Fellow Commish Question for Live Draft (1 Viewer)

[msinex]

I am a commish for a long-running league spread across the country. Up until this year, we have all been able to get together to do a live draft. Unfortunately, one of our coaches this year is getting married a few weeks after the draft, so everyone is flying in for that instead (I know, priorities...at least the reception should be bad). Eight of us can still get together, and the other four want to call in and be involved for the four-hour geekfest. Anybody out there ever used a conference call service for something like this? Any suggestions?

 

[The Jerk]

I am a commish for a long-running league spread across the country. Up until this year, we have all been able to get together to do a live draft. Unfortunately, one of our coaches this year is getting married a few weeks after the draft, so everyone is flying in for that instead (I know, priorities...at least the reception should be bad). Eight of us can still get together, and the other four want to call in and be involved for the four-hour geekfest. Anybody out there ever used a conference call service for something like this? Any suggestions?

My league used a Conserto conference call line last year and it worked flawlessly. I don't know the cost. However, you can check out the website HERE

 

[Bruno2]

I'm also in a long running local league and last year I my job transferred me eight hours away. Getting back for the draft was going to be impossible, so I did the draft by cell phone. My buddy would call me a couple picks before I was up and update me on the picks and I just tracked the draft using the Draft Dominator. Not as good as being there in person, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be either. I know its a little different than a conference call, but from my experience I would think it would go pretty smoothly for you guys. I did alright

 

[bjlmonster]

A few years back, we had a similar situation. We had 6 guys at the draft and 4 guys away.

We got together in a chat room on the internet, that allowed you to speak to each other vs. just typing. Not sure where or how they set it up.

It worked well, as long as we said our picks loud enough for the mic to pick the sound up.

 

[Lutherman2112]

I am a commish for a long-running league spread across the country. Up until this year, we have all been able to get together to do a live draft. Unfortunately, one of our coaches this year is getting married a few weeks after the draft, so everyone is flying in for that instead (I know, priorities...at least the reception should be bad). Eight of us can still get together, and the other four want to call in and be involved for the four-hour geekfest. Anybody out there ever used a conference call service for something like this? Any suggestions?

I run a 10 team league of old high school buddies. One of them works for Qwest and he has his own toll free conference line. He always checks with higher-ups before he offers the line for our drafts, in case there is an audit.Maybe have league members check to see if their employers have conference call capabilities. Many conference call plans charge a flat rate for unlimited use, and if this is the case, a small amount of persuasion could go a long way.

I think the worst that can happen is you get an answer of "No."

 

[BigRed]

Maybe have league members check to see if their employers have conference call capabilities. Many conference call plans charge a flat rate for unlimited use, and if this is the case, a small amount of persuasion could go a long way.

Good idea, but I would test beforehand, because some have it set up where when one person starts speaking, it cuts the others off - which won't fly if you're in an auction league. In fact I would test whatever you're going to use beforehand.PS we have used the IM/voice idea before (tried AOL and Yahoo) and from what I hear of people using them, the reception tended to suck.

Another idea is if possible set up a conf call at the house of the draft site and have others call in - since most cell phones are free long dist on weekends it's no big.

 

[Cixelsyd]

We had 2 guys who didn't make last years draft, so we did the draft online and live.... so they could see the picks on the website as they were made and then we used Skype (internet phone service - free computer to computer) to conference them in.... one had to be away from his comptuer during part of the draft so we would just call him and update him...

 

[Sagan]

Take a look at AccessLine (www.accessline.com) . I've never used them for a draft, but have for business conference calls. Toll-free line, etc. It would probably suit your needs, but I'm not sure about the pricetag these days.