# The ethics of including a cut as part of a trade proposal?

**URL:** https://community.ottoneu.com/t/the-ethics-of-including-a-cut-as-part-of-a-trade-proposal/9901
**Category:** Trade Reviews
**Created:** [August 25, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/the-ethics-of-including-a-cut-as-part-of-a-trade-proposal/9901 "2021-08-25T17:37:05Z")
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### Author: ![nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/user_avatar/community.ottoneu.com/nivshah/32/613_2.png) [@nivshah](https://community.ottoneu.com/u/nivshah)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/the-ethics-of-including-a-cut-as-part-of-a-trade-proposal/9901/2 "2021-08-25T17:47:32Z")

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Here is a conversation about this from a little bit ago:

> [@Trading players with the express intent of cutting them](https://community.ottoneu.com/t/trading-players-with-the-express-intent-of-cutting-them/9169):
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> Hi Niv, we’re having a debate over in league 977 about a move that it seems like you’re describing here, where two teams [traded](https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/977/viewtrade?id=66183&pending=1) with the intent to cut and then re-buy the play, effectively getting around the 30 day penalty. A lot of the teams in the league are ok with this, but some of us feels like it undermines the 30 day penalty. As you’ve discussed above, this is a pretty important part of Ottoneu. Is this something you’ve dealt with before? Should their be a mechanism to prevent this, or …

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