Draft Day ideas & League Loser Punishments (1 Viewer)

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Heard a couple good ones this year. 

1. A league has 13 teams. All 13 do draft prep. free up draft day, and show up ready to draft.  The league Champ from the prior season picks one of the 12 other guys and he’s out. No hard feelings, bye Felicia.   A team can’t be booted 2 years straight. 

2. Last place team manager is beer wench at the next draft. Can’t drink. 

3. Big decorative sign, planted in front lawn or front-facing window of last place Team, “I suck at fantasy football!”. Stays there for a year. 

Whatcha got? 

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Theres no way I'd sign up for option #1

 

[NeverEnough]

#1 might be the dumbest idea ever.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Theres no way I'd sign up for option #1

It’s funny though. And maybe it encourages an unruly bunch to be more polite throughout the season? One bad “yo mamma” joke & you could be out for a year:   

note: the team that’s out doesn’t pay league fees that year. 

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

#1 might be the dumbest idea ever.

It might be - but I did laugh when I heard it on the radio.  Imagine spending weeks prepping for a draft then being the odd man out.

you'd be  

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

More draft day ideas:

4. KTS drafting (snake draft):

Kentucky Derby Style. We’ve done this for years and my league loves it. 

First round only, teams pick their draft spots. Then snake draft as per normal based on the chosen slotting.

5. Long time back one of my league members proposed drawing names every round. Truly random draft order. On the one hand it would add excitement. On the other hand, it would slow the draft to a crawl with 10 mins of drunken idiocy every round. But in theory I would play in a league that did this. 

 

[pantherclub]

Heard a couple good ones this year. 

1. A league has 13 teams. All 13 do draft prep. free up draft day, and show up ready to draft.  The league Champ from the prior season picks one of the 12 other guys and he’s out. No hard feelings, bye Felicia.   A team can’t be booted 2 years straight. 

2. Last place team manager is beer wench at the next draft. Can’t drink. 

3. Big decorative sign, planted in front lawn or front-facing window of last place Team, “I suck at fantasy football!”. Stays there for a year. 

Whatcha got? 

You are doing it wrong

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

You are doing it wrong

I’m not doing any of these. They’re just ideas I’d heard.

if you have some draft day ideas or league punishments you’ve heard, great - post them & welcome to the topic. 

Otherwise,  

 

[Arodin]

Idea #1 would have little to do with politeness and everything to do with depleteing the talent pool.  As one of the best owners in my local league, this rule would leave me playing FF every other year, essentially taking turns with the other consistently playoff-bound owner.  Terrible idea.

We used to use #4 though.  Loved it.  Selections each year made in order of finish the previous year.

The "truly random" idea will leave someone getting high picks in thenfirst few rounds where it matters and imbalance your draft even more than a standard snake already does,  Not a fan here either.

I am a fan of people trying new things and innovating though...keep dreaming up wild ideas!

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Idea #1 would have little to do with politeness and everything to do with depleteing the talent pool.  As one of the best owners in my local league, this rule would leave me playing FF every other year, essentially taking turns with the other consistently playoff-bound owner.  Terrible idea.

We used to use #4 though.  Loved it.  Selections each year made in order of finish the previous year.

The "truly random" idea will leave someone getting high picks in thenfirst few rounds where it matters and imbalance your draft even more than a standard snake already does,  Not a fan here either.

I am a fan of people trying new things and innovating though...keep dreaming up wild ideas!

These are all just ideas I’d heard over the years. 

#1 was from a fantasy football radio show I listen to on Sundays that did a segment on league punishments & draft day ideas. 

Wouls love to hear what others at FBG do or have heard about for each. 

 

[Loipz]

Planning a tiara(he’s bald so it’ll stick out), a crappily made sash that says sacko and sticker #####. 

 

[whole-show]

More draft day ideas:

4. KTS drafting (snake draft):

Kentucky Derby Style. We’ve done this for years and my league loves it. 

First round only, teams pick their draft spots. Then snake draft as per normal based on the chosen slotting.

5. Long time back one of my league members proposed drawing names every round. Truly random draft order. On the one hand it would add excitement. On the other hand, it would slow the draft to a crawl with 10 mins of drunken idiocy every round. But in theory I would play in a league that did this. 

My league used to do the redraw thing. We’d do it every 4 rounds where we’d redraw cards for our spot. It was a lot of fun and made the draft day longer which is always a good thing,  lol. It’s gotten hard to get everyone together over the years though so had to drop doing that. Would love to go back to it at some point. 

 

[Cowboysfan8]

More draft day ideas:

4. KTS drafting (snake draft):

Kentucky Derby Style. We’ve done this for years and my league loves it. 

First round only, teams pick their draft spots. Then snake draft as per normal based on the chosen slotting.

This is the way my leagues draft also

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

This is the way my leagues draft also

It’s so sensible - if I pull the 1.07 but I want 1.12 why should I be stuck with (arguably) one of the worst 3 draft positions? 

Every year picks 7-8-9 are the last 3 selected, yet a team that pulled 12 gets a bookend even though I drew a spot 5 ahead of them? That’s crap.

i love KTS. My other league keeps voting the idea down, and I don’t get why. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

In my money redraft, we do a form of KTS. Everyone draws a number from 1 to 12. #1 gets whichever slot he chooses, and is that way for the whole draft. They could take 1-24, etc., 12-13, etc., or anything in between. #2 gets whichever slot he chooses other than what #1 chose, and so on. 

I have played in leagues where the order was different each round, somewhat like suggestion #5. It sucked. Some people went early in way too many high rounds and got an unfair advantage.  

 

[hoffman0001]

Here is a crazy thought..if you lose....you lose your money. Animal house style punishments will only push people out of leagues. if you want to have side bets with your league members that fine, but silly punishments in the rules are for 20 somethings. 

 

[johnadams]

Let the league winner name the league loser's team the following year.  I was in a league where the high points winner each week could rename the low points winners team every week.  Gets a bit tiring every week, but some funny stuff pops up.  If I ever had to do an in person draft without booze, I'd quit. 

 

[Tool]

While I appreciate he spirit of the thread and I know the ideas were only suggestions I have to say all 3 of those ideas are beyond idiotic. Like if anyone in any of my leagues made those suggestions I would either punch them hard or just stare at them in disbelief.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Let the league winner name the league loser's team the following year.  I was in a league where the high points winner each week could rename the low points winners team every week.  Gets a bit tiring every week, but some funny stuff pops up.  If I ever had to do an in person draft without booze, I'd quit. 

I love this.  

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

While I appreciate he spirit of the thread and I know the ideas were only suggestions I have to say all 3 of those ideas are beyond idiotic. Like if anyone in any of my leagues made those suggestions I would either punch them hard or just stare at them in disbelief.

Like I’ve now said a few times: just ideas I’ve heard. 

Looking for similar draft day ideas or “sacko” punishments.

i also think the 1st one is idiotic, however I thought it was funny so I shared it. 

Maybe you had something to share and his topic would inspire that. Dunno. 

 

[da_budman]

Not an idea for the beginning of the year but  I've long tried to talk my league into letting the top seeds choose who they get to play in the playoffs. It gives the better teams a bigger chance of winning the league over a team that hasn't been as good but has a couple of  great weeks t the end.   We seem to have a history of the weaker seeds  winning most years.

 

[Gally]

Heard a couple good ones this year. 

1. A league has 13 teams. All 13 do draft prep. free up draft day, and show up ready to draft.  The league Champ from the prior season picks one of the 12 other guys and he’s out. No hard feelings, bye Felicia.   A team can’t be booted 2 years straight. 

2. Last place team manager is beer wench at the next draft. Can’t drink. 

3. Big decorative sign, planted in front lawn or front-facing window of last place Team, “I suck at fantasy football!”. Stays there for a year. 

Whatcha got? 

#1 is the Bill Simmons/Cousin Sal league.  They do this and talk about it all the time.

A few traditions for leagues include:

• Winner the prior year provided draft day dinner the following year.  It has ranged from pizza to bbq.  The good part is it has kept the majority of people showing up in person for the draft.  This league started in 1985 so the tradition has been going strong.
  
• A different league has a champions luncheon after the season where the winner of the Super Bowl pays for the pizza and the league gets together to talk about the season and everything that happened throughout the year. 
  
• Dynasty league does a potluck for draft day and works well
  

As you can tell, my leagues are all friends and about getting together to talk smack and see friends you don't see very often.  Some of these guys I only see at the draft each year.

Draft Idea:  For those that don't want to go full into auction you can auction for the first 5 or so rounds.  This gives every owner the chance at any player they want while then finishing the majority of the draft in a typical snake style.  We set the draft order by money left after acquiring the first 5 players.  Most money remaining gets the first pick, etc.  If there are ties then they draw numbers out of a hat.  It's a nice introduction to auction for the novice players.  It has worked really well in the leagues we have done this.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Not an idea for the beginning of the year but  I've long tried to talk my league into letting the top seeds choose who they get to play in the playoffs. It gives the better teams a bigger chance of winning the league over a team that hasn't been as good but has a couple of  great weeks t the end.   We seem to have a history of the weaker seeds  winning most years.

We just voted on and passed this for next season in my IDP.

we were following MLB-Style rules where if the 1-seed & WC were from the same division then 1 plays 3 & 2 plays 4.

i hated that because why should the 1-seed be punished, and moreover why should the WC get to avoid the 1-seed in the first round?  Rewarding mediocrity is un-American. 

Now the 1-seed gets to choose their 1st round opponent. A solid reward for being the 1-seed. 

This can of course also lead to hilarity if the 1-seed chooses poorly.  

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

#1 is the Bill Simmons/Cousin Sal league.  They do this and talk about it all the time.

A few traditions for leagues include:

• Winner the prior year provided draft day dinner the following year.  It has ranged from pizza to bbq.  The good part is it has kept the majority of people showing up in person for the draft.  This league started in 1985 so the tradition has been going strong.
  
• A different league has a champions luncheon after the season where the winner of the Super Bowl pays for the pizza and the league gets together to talk about the season and everything that happened throughout the year. 
  
• Dynasty league does a potluck for draft day and works well
  

As you can tell, my leagues are all friends and about getting together to talk smack and see friends you don't see very often.  Some of these guys I only see at the draft each year.

Draft Idea:  For those that don't want to go full into auction you can auction for the first 5 or so rounds.  This gives every owner the chance at any player they want while then finishing the majority of the draft in a typical snake style.  We set the draft order by money left after acquiring the first 5 players.  Most money remaining gets the first pick, etc.  If there are ties then they draw numbers out of a hat.  It's a nice introduction to auction for the novice players.  It has worked really well in the leagues we have done this.

Love it. 

We do a potluck too. As commish and host I typically BBQ something. 

 

local friends leagues with food are the best. It’s all I do these days. 

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Here’s one that just popped up in an off-topic discussion:

Draft position auction. All $ goes into the prize pool. Does not count towards league entry fee. 

All teams start with a cap, say $100 (or whatever amount league agrees to)  Names are drawn, and that’s the order in which draft slots are nominated.

bidding ensues. In the event of a max bid, the names of the max-bidders are put into a hat & the name drawn gets the position.

Auction resumes until all slots are taken. In the event of multiple no-bids, those teams get thrown into a hat and KTS draft style ensues for the remaining positions (e.g. spots 7-8-9-10 are left, 1st name pulled can select any of the 4 open positions) 

i wouldnt bid anything if I played in this system, so I’d be playing for extra money without investing. Others may feel strongly about one draft spot or another. 

Could be a fun way to build a massive kitty & add some entertainment to the beginning of a draft. 

And it’s not a guaranteed advantage. Pay $100 this year for the 1.01 & take David Johnson for example. Plus league entry fee.