Like Connor said, I see this as being one big clusterfuck. I'm glad I don't have any draft dollars. I'll take my high waiver position and pick up someone good in the middle of the season, thank you very much.
I think we need some simple ground rules for the 1 day 1 player auctioned draft. I propose the following:
1. The auctioneer names the player they want to bid on (and the price) by 8PM of day one.
2. If, by 12PM the next day you have not made a bid, you are no longer eligible to bid on the player.
3. If you make a bid and someone subsequently makes a bid higher than you are willing to pay then you must declare yourself "out".
4. Bidding ends at 8PM.
5. If a bidder is unable to bid at 8PM they must arrange a time between 12PM and 8PM to do a 5-10 minute conference call/IM chat with all of the active bidders to determine the winning bid.
i have a much easier idea. we can set this up e-bay style, where everyone sends in their hidden bid, and the winning bid will be $1 more than the second highest bid. this avoids the clusterfuck; as long as you put down the price you're willing to pay at some point during the day, you don't need to worry about the deadline. i can start looking into how to do this, but i've got a couple ideas that i think would work. it changes the dynamics slightly, but the fact that we're not going to meet in person does that already. what do people think of that?
only other thing i would add to that steve is a priority....
In other words, take me for example.... I obviously can get whoever I want as #1. However, say I bid my maximum on 3 players, how do we know which one I get?
Just send out a list of everyone available (or just wait for yahoo's list to come out) and have everyone submit in even a 2-3 day draft period their $$ amount per person they want to bid on and the priority in which they want that person. Turns the whole thing into a big silent auction more or less.
Upside- you can sneak a lesser known or desired player pretty cheap...
Downside- you can sneak a lesser known player pretty cheap
oh and speaking of internet, I'm moving tomorrow to an apartment and i have no idea how long it will be before I have internet again, so if something happens, call me.
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I vote for the draft every player in 1 day draft
Like Connor said, I see this as being one big clusterfuck. I'm glad I don't have any draft dollars. I'll take my high waiver position and pick up someone good in the middle of the season, thank you very much.
I think we need some simple ground rules for the 1 day 1 player auctioned draft. I propose the following:
1. The auctioneer names the player they want to bid on (and the price) by 8PM of day one.
2. If, by 12PM the next day you have not made a bid, you are no longer eligible to bid on the player.
3. If you make a bid and someone subsequently makes a bid higher than you are willing to pay then you must declare yourself "out".
4. Bidding ends at 8PM.
5. If a bidder is unable to bid at 8PM they must arrange a time between 12PM and 8PM to do a 5-10 minute conference call/IM chat with all of the active bidders to determine the winning bid.
(obviously the times can be changed)
i have a much easier idea. we can set this up e-bay style, where everyone sends in their hidden bid, and the winning bid will be $1 more than the second highest bid. this avoids the clusterfuck; as long as you put down the price you're willing to pay at some point during the day, you don't need to worry about the deadline. i can start looking into how to do this, but i've got a couple ideas that i think would work. it changes the dynamics slightly, but the fact that we're not going to meet in person does that already. what do people think of that?
I was going to suggest a silent auction myself. Perhaps we could all email our bids to an impartial third party (or would that be a fifteenth party?)
Personally, I don't have Internet access from 8 AM eastern until 7 PM eastern.
only other thing i would add to that steve is a priority....
In other words, take me for example.... I obviously can get whoever I want as #1. However, say I bid my maximum on 3 players, how do we know which one I get?
Just send out a list of everyone available (or just wait for yahoo's list to come out) and have everyone submit in even a 2-3 day draft period their $$ amount per person they want to bid on and the priority in which they want that person. Turns the whole thing into a big silent auction more or less.
Upside- you can sneak a lesser known or desired player pretty cheap...
Downside- you can sneak a lesser known player pretty cheap
oh and speaking of internet, I'm moving tomorrow to an apartment and i have no idea how long it will be before I have internet again, so if something happens, call me.
I was thinking more along the lines of taking it one player at a time.
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