Post by Mike Randall- Braves on Feb 16, 2018 1:57:15 GMT
Part 1- Draft Time
As we have seen this season and in the past, our draft times have 2 sides pretty quick and very slow. I wont name teams but we have a large majority of the league taking less than 2 hours to pick, with only 3 taking 6 or longer. I think we can easily lower the draft times to 4-6 hours and still maintain the options for everyone to feel unrushed. This would not only speed up the draft but create some more fun during it, right now I feel checked out until it is my pick. I literally have seen my pick on the board but not picked for 3 full days, that should not happen. I love the draft convos and camaraderie it creates and lowering pick times would keep more people in draft room and make league that much closer with one another.
Part 2- Expiration of Time should result in loss of pick.
If your time runs out your pick should be skipped without a player. It moves to either back of draft or waiver wire. In every major league sport if you miss the pick you don't have someone placed on your team. I would propose just moving to the next person instead of having an auto-pick option turned on. To avoid this place your team on auto draft, that is what the option is there for. It is not only an efficiency piece but a respect piece for the rest of the league. There needs to be a negative for wasting everyones time throughout this process.
Just thoughts on ways to not only increase competitiveness but also efficiency and still not have to police people into showing up for picks.
As we have seen this season and in the past, our draft times have 2 sides pretty quick and very slow. I wont name teams but we have a large majority of the league taking less than 2 hours to pick, with only 3 taking 6 or longer. I think we can easily lower the draft times to 4-6 hours and still maintain the options for everyone to feel unrushed. This would not only speed up the draft but create some more fun during it, right now I feel checked out until it is my pick. I literally have seen my pick on the board but not picked for 3 full days, that should not happen. I love the draft convos and camaraderie it creates and lowering pick times would keep more people in draft room and make league that much closer with one another.
Part 2- Expiration of Time should result in loss of pick.
If your time runs out your pick should be skipped without a player. It moves to either back of draft or waiver wire. In every major league sport if you miss the pick you don't have someone placed on your team. I would propose just moving to the next person instead of having an auto-pick option turned on. To avoid this place your team on auto draft, that is what the option is there for. It is not only an efficiency piece but a respect piece for the rest of the league. There needs to be a negative for wasting everyones time throughout this process.
Just thoughts on ways to not only increase competitiveness but also efficiency and still not have to police people into showing up for picks.
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