(12-24-2020, 01:33 AM)AdamS Wrote: So in layman's terms, the appeals team position is "we're staying the fuck out of this, leave us alone".
Perfectly reasonable.
In layman's terms, we deal with particular cases, not generalized grievances. In its history, appeals team tended to stay out of appeals unrelated to a punishment post. Now, we have started to expand to accepting appeals that are unrelated to punishments because of the effect on the league, among other criteria. We have no problem tackling the issue head on, but when the appealing team and player managed to resolve the ongoing issue with a trade, the effect on the league is now minimal.
While I originally drafted a longer response here, I am not the head of the team, and I don't feel comfortable speaking on behalf of the team outside of speaking about the decision that was made. So, I'll leave it at that.