

Once a trade is posted by one team, it must be confirmed by the other team. After the second team confirms, 24 hours must pass before the trade becomes official. During that time, the trade will be under review and may be vetoed by the league. Eight vetoes cancels the trade, and one veto extends the review period from 24 hours to 48 hours.

At this time, the options are reducing the number of vetoes to 6 or 5.

Scoring this poll (I'm only posting this now for posterity, you do not need to read the rest of this post at this time):

If the total number of votes for options A (5 votes) and B (6 votes) exceed the votes for option C (8 votes), we will reduce the number (even if option C has more votes than A or B do on their own). For us to keep the total at 8 votes, C needs to have a majority. However, in that case, all votes for C will count toward option B. In other words:

A: 8 votes
B: 7 votes
C: 10 votes

In this scenario, 15 people voted to reduce while 10 voted to keep it as is. Therefore, we will reduce the total, even though C had the plurality of votes. However, since it's fair to assume all 10 of the votes for C would have chosen B over A, B ends up the winning vote (ironic, but even though it had the lowest total, it's safe to consider it the best compromise).

A scenario in which A would win might look as follows:

A: 15 votes
B: 6 votes
C: 4 votes

Similarly, a scenario in which C would win might look as follows:

A: 5 votes
B: 4 votes
C: 16 votes

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Obviously, if vetoes do get reduced it won't apply to any current trades (or any trades posted between now and the closing of the poll)

[Ben (Rays GM)]

With 17 votes in favor of reducing against 0 votes in favor of keeping it as is, we will definitely be reducing the number of vetoes.

Given the lead that 6 votes has over 5, we're going to reduce to 6 vetoes. This is effective immediately for all trades posted after this time.