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MolsonInBothHands · 03-04-2013, 01:01 PM

I don't buy the thinking that he was willing to lose the picks, and it isn't surprising those quips are mostly coming from posters who would have like to have seen Feaster removed before the offer sheet was made in the first place.

I still contend it was EITHER they had no idea waivers was a possibility because they didn't know about ROR playing after the season started OR they had considered it a possiblity, but were very confident the MOU protected them from that outcome. In my opinion the spirit of the agreement very much comes into play here, due to the awkward wording of the clauses in question. I also think Feaster had a pretty good resource available to reveal the intent of the applicable MOU clause: Murray Edwards. Feaster has successfully interpreted the rules before to his advantage - getting to Cervenka, before other teams thought it was allowed. I don't think Feaster ever thought the picks were at risk. It looked like a much bigger gamble from the outside looking in, but we have no idea what the discussion went like on the inside.

For that reason, I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in this case. It isn't with 100% certainty, but it is a black and white question, fire or don't fire. Right now I am leaning towards don't fire.

03-04-2013, 01:01 PM	#1702
MolsonInBothHands First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2002 Exp:	I don't buy the thinking that he was willing to lose the picks, and it isn't surprising those quips are mostly coming from posters who would have like to have seen Feaster removed before the offer sheet was made in the first place. I still contend it was EITHER they had no idea waivers was a possibility because they didn't know about ROR playing after the season started OR they had considered it a possiblity, but were very confident the MOU protected them from that outcome. In my opinion the spirit of the agreement very much comes into play here, due to the awkward wording of the clauses in question. I also think Feaster had a pretty good resource available to reveal the intent of the applicable MOU clause: Murray Edwards. Feaster has successfully interpreted the rules before to his advantage - getting to Cervenka, before other teams thought it was allowed. I don't think Feaster ever thought the picks were at risk. It looked like a much bigger gamble from the outside looking in, but we have no idea what the discussion went like on the inside. For that reason, I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in this case. It isn't with 100% certainty, but it is a black and white question, fire or don't fire. Right now I am leaning towards don't fire.