ILB has come to another fork in the road

Yogi Berra told us that if you came across a fork in the road, you should take it. It's not that easy in this situation.

A new breed of player-to-be-named-later (PTBNL) trades have influxed ILB thus altering the humble workings of the league. Instead of a random player, teams are trading someone for one season to a team that is on the verge of the playoffs. After the year is over, the same player returns back to his hometeam. Everyone is happy except the player's wife, kids, and real estate agent. Owner's are shaking hands with their players and telling them, "See you next year." But is it fair?

Is it fair that one team will be super-human one year (Nebraska) and the next year, one team will monopolize on first round amateur draft picks (Glenview Cubs)?

I don't think so. I think some clubs are missing the playoffs who have decent teams (Kansas) but have competition who goes out and rents their entire roster.

This is where the league should intervene. A clause should be set up where a player who is traded can not play on the team he was traded from for X amount of years. This would eliminate most of the problem. However; rounders like Glenview Cubs owner Charlie Semar would make intricate trade plans with more than one team so that everyone would be happy. So how do you fix this?

Injuries.

Injuries are the only way that all of this can stop. Once one player tears his ACL lifting his big screen TV on to the U-Haul truck while he is moving back to the team he was on a year ago, owners will think twice before engaging in a PTBNL deal.

It's the only fair way.