Cases

I have run a fantasy football league with the same friends and cousins for years, under a written constitution that states lineups lock at kickoff and no late changes are accepted for any reason. Last gameweek, one manager’s generator failed during a Lagos power outage and he could not reach the internet before the deadline, so an injured player stayed on his bench and he lost by four points. He argues the lock exists to stop managers from reacting to late team news, not to punish bad luck, and he asks for a one-time exception with proof of the outage. Other managers warn that the moment one exception is granted, every future excuse will carry a screenshot, and the deadline becomes a suggestion. Did I rule correctly when I held the lineup as locked, or should the outage have been treated as a legitimate circumstance for a late change?