Auction Keeper League: Waiver Wire/Salary Cap (1 Viewer)

[ManODaHour]

Finally, after years of convincing, I've talked enough of my buddies into taking a stab at an Auction League. After a one year "trial," I plan on redrafting auction style for a keeper league. But, I don't want to make it a rag-tag bunch of BS throughout the season of trial and error. They'd eat me alive for that.

Just curious how each of your Auction Keeper Leagues worked in conjunction with the waiver wire and the salaries of the Free Agents. How do you label each free agent players' value throughout the season? What is that player's salary for the next season.

I think I remember others having the keepers on a 3 year contract. Next season, when we start keeping players, would that be the way to go?

I would love to find an article that runs down the basics of auction leagues. Sort of an "Auction League for Dummies" report. I thought there was one a year or two back on the main page, but I can't seem to find it. Anyone have something like that? Heck, just a list of your leagues rules would be great.

FYI: I'm planning on the basic $200 salary cap to keep things simple. 10-12 teams, 16 player rosters.

 

[Usual21]

This is how we do it.

We have blind bids for the waivers wire. If you want a player, you have email the commish with the players name and a bid, say $4. You don't know if anyone else bid for them. The commish then by Thursday checks all the bids and whoever bid the most for that certain player, gets him.

As for keepers, this is what we do. We also have a $200 cap. We allow $75 dollars of that cap to be used for keepers. The way we figure out their preseason value is based on 20% of their last year point total.

For example: I'm keeping Chad Johnson this year. Lasy year he had 155 pts in our league. 20$ of 155 is 31. So he would cost me $31 to keep. I can keep as many as I'd like, as long as it doesn't go over the $75 franchise limit.

If you have any more questions, just ask. Good luck!

 

[Usual21]

here's our league site:

http://www.fantasyleaguemanager.com/footba...achfa/index.php

 

[Tackling Dummies]

Allow each team to designate X amount of free agents/players as restricted and they can keep the player, but have to match the final bid.

 

[inca911]

We don't do waiver wire bidding, just worst to first claims.

League rules are posted:

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...229615&hl=rules

 

[jdoggydogg]

I don't like restricted free agents. To me, that's like allowing other owners to snag players you've taken the care to stash. We have a cap that makes it almost impossible to keep four or five super studs. But at the same time, if you want to keep an Antonio Gates or a Shaun Alexander, you can do it.

I like Dynasty leagues that allow you to either keep much of your roster with very little cap to spend, or to dump players and rebuild.

 

[ManODaHour]

As for keepers, this is what we do. We also have a $200 cap. We allow $75 dollars of that cap to be used for keepers. The way we figure out their preseason value is based on 20% of their last year point total.

For example: I'm keeping Chad Johnson this year. Lasy year he had 155 pts in our league. 20$ of 155 is 31. So he would cost me $31 to keep. I can keep as many as I'd like, as long as it doesn't go over the $75 franchise limit.

What are you making T.O.'s cap hit for this coming season?

 

[BoomBoom]

As for keepers, this is what we do. We also have a $200 cap. We allow $75 dollars of that cap to be used for keepers. The way we figure out their preseason value is based on 20% of their last year point total.

For example: I'm keeping Chad Johnson this year. Lasy year he had 155 pts in our league. 20$ of 155 is 31. So he would cost me $31 to keep. I can keep as many as I'd like, as long as it doesn't go over the $75 franchise limit.

What are you making T.O.'s cap hit for this coming season?

How about Javon Walker? I think he scored 2 points last year . They probably have a rule in place that the cost is the higher of either 20% of the points scored, or their draft cost the year before. Just a guess, though.

 

[Usual21]

T.O. will cost $19 to keep since scored 97 pts for our league. Javon Walker? Will cost $1. no pts. Since they were brave enough to carry walker as extra dead weight for the season and take up a roster spot, they are allowed to keep them for $1. We don't use IR spots.

Others that will be kept cheap:

Burleson - $3

Clayton - $3

Cedric Benson -$3

Phillip Rivers - $1

Kitna - $1

I really don't like the rule when it allows players like Walker to be kept that cheap, but I'm not the commish and it worked out for me last year when I kept Steve Smith

 

[ManODaHour]

Well, here goes for this year. I'll be taking all of this into draft day with me and we will put it to a vote to see what works best for everyone.

Thanks for all the input from last year on this post...any new last minute ideas?