Need help and Ideas for switching to a keeper league (1 Viewer)

[lacesout]

I run a ten team league and we are going to be switching to a keeper league keeping 3-5 players. I want to run a simpler keeper league cause none of us have been in one before. i could really use ideas and rules that you use to help me create rules and make the league run good. How do you set keeper rules. how long can you keep what limitations on keeping players do you use. any help would be great!!!

 

[belljr]

Don't make this year the start of keepers unless you talked about it pre-draft. You need to have people going into the draft to know what keepers rules are in effect prior to a draft.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Don't make this year the start of keepers unless you talked about it pre-draft. You need to have people going into the draft to know what keepers rules are in effect prior to a draft.

If you didn't already start the ball rolling by putting it in the Constitution at the draft, no way can you do it this year.

 

[lacesout]

Don't make this year the start of keepers unless you talked about it pre-draft. You need to have people going into the draft to know what keepers rules are in effect prior to a draft.

If you didn't already start the ball rolling by putting it in the Constitution at the draft, no way can you do it this year.

no we do a auction draft and would be starting the keeper next year with a auction to start it off

 

[Mr.Pack]

Don't make this year the start of keepers unless you talked about it pre-draft. You need to have people going into the draft to know what keepers rules are in effect prior to a draft.

If you didn't already start the ball rolling by putting it in the Constitution at the draft, no way can you do it this year.

no we do a auction draft and would be starting the keeper next year with a auction to start it off

I run an auction keeper league and here is our rule:

Contracts1. You will be able to sign TWO player to extended contracts.►(F)ranchise Player = 2 additional years @ a ONE TIME 12% salary increase. If this player is either traded, released, waived, retires or dies, the original owner will not be able to tag a Franchise Player until the year his 2 years would be up.F1 = A player in his first year of the extended contract.F2 = A player in his final year of the extended contract.► (T)ransitional Player = 1 additional year @ a 6% salary increase.Same rules as Franchise Player apply.*** The salary increase will be rounded UP to the next dollar. i.e. A player at $44 kept for 2 years wouldgo up $5.28 @ a 12% increase bringing his salary to $49.28 Rounded up, his salary becomes $50 for the next 2 years.*** There is a salary floor for ALL keepers. The floor will be as follows: A $6 minimum floor for all Transition Players, and a $12 min. floor for all Franchise Players. This means that any player that has a lower salary and is kept either as a Transitional or Franchise player, will have these corresponding minimum salaries for the duration of the contract.

I'm also in another auction league that allows us to keep 3 players (One for 1yr, One for 2yrs, One for 3yrs) With similar salary increases.It might seem kind of involved but it's really very simple.Hope this helps some.ETA our Salary Cap is $300 at the draft and $350 in season.

 

[glvsav37]

I co-run an auction/keeper league. Can keep 2...a franchise and transitional. But we do it a bit different where it is not really a true keeper.

you designate each at the start of the auction.

we draw position numbers (much like a serpentine draft) and then in turn, the first Franchise player is nominated for bid. Every team, except the 'owner' has the ability to bid on that player as regular auction procedure. This sets the 'current market value' for that player. At the end of bidding, the 'owner' has the opportunity to keep that player at current market value (first right of claim), or release him to the highest bidder. If the player is released, the highest bidder take him at that value, PLUS an additional "Franchise tax" of $5 that is tacked on to the final bid and goes to the 'owner' who lost him. So while you might loose your keeper, you gain auction money (every owner starts with $200 to big with aside from any trades of $$ from the last season).

For the transitional player, the same procedure is followed, but the 'owner' only gets 'first right of claim' at market value set by the bidding. No tax is imposed if he lets him go.

also...if you are going keeper, you need to keep the trading for future auction $$'s in check. We have a rule where a team cannot enter a draft +/-$20 of their $200 aucution money.

its a bit convoluted, but it works for us.

edit to add...we have no salary cap in season.

 

[lacesout]

I wanted to do something where you can keep three players up to 3 years. after the first year you add 5% to the players auction value from prior year and subtract it from teams auction pool.

how do you assess values to free agents? we aucion off players via blind bidding. do you just assign a flat rate of like 5 dollars for any free agents?

I guess I want to do a keeper league but keep the rules as low as i can. (no trading of future auction money)

I appreciate any and all help

 

[Mr.Pack]

I wanted to do something where you can keep three players up to 3 years. after the first year you add 5% to the players auction value from prior year and subtract it from teams auction pool. how do you assess values to free agents? we aucion off players via blind bidding. do you just assign a flat rate of like 5 dollars for any free agents?I guess I want to do a keeper league but keep the rules as low as i can. (no trading of future auction money)I appreciate any and all help

In my league we have a blind bidding process that ends on Weds morning (cbs has a great option for this) then on Thursday I open an add/drop free for all where all free agents are $3. In the other league I'm in, he does the same thing with blind bidding, but free agents have a designated price by position; QB$5, RB$4, WR$3 etcAll players dropped go to 75% of their salary once dropped, but a team picking up a free agent that they originally dropped retains their full cap number.

 

[belljr]

I wanted to do something where you can keep three players up to 3 years. after the first year you add 5% to the players auction value from prior year and subtract it from teams auction pool. how do you assess values to free agents? we aucion off players via blind bidding. do you just assign a flat rate of like 5 dollars for any free agents?I guess I want to do a keeper league but keep the rules as low as i can. (no trading of future auction money)I appreciate any and all help

What we did - NON Auction.The first year we kept 1 player - he was under contract for 3years.The next year we kept 2 players the new player 3 years, the old 2.Then the third year we kept a third same scenario.Now every year you have 3 keepers. And each year you assign a 3 year contract so you end up with that player for 4 years.For example - I have LT, Romo and Edwards were my keepers. I lose LT after this year, Edwards then ends up with 1 year left, romo moves up to 2 and I'll assign my keeper after the season (Turner) - he'll have a 3 year contract.You don't have to keep the same players every year but we have penalties in place if you don't - like a player with the longer contract moves up to the lesser contract as 1 example

 

[lacesout]

I like the rule on dropped players picked back up

I want to stick with the 3 players at 3 years each and increase the auction value 5% each year

love the input keep it coming im starting to get a idea of how im gonna run it but the example help ALOT!