Auction Commissioners and Players (1 Viewer)

[Flash]

I commish an Auction league with a hard $350 Salary Cap.

Our Free Agent system is Blind Bidding from after the Mon. Nite Game til 5pm Weds. Then at 7pm Weds until kickoff of the Sunday early games it is a Free Agent Free -For-All. During Blind Bidding a team may only pick up one player a week.

Towards the end of last year, and more common this year, owners have been dropping players before Weds 5pm, thus building Salary Cap room to bid on the one big Free Agent out there. Then after Blind Bidding, they will fill their roster in with $1 or so players to fill out their legal roster.

There is nothing in the rules against this, and I have done it myself as i really don't see much wrong with it, but I have had a few complaints about it from other owners.

My question to you guys is this, Is this how other leagues are run? Is this violating the "spirit" of sportsmanship?

I will probably put it up for a vote next year, but right now, I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

What say you?

 

[The Rook]

I don't see an issue with it given it is within your current rules. Seems like a fair strategic move.

That being said, I think the best solution is the one you already mentioned. Have your league vote on it for next year. Hard for anyone complain if the majority of the league agrees one way or the other.

 

[daveR]

I assume you have a initial bankroll for blind bids. Unless the free-for-all additions don't count against it, it's all pretty standard. You drop a player, you add a player.

If bids are unlimited and players just have to fit under the cap, then it becomes complicated. If a player is dropped to make cap space, does he remain on the WW for the free-for-all, or is his release conditional on the bid's success?

 

[Flash]

I assume you have a initial bankroll for blind bids. Unless the free-for-all additions don't count against it, it's all pretty standard. You drop a player, you add a player. If bids are unlimited and players just have to fit under the cap, then it becomes complicated. If a player is dropped to make cap space, does he remain on the WW for the free-for-all, or is his release conditional on the bid's success?

You can bid whatever you want, as long as you stay under the hard cap.Once a player is released, he's released, but cannot be picked up until the following week. All free agents count against the cap. When a Free Agent is bid on, he retains that cap number all year long.So all you have to do is fit the players under the hard salary cap.

 

[daveR]

I assume you have a initial bankroll for blind bids. Unless the free-for-all additions don't count against it, it's all pretty standard. You drop a player, you add a player.

If bids are unlimited and players just have to fit under the cap, then it becomes complicated. If a player is dropped to make cap space, does he remain on the WW for the free-for-all, or is his release conditional on the bid's success?

You can bid whatever you want, as long as you stay under the hard cap.Once a player is released, he's released, but cannot be picked up until the following week. All free agents count against the cap. When a Free Agent is bid on, he retains that cap number all year long.

So all you have to do is fit the players under the hard salary cap.

Looks like there's some room for manipulation. I'd probably tighten it up a bit by implementing a bid bankroll, $xxx for the year, and making any player who is dropped available to everyone else during the free-for-all process.