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Last season I was in the exact same place that you are in right now. 12 years as commish, switching to a Dynasty format. We used the 3RR for our draft, and with the exception of a few complaints (change = complaints), I was very happy with how it went. There was a lot of trading and jockeying for draft position prior to the draft which created some fun, and I personally feel it is absolutely the most fair way to draft in any format.Good luck!
I think the best (i.e. fairest to all teams as well as most fun) suggestion is to use an auction and not a draft. Then every team has equal access to all players.Though if you do it, I suggest you require anyone who hasn't done an auction before to do a mock beforehand (you can find mock drafts at fantasyauctioneer.com amongst other places). Owners who haven't auctioned at all would be at a disadvantage that would take them awhile to catch up from in a dynasty league.
IMO, that format greatly favors the 12-10 picks. Think about it, would you rather start off your team with AD, Ronnie Brown, Britt or DeAngelo Williams, Calvin Johnson, your pick of the rooks? I don't know about you but I prefer the 12V/1R slot by a lot. But even more so, the 5-7 picks get hammered IMO with choices like Turner, Addai, Maclin. Not a horrible trio I guess, but there is a difference. If I'm joining a league now, it would be an auction. But, if your owners are resistant, slotting can work a few ways. One is to simply randomize and go 3RR. Another is a contest of skill for slots (darts, poker, etc.) A novel approach I liked when a friend suggested it was to have owners bid on their slots by specifying which rookie pick is the lowest they'd take in order to choose their draft slot. If I really want to pick my slot, I state I'd accept the last rookie pick. If I value the rookie picks more, I'd state I want the first rookie pick but I'd get whatever vet slot is leftover. If there's a tie, you randomly select the winner. This is for 3RR with a separate rookie draft.
In my redraft experience, spots 1 & 2 have no inherent advantage in a normal snake setup. There have been alot of busts lately at the top of the draft which drastically set a team back. In a 3RR it would be even worse for them. Sure by "pick value" it is an advantage, but that is calculated as if everyone knows who will finish first before the season starts.In a dynasty start up the bust effect is pretty much a non issue so a 3RR seems like the better method here.Auction trumps all in fairness though, as mentioned.
I have never done an auction format before. How long would it take to do this for a 22-24 man roster though? It seems like it could take an exorbitant amount of time. Can it be done online effectively?
My auction experience for fast online auctions is with fantasyauctioneer.com. In essence the system works like this. Teams take turns nominating players. You have X seconds to submit a player for bid along with your opening bid. If you don't, the cpu selects a player and submits a minimum price bid for you. You control how long the X seconds is. 20-30 seconds is enough.Bidding starts. A counter counts down from Y seconds. If it hits 0 the auction of that player is over. If someone submits a new bid it resets back to Y seconds and starts counting down again. I might go with 15 seconds for the first few players if we have new people... and once everyone is comfortable with the system change it to 10 seconds.With this system there is no reason not to immediately submit your next bid. Waiting for the timer to count all the way down doesn't help you since no matter when you bid, everyone else gets a full timer to submit a higher bid. You're actually better off getting in your bid as fast as you can so someone else won't get that amount in before you.Early bidding takes a little longer as players go for higher amounts so it takes more bids to hit the winning price. But the last half of the auction goes quick, and the last 1/4 of it teams have little money and many players go for the initial bid so take the minimum amount of time.I'll try to remember to check when I get home and see how long our last auction there took and for how many players.
