Post by thegoods on Apr 4, 2023 23:21:56 GMT -5
Just trying to get this in ahead of next season. Open for discussion now, but actual voting wouldn't take place until we open for the 2023-24 season.
One of the complaints I've seen about offseason free agency bidding via Proboards is that it moves too slowly, particularly in the beginning. Although we usually have about a month to complete it, a few players seem to need much of that time to finally get "sold."
If you've ever participated in a live auction draft, you might remember that each team takes turns "nominating" a player. That involves placing an initial bid on a player to ensure that everyone is involved.
I figure that taking turns nominating a player might slow things down a lot, since this draft isn't in real time and we are not bidding on players one at a time. So what I'm proposing is that we each nominate five players on Day 1 of free agency.
If you're not familiar with bid nominations, this article explains how it is used in live auction drafts. The article is written for fantasy football, but much of it could be applied to any fantasy sport. draftauctioneer.com/nominations#:~:text=The%20first%20thing%20that%20happens,nominate%20one%20player%20a%20round.
The initial bid can be a minimum bid (eg. $0.5 mil, 1 yr) or it can be higher than that. As per normal auction bidding, the bid will only guarantee you the player if you are not outbid. The five nominations must all be initial bids and do not include subsequent bids on previously nominated players.
Some people will get to Proboards before others, so it's simply a matter of looking for which players are available. If someone isn't available on Day 1 to nominate players, they can send me a list and I will do it on their behalf. If someone isn't available and doesn't send me a list, I will nominate five players on their behalf (they will be their picks... don't worry, I will treat it more like an autopick than me scouring the bottom of the rankings).
Each of us nominating five players will ensure that we have 60 players being bid on by the end of Day 1. Although I'd like to keep nominations to five players per team on the first day, there is no waiting period to outbid the nomination bid, provided it fits into your roster size and cap amount. The nomination rule would only be in place for Day 1, as limits will only be in accordance to roster size and cap space after that (or say we start at 9 am ET and everyone has nominated five players by 6 pm ET, then initial bids can continue immediately after that.) Also, I would have a separate nomination page, in case anyone quickly outbids a nomination bid and it becomes difficult to track nominations, and to ensure everyone has placed their nomination bids.
Feel feel to share any questions or opinions.
One of the complaints I've seen about offseason free agency bidding via Proboards is that it moves too slowly, particularly in the beginning. Although we usually have about a month to complete it, a few players seem to need much of that time to finally get "sold."
If you've ever participated in a live auction draft, you might remember that each team takes turns "nominating" a player. That involves placing an initial bid on a player to ensure that everyone is involved.
I figure that taking turns nominating a player might slow things down a lot, since this draft isn't in real time and we are not bidding on players one at a time. So what I'm proposing is that we each nominate five players on Day 1 of free agency.
If you're not familiar with bid nominations, this article explains how it is used in live auction drafts. The article is written for fantasy football, but much of it could be applied to any fantasy sport. draftauctioneer.com/nominations#:~:text=The%20first%20thing%20that%20happens,nominate%20one%20player%20a%20round.
The initial bid can be a minimum bid (eg. $0.5 mil, 1 yr) or it can be higher than that. As per normal auction bidding, the bid will only guarantee you the player if you are not outbid. The five nominations must all be initial bids and do not include subsequent bids on previously nominated players.
Some people will get to Proboards before others, so it's simply a matter of looking for which players are available. If someone isn't available on Day 1 to nominate players, they can send me a list and I will do it on their behalf. If someone isn't available and doesn't send me a list, I will nominate five players on their behalf (they will be their picks... don't worry, I will treat it more like an autopick than me scouring the bottom of the rankings).
Each of us nominating five players will ensure that we have 60 players being bid on by the end of Day 1. Although I'd like to keep nominations to five players per team on the first day, there is no waiting period to outbid the nomination bid, provided it fits into your roster size and cap amount. The nomination rule would only be in place for Day 1, as limits will only be in accordance to roster size and cap space after that (or say we start at 9 am ET and everyone has nominated five players by 6 pm ET, then initial bids can continue immediately after that.) Also, I would have a separate nomination page, in case anyone quickly outbids a nomination bid and it becomes difficult to track nominations, and to ensure everyone has placed their nomination bids.
Feel feel to share any questions or opinions.
