Commish Lock Out Options

[theeohiostate]

I would like to have a few of you vets chime in on this topic.


If the commish lock out access is enabled, can a commish alter lineups, view transactions, view pending trades, or cheat in any way ?


I have a league that I did some template work on and this question seems to have been brought up. To make the owners feel safe, the commish lock out was enabled, but I guess some do not get it and are questioning the use of a commish signing in.


Please shed some light , so I may link this post for them. Hopefully Kevin, Mike or Chris can answer this as well to give real MFL credibility to this post.


Thanks,
TOS

[sladog]

With the Commish lock out enabled, the Commish does not have access to individual team functions (other than for his own team). So when enabled, he cannot do anything another owner cannot do (and vice versa, he can do whatever functions the other owners can do).

It is important to be able to log in as Commish to perform any tweaking that the league needs, such as changing league rules as necessary (because things always come up that are not covered explicitly, but are understood), adjusting scores (in case the scoring rules don't cover a specific situation), setting up the playoff brackets, etc.

Even on ESPN, where League Managers are more limited, there are certain LM tools available. So a Commish will always have more abilities than a regular owners. But the lock out prevents a Commish from any inside information (he can only see trade offers in which he is involved, he cannot see other owners' waiver requests - except afterwards through previously processed waivers).

Also, when the Commish must go in and perform owner functions (such as submit a lineup for someone whose computer is down), the Commish must disable the lock out, perform the function(s) and then re-enable the lock out. All owners are automatically e-mailed a notification whenever the lock out status changes (either way). So they will know when the Commish has the lock out disabled. I usually send an e-mail myself letting everyone know why I disabled the lock out.

The owners in one of my leagues have always been a bit paranoid (mostly just 2 or 3 of them), so after our first year with MFL I started using the Commish lock out - and they have no problems anymore.

[bonscott]

You probably want to send in a ticket since support doesn't really monitor these forums.

But from the help file, question on preventing the Commish from seeing waivers:

The commissioner can enable the "Commissioner Lockout" feature in the Abilities Setup screen. This will still allow the commissioner to perform all commissioner necessary functions, but all owner related functions will need to be accessed as an owner. For the waivers, the commissioner will still be able to process waivers (if desired) after the deadline, but no waivers can be viewed prior to the deadline.

So to me this means that the commish cannot do any owner functions, including submitting lineups and so forth, unless he's logged on as an owner. I guess don't tell your owners that you can in fact log on as each team with your commish password.

I think the commish job has to come with some trust. And if the owners in your league don't trust the commish then there may be some deeper issues going on.

Good luck!

[theeohiostate]

Thanks fellas. I emailed Kevin , but I'm sure he reiterate what we already know about this subject again.

This post is for those without our knowledge of the MFL setup and gives them comfort that the commish will not have any hidden or undislosed advantages.......................Provide the Lockout feature is enabled, or marked as YES.

If your league does not have this feature enabled, then your commissioner can gain an unfair advantage, should he choose to.

[joe.commish]

So to me this means that the commish cannot do any owner functions, including submitting lineups and so forth, unless he's logged on as an owner. I guess don't tell your owners that you can in fact log on as each team with your commish password.

When the lockout is enabled, you can't even use the commish password to login as an owner. You are forced to turn the setting off if you need to do anything for a team. The only way to log on as an owner with the setting on is if you actually had the owner's password.

[bonscott]

So to me this means that the commish cannot do any owner functions, including submitting lineups and so forth, unless he's logged on as an owner. I guess don't tell your owners that you can in fact log on as each team with your commish password.

When the lockout is enabled, you can't even use the commish password to login as an owner. You are forced to turn the setting off if you need to do anything for a team. The only way to log on as an owner with the setting on is if you actually had the owner's password.

Good to know. I don't have this commish lockout setting enabled on my league so I wasn't sure. Our league is 10 years old and since I used to do everything by hand back in the day it's not a problem today.

[joe.commish]

Good to know. I don't have this commish lockout setting enabled on my league so I wasn't sure. Our league is 10 years old and since I used to do everything by hand back in the day it's not a problem today.

The only reason I use it is because we have blind bidding and I don't want to even know what everyone else is bidding even by accident. When I did them manually, I would actually over-compensate and I found myself just not bidding on guys that I otherwise would have just because I didn't want to even put it in my owner's heads that I may have taken advantage of it. No one ever accused me of anything, I just didn't even like the thought that it could become an issue.

Now, I bid away with impunity. I know I am on the same level as they are and I can point to that setting should it ever come up. Not that I think it ever would. Just gives me piece of mind.

[bonscott]

Good to know. I don't have this commish lockout setting enabled on my league so I wasn't sure. Our league is 10 years old and since I used to do everything by hand back in the day it's not a problem today.

The only reason I use it is because we have blind bidding and I don't want to even know what everyone else is bidding even by accident. When I did them manually, I would actually over-compensate and I found myself just not bidding on guys that I otherwise would have just because I didn't want to even put it in my owner's heads that I may have taken advantage of it. No one ever accused me of anything, I just didn't even like the thought that it could become an issue.

Now, I bid away with impunity. I know I am on the same level as they are and I can point to that setting should it ever come up. Not that I think it ever would. Just gives me piece of mind.

Definitely a good reason. Our waivers are a lottery each week and the guys email me their picks. I email my picks to myself just in case there are any questions. So luckily I don't have to worry about bidding. If I did, I'd probably have the lockout feature on as well.

[Dwight]

Plus, every time you lock OR unlock the ability, everyone in your league gets an email telling on you!

Dwight