ROTISSERIE: Considering amnesty

Labor strife, like that which threatened to derail the current NFL and NBA seasons, brings little joy to the average fan. "Wake me when the games start" is a common sentiment.

However, fantasy players can salvage one benefit from all the rancor over how to divide up millions (or even billions) of dollars. After all, at least some of the issues owners and players tend to squabble over, like competitive balance and freedom of player movement, are also concerns for fantasy leagues.

This past fall's NBA negotiations yielded one such nugget for fantasy owners to consider: the concept of "amnesty," which found its way into the final collective-bargaining agreement and has already resulted in a couple star players finding new...

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