Waxball
Waxball bylaws
The official trade rules, review process, and competitive-integrity standards for Waxball.
Waxball operates under the principle that every manager has the right to manage their own roster.
Managers may value players differently, take risks, or simply make a trade that other managers believe is a bad decision.
There is no requirement that a trade be considered “fair” by the Commissioner or by the league.
Waxball is a no veto league.
The Commissioner, Miles Elliot, will not have the authority to veto a trade solely through belief one side received more value than the other.
Commissioner intervention will be reserved exclusively for violations of competitive integrity, including collusion, roster dumping, roster sharing, or other agreements in which managers are not acting independently in the interest of their own teams.
Every trade will undergo a trade review window, in which the entire league will be able to witness an impending trade on Sleeper before the Commissioner confirms it.
This gives league managers a chance to discuss impending trades before they are approved and will prevent any illegal trades.
The trade review window will last 24 hours from when the trade is proposed until it is ultimately processed. The Commissioner may approve a trade before the 24 hour window is up at his discretion, after he believes all eyes have seen it.
Both league managers involved in a trade have the ability to back out of the trade before the 24 hour window is up. This gives room for the league to share their opinion on any trade and for both managers to hear all opinions before fully committing. Once a trade is processed, it is final.
In the case of a trade proposal close to kickoff, the Commissioner may approve a trade after 10 minutes of it being proposed. This shortened Trade Review Window will only be in effect with trade proposals made the day of kickoff.
Managers are permitted to privately send potential or completed trades to the Commissioner and ask for his opinion or advice as a friend and fellow fantasy football player.
Providing this advice does not give the Commissioner the right to subsequently veto the trade because of his personal assessment of its fairness.
If both managers independently agree to a trade, the fact that the Commissioner advised one of them beforehand is not by itself grounds to invalidate the trade.
Collusion occurs when two or more managers cooperate in a way designed to improperly benefit one team or manipulate the competitive balance of the league.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
A manager may not deliberately transfer valuable players away without a genuine fantasy-football reason in order to benefit another manager.
This includes a manager who is eliminated, nearly eliminated, facing the punishment, leaving the league, or otherwise no longer personally invested in winning intentionally giving useful players to another team.
The violation occurs only when the purpose of the transaction is to improperly assist another team rather than improve, restructure, or otherwise legitimately manage one’s own roster.
Players may not be loaned, rented, or temporarily transferred between teams.
Examples include:
Every trade must be permanent at the time it is made.
Nothing prevents the same players from legitimately being traded again, provided there was no prior agreement or understanding that they would be returned.
Every manager must operate their own team independently and with the objective of improving their own competitive position.
Managers may discuss trades, strategy, waiver targets, start/sit decisions, and player values with one another.
Managers may not give another manager control over their roster, coordinate ownership of players, or make transactions primarily for another team’s benefit.
If there is a legitimate allegation of collusion, roster dumping, roster sharing, or another competitive-integrity violation, the Commissioner may temporarily pause or reverse the relevant transaction while the matter is reviewed.
Relevant evidence may include:
Managers involved in the transaction should be given an opportunity to explain the legitimate reasoning behind it.
If the Commissioner ever suspects collusion or other illegal activity, the final decision will be the result of a vote from the league, not including the accused.
Unequivocal collusion, deliberate roster dumping, roster sharing, player lending, or another intentional scheme to circumvent fair competition is considered one of the most serious violations of league rules.
The punishment for an unequivocal violation is removal from the Waxball Fantasy Football League.
Where appropriate, the offending transaction may also be reversed and any resulting roster consequences corrected by the Commissioner.
Because removal from the league is an extreme penalty, this punishment is intended for clear and intentional violations rather than disputed trade valuations, misunderstandings, or questionable managerial decisions.