ESPN Free-Agency Settings Help (1 Viewer)

[cliffhuxtible]

Sorry to post this here, but I find ESPN's literature confusing, and given that they have recently changed the setup for free-agency and waivers this year, I'm confused about how to explain the system to my league (I'm the commissioner) as well as set it up so that it does what we want.

We run a free-agency auction bidding system (FAAB, by ESPN parlance). Up until last year this meant daily auctions processed. Before we were on ESPN, I used to run this league where we had a weekly Free-Agency Auction Bidding process each week, followed by first-come / first-served pickups afterwards. I thought at first that this was what ESPN had switched to this year, and I was happy about that. But now I think I'm wrong.

We have always waited until week 1 to make additional roster moves post-auction draft. Our auction was two weeks ago. It appears that all of the players left over after the auction (free agents) are now off waivers and in turn can be picked up by anybody right now on a first-come / first-served basis. What I want is for all of those players to be subject to our weekly FA auction before they can be picked up. I have asked everybody in the league to hold off from picking anybody up for right now, but when our weekly free-agency auction begins, will all of the free agents be subject to that process, or is it the case that they are all available immediately for pickup and that only players on waivers can be auctioned?

This just seems so ridiculous. The whole point of a weekly free-agency auction is to take the first-come / first-served element out of the week's most desirable pickups. Adding first-come / first-served after that is ideal because it helps people making last-minute pickups on Sunday mornings. Is what I want possible? Basically, I want all of the current free-agents to be subject to bidding this week before they can simply be added. And I want each subsequent week to begin with an auction and end with FC/FS.

Thanks for any help. I'm used to MFL where I can do anything and ESPN is difficult to set up to my liking in comparison.

 

[chauncey]

Can you adjust the settings since you are the commissioner?

In my main league we started doing FAAB before ESPN made it an option. We created a dummy email account that everyone would email their bids to and at the designated cutoff time the commissioner (or a designated league member) would post the results on the league message board. Then each team would pick up whoever they won. You could do this for any auctions before week 1 and then manually adjust each teams FAAB budget.

 

[Backside Pursuit]

GAME NOTICE:

Note to our FAAB style waiver leagues: Starting this year we changed the FAAB system so that players who are not claimed during the FAAB process will become free agents for the remainder of that waiver period.

For leagues that prefer the previous FAAB system where players are ALWAYS subject to bidding, you should choose "Free Agent Auction (continuous)" in your league's settings under Transactions and Keepers.

If your league has already drafted please contact customer care to make the change for you.

 

[cliffhuxtible]

Many thanks, we will switch to the continuous system. One follow-up question:

I had to run FA bidding manually over email this week due to this issue. Does ANYBODY know if I can include a salary when manually adding players to the winning bidder's teams. I can edit each team's free-agent budget, but the players I'm adding to their rosters are all coming at $0. We are a contract keeper league so I have to include the actual winning bid as a salary for the players.