Gally said:
Just change the draft order method to allow teams to choose their spot. It works really well. You draw the 1 you get first choice of spots.
Regarding trading it should be allowed and is ok to do.
Your first suggestion here is exactly what we do in our biggest league. About 10 days prior to our scheduled online draft, we have a "
random order lottery pull" . I get someone who is
NOT a league member, to pull names out of a hat. Then I contact each person as their name has been pulled, and tell them what spots are available. (You get pulled first, you get
your choice of any spot, then the next guy pulled can pick from any spot available, and so on, and so on) The only person that essentially has no choice, is the guy who is pulled last. Side note - the guy that got pulled #1 last year in our league, was pulled dead last this year.
I play in several leagues a year, with many of the same guys, and they all like this. It has went over extremely well, as it gives them a bit of control in their biggest league.
In the smaller leagues, we don't usually do this. I actually like both ways, as I feel I can adjust faster "on-the-fly" than some of the other owners can. But I don't mind the slot selection either.
As far as trading of draft spots, I think it can and should be allowed, but only when everyone agrees. Thats one idea I haven't sold everyone on yet in our leagues.
The overwhelming feeling from some of these guys is they don't want the "hassle" of going to that much effort of offering and swapping picks. They feel like they might get taken advantage of.
At this stage, its just not something most of my league mates want to do.
TZM