New Type of Dynasty League (1 Viewer)

[jeter23]

Over the past couple of years, I have been a part of, either as a commish or as an owner, a few dispersal drafts. I love them! I think they are the best way to handle a situation where new owners are introduced to an existing league. They can ignite the league during the sometimes quiet offseason and puts every owner on their toes.

Yesterday, a friend asked me what I thought about current owners being allowed to participate in a dispersal draft, along with the new owners. I immediately told him I hated it. Those existing owners had made their beds and needed to lie in them. He agreed and that was that, but I couldn't get it off my mind. Then, I thought what if owners knew up front that this "second chance" would be available? How would it affect strategy during the startup draft, or trades involving draft picks? What other impact would there be?

This year, in the league I just created, we will draft our teams like any dynasty drafts, but the real challenge will come a year from now when we each will make the decision to stick with our roster, or dump the entire thing and redraft our dynasty team. Not every owner will have to agree. If you make the playoffs and love your team...keep them all. If injuries hit your squad, dump them and start fresh. As long as at least two owners have interest in redrafting, they will participate in the second chance draft.

I really have no clue if this will work at all, but I think it could be interesting. I am also sure there are some things I am not thinking of regarding how the redraft could work.

Thoughts?

 

[32 Counter Pass]

Interesting idea. Keep us posted on how many owners opt to dump their rosters and start over. How would you determine draft order?

 

[jeter23]

Interesting idea. Keep us posted on how many owners opt to dump their rosters and start over. How would you determine draft order?

There are plenty of questions to be answered. What you mention is the frustrating part. I have this idea, which I think is interesting, but it will take a year to find out if it really works.Draft order, along with many other details, have yet to be decided, but my guess is just like I would for a new startup--online dice roll/randomizer.

 

[thriftyrocker]

How do you keep the decision secret? Knowing who is bailing is a big factor in deciding whether you want to bail.

 

[jeter23]

How do you keep the decision secret? Knowing who is bailing is a big factor in deciding whether you want to bail.

That's another decision that has yet to be finalized, though everything I can think of says it would have to be secret. In that case, we would all email an non-member of the league by a certain date.

 

[solorca]

How do you keep the decision secret? Knowing who is bailing is a big factor in deciding whether you want to bail.

That's another decision that has yet to be finalized, though everything I can think of says it would have to be secret. In that case, we would all email an non-member of the league by a certain date.

Assuming you are using Mfl, just make a private poll asking if you want to keep or drop...then as commish, you can publish the results afterwards.

 

[Red Herring]

I would love to see how it would play out. If you wanted a non-owner to handle things like that or even commish, I'd be happy to volunteer

 

[Biabreakable]

I like the idea.

I have participated in some redrafts where a few teams were restarted and redrafted. I was not one of those teams but I loved trying to trade for their redraft picks. I think this option does make the league much more interesting season round as long as the redraft is happening before the Nfl rookie draft there will be very little down time.

I would be interested in participating in this if you have an open spot.

 

[Catbird]

I had a team I wanted to do that with - join the league dispersal draft, but wasn't allowed to. Upon reflection, I thought, and still think, that is the better rule. The opportunity to manipulate the results or to make decisions you wouldn't is less if you are compelled to keep your team, and that's better for both trade and league integrity. I can see making bad or even irrational trades on more of a whim and taking less likely players on the slim chance they might be great - and that helping the immediate trade partners more than would happen if people are stuck with their deals and mistakes.

But if the league favors it, I can see it being more fun and more forgiving to the cellar dwelers.

 

[Danish Bengal]

Interesting idea that maybe could work in reality.

Basic game theory however dictates that it shouldn't work. The team with the worst roster would obviously want to bail. But the team with the second worst roster would only be interested if the 3rd worst roster bails too. This can be extrapolated to the point where there will only be a dispersal draft if the team with the best roster wants to partipate. And he obviously doesn't. Therefore there should never be a dispersal draft.

But that is theory. In reality this could work and even be fun. Owners with bad roster are often grown tired on players that they can't sell for anything even remotely close to what the paid (Matthews, anyone?), so I could see quite a few What-the-heck-bails and maybe up to 4-5 team participatingin the dispersal

 

[Coin Flip]

I actually am doing this for the first time this year. I have a league where there are 2 open teams. I am opening the option for other teams to join the dispersal draft if they so choose. I have not advertised for the 2 openings yet but here is how I will handle it.

If a team wants to join the dispersal draft they must email me stating so within a 3 day window of me posting it. (which will be soon)

We will draft on a temp site so predrafting can occur. I will then will load rosters.

The tricky part will be the draft picks. I think I remember seeing this done before and the commish had to physically process trades between the owners to get the picks to physically transfer. (any ideas on how to do this easier would be appreciated if you guys have experience with this).

All teams involved must be paid of course.

I also was only focusing on this idea for this league because the league has been in existence for a few years and when some joined it was their first shot at a dynasty. Letting them jump back in and use the things they have found to be good management skills in a "second" chance situation is a good move for the league IMO. We wont do this again in the league for awhile (not a yearly option) but we might do it again down the road in 3 years if we have openings allowing it.

Stay tuned. I am going to advertise for the open spots as soon as I get the email out asking who would be interested in jumping into the dispersal today.

 

[Bamac]

Interesting idea that maybe could work in reality.Basic game theory however dictates that it shouldn't work. The team with the worst roster would obviously want to bail. But the team with the second worst roster would only be interested if the 3rd worst roster bails too. This can be extrapolated to the point where there will only be a dispersal draft if the team with the best roster wants to partipate. And he obviously doesn't. Therefore there should never be a dispersal draft.But that is theory. In reality this could work and even be fun. Owners with bad roster are often grown tired on players that they can't sell for anything even remotely close to what the paid (Matthews, anyone?), so I could see quite a few What-the-heck-bails and maybe up to 4-5 team participatingin the dispersal

Maybe you could partially fix the adverse selection problem by letting the best teams pick first in the draft.

 

[jeter23]

Thanks for all of the comments/suggestions.

We are full for now, but I had quite a few guys that were interested, but missed out on the league. I am sure there could be another version of this league.

I don't really think this would work in an existing league, if owners were not notified prior to the start of the league. I know owners who have left leagues because this was allowed. Of course, if all owners in the league are on board, then no harm done.

Again, I am unsure of how this will work out. We may not have any teams that want to redraft, but it will be fun to try out.

 

[jeter23]

Just had an idea for another type of league. I am not going to try this one this year, but would still welcome input.

How about a keeper league where the number of keepers aligns with the number of wins each team has? So, the team that wins the league and wins 10 games, gets to keep 10 players. The worst team that wins 3 games only keeps 3 for the next season. Obviously, this would reward strong teams, but would it be too much for the weaker teams to overcome?

 

[jeter23]

In the redraft league we are discussing, how do you all see the player value being affected by the redraft option? Does it make vets more valuable? Youth less valuable? Anything else?

 

[BeTheMatch]

I actually am doing this for the first time this year. I have a league where there are 2 open teams. I am opening the option for other teams to join the dispersal draft if they so choose. I have not advertised for the 2 openings yet but here is how I will handle it.If a team wants to join the dispersal draft they must email me stating so within a 3 day window of me posting it. (which will be soon)We will draft on a temp site so predrafting can occur. I will then will load rosters.The tricky part will be the draft picks. I think I remember seeing this done before and the commish had to physically process trades between the owners to get the picks to physically transfer. (any ideas on how to do this easier would be appreciated if you guys have experience with this).All teams involved must be paid of course.I also was only focusing on this idea for this league because the league has been in existence for a few years and when some joined it was their first shot at a dynasty. Letting them jump back in and use the things they have found to be good management skills in a "second" chance situation is a good move for the league IMO. We wont do this again in the league for awhile (not a yearly option) but we might do it again down the road in 3 years if we have openings allowing it.Stay tuned. I am going to advertise for the open spots as soon as I get the email out asking who would be interested in jumping into the dispersal today.

So will the existing teams in the league have to make a "blind" decision? In other words, they won't know if any other existing owners are jumping in too?

 

[squistion]

Just had an idea for another type of league. I am not going to try this one this year, but would still welcome input.

How about a keeper league where the number of keepers aligns with the number of wins each team has? So, the team that wins the league and wins 10 games, gets to keep 10 players. The worst team that wins 3 games only keeps 3 for the next season. Obviously, this would reward strong teams, but would it be too much for the weaker teams to overcome?

Um, yes. One team gets to keep their 10 best players, meanwhile another team who may have just as good a roster but was hit by injuries or bad scheduling only gets to keep 5. Wouldn't seem much of an incentive for the doormat teams to return unless there was some sort of offset with extra draft picks (and even then I don't think that would balance things out).

 

[solorca]

Just had an idea for another type of league. I am not going to try this one this year, but would still welcome input.How about a keeper league where the number of keepers aligns with the number of wins each team has? So, the team that wins the league and wins 10 games, gets to keep 10 players. The worst team that wins 3 games only keeps 3 for the next season. Obviously, this would reward strong teams, but would it be too much for the weaker teams to overcome?

I would see a league like this turning into a nightmare. The only way it would work is if you had a group of extremely dedicated owners, likely a group of friends in a local league. If this was just a league online, I think the turnover in owners would be huge.

 

[jeter23]

I actually am doing this for the first time this year. I have a league where there are 2 open teams. I am opening the option for other teams to join the dispersal draft if they so choose. I have not advertised for the 2 openings yet but here is how I will handle it.If a team wants to join the dispersal draft they must email me stating so within a 3 day window of me posting it. (which will be soon)We will draft on a temp site so predrafting can occur. I will then will load rosters.The tricky part will be the draft picks. I think I remember seeing this done before and the commish had to physically process trades between the owners to get the picks to physically transfer. (any ideas on how to do this easier would be appreciated if you guys have experience with this).All teams involved must be paid of course.I also was only focusing on this idea for this league because the league has been in existence for a few years and when some joined it was their first shot at a dynasty. Letting them jump back in and use the things they have found to be good management skills in a "second" chance situation is a good move for the league IMO. We wont do this again in the league for awhile (not a yearly option) but we might do it again down the road in 3 years if we have openings allowing it.Stay tuned. I am going to advertise for the open spots as soon as I get the email out asking who would be interested in jumping into the dispersal today.

So will the existing teams in the league have to make a "blind" decision? In other words, they won't know if any other existing owners are jumping in too?

That's my thinking as of now, yes.

 

[jeter23]

Just had an idea for another type of league. I am not going to try this one this year, but would still welcome input.How about a keeper league where the number of keepers aligns with the number of wins each team has? So, the team that wins the league and wins 10 games, gets to keep 10 players. The worst team that wins 3 games only keeps 3 for the next season. Obviously, this would reward strong teams, but would it be too much for the weaker teams to overcome?

I would see a league like this turning into a nightmare. The only way it would work is if you had a group of extremely dedicated owners, likely a group of friends in a local league. If this was just a league online, I think the turnover in owners would be huge.

Yeah, that idea was a dud, I'd better stick to my dynasty/redraft league.

 

[Runningman]

We are running into a similar problem in our dynasty league. Bad desicions and hard luck have het a few teams hard and they are looking at paying fees for a couple years before they can get competitve, barring stupid luck in a rookie draft. Hard to see how to keep a league alive without some sort of talent redisturbution.

 

[matttyl]

Just a few questions about the OP.

When a team "jumps" are they also giving up their future rookie picks? In my dynasty league we're already at a point where we are trading 2015 rookie picks. Will these picks also be "draftable" in the dispersal draft?

If so, are all the teams participating in the dispersal draft only drafting from a pool of players from the blown up teams and rookie picks (not rookie players) and possibly free agents, and thus there will be a rookie draft at a later date?

Snake dispersal draft? Order of dispersal draft?

 

[jeter23]

Just a few questions about the OP. When a team "jumps" are they also giving up their future rookie picks? In my dynasty league we're already at a point where we are trading 2015 rookie picks. Will these picks also be "draftable" in the dispersal draft?If so, are all the teams participating in the dispersal draft only drafting from a pool of players from the blown up teams and rookie picks (not rookie players) and possibly free agents, and thus there will be a rookie draft at a later date?Snake dispersal draft? Order of dispersal draft?

All assets from each team will be available, including rookie picks and future picks. We allow trading 2 years in advance, so once MFL moves over to the 2013 site, 2014 & 2015 picks will be available.The rookie draft would be held at some point after the redraft.All drafts (other than rookie) will be snake drafts with a randomized order.

 

[dickey moe]

Just had an idea for another type of league. I am not going to try this one this year, but would still welcome input.How about a keeper league where the number of keepers aligns with the number of wins each team has? So, the team that wins the league and wins 10 games, gets to keep 10 players. The worst team that wins 3 games only keeps 3 for the next season. Obviously, this would reward strong teams, but would it be too much for the weaker teams to overcome?

It would be more interesting IMO to let the league champion keep one player (say in a 12 team league) and let the league loser/lowest scorer keep up to 12 (or maybe up to 6?). This would help show whether the league champ is really draft/WW savvy and/or how much luck comes in to play.

 

[Concept Coop]

Would be really interested in seeing the initial draft. Personally, I would be looking to load up on vets.

 

[Whatevaman15]

I think the bottom two teams should have to go in the dispersal draft (this would also discourage teams playing too much for the future and tanking the present). Then the third worst team can elect whether they want be in the draft, then the fourth worst team can elect knowing whether the third worst team is in etc. The highest seed to elect to be in the dispersal draft gets the first pick (or the first choice of draft slot).

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Just had an idea for another type of league. I am not going to try this one this year, but would still welcome input.

How about a keeper league where the number of keepers aligns with the number of wins each team has? So, the team that wins the league and wins 10 games, gets to keep 10 players. The worst team that wins 3 games only keeps 3 for the next season. Obviously, this would reward strong teams, but would it be too much for the weaker teams to overcome?

Actually, if you awarded keepers equal to the number of losses each team had during the regular season, I think it would be a very intriguing idea (i.e. the 10-3 team gets to keep 3, the 3-10 team can keep 10).It would certainly promote league parity, which in most cases is a good thing.

 

[matttyl]

Would be really interested in seeing the initial draft. Personally, I would be looking to load up on vets.

Meaning more young players for all the other teams, and less of a change of them wanting to jump next year because they don't want to lose out on that young guy breaking out the following season (Spiller, D Wilson, Luck, RG3, on and on). The next year you'd likely want to jump, and be the only team.I don't see how this kind of league would make for me drafting a dynasty team any differently. I'd like to think I'm going to draft a team that I won't want to jump out of the next season.

 

[matttyl]

I think the bottom two teams should have to go in the dispersal draft (this would also discourage teams playing too much for the future and tanking the present). Then the third worst team can elect whether they want be in the draft, then the fourth worst team can elect knowing whether the third worst team is in etc. The highest seed to elect to be in the dispersal draft gets the first pick (or the first choice of draft slot).

What if one of the two lowest teams was only that because of horrible luck, but their roster isn't that bad at all (especially for dynasty)? What if they won't want to be in the dispersal draft because their roster is something like - R Wilson, Big Ben, McCoy, McFadden, Murray, D Wilson, Wallace, Harvin, Maclin...lots of younger guys who's 2013+ seasons will likely be much better than their 2012 seasons. If I had that roster, I wouldn't want to throw it back in the pot, I'd want to hold. I think it needs to be owner's choice to go or not.

 

[Concept Coop]

Meaning more young players for all the other teams, and less of a change of them wanting to jump next year because they don't want to lose out on that young guy breaking out the following season (Spiller, D Wilson, Luck, RG3, on and on). The next year you'd likely want to jump, and be the only team.I don't see how this kind of league would make for me drafting a dynasty team any differently. I'd like to think I'm going to draft a team that I won't want to jump out of the next season.

Spiller, Luck and RG3 don't really fit your argument. I'd happliy take them. They'll help me win day one. But no way am I taking a guy like David Wilson or Mark Ingram when there are safer and more productive guys on board. I'll let someone else take David Wilson like players and wait a year or two while I try to win championships. Roddy, Jennings, Bowe, Andre, MJD, Brees, Brady, Manning...those guys get a nice bump if I am drafting in this format. And who would I have to draft in order to want to dump my team the very next year? And what are the odds that only one team would want to, in any give year? I'd assume low.ETA:Give meetersonBreesMJDRoddyAndreWittenBoweI'll glady roll that out for 3 years and start over after than.

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Thinking out loud here ... if you wanted to take the concept one step further, you could award "points" to each team corresponding to the mumber of losses, and allow each team to use those points either to retain a player or to "buy down" the round of the draft pick they lose in exchange.

For instance, let's say your starting point is that only players drafted in Rounds 6+ can be kept, and the lost draft pick for a keeper is 3 rounds higher than the player kept was drafted.

Award each team 10 points per loss, and set the price for a keeper at, I don't know, 15 points, and for "buying down" a round at 5 points.

Let's say I finished 8-5, so I'd get 50 points. I can use 45 of them to keep (for example) my 7th, 10th, and 14th round guys, and my remaining 5 points to buy down the 2013 pick I lose for keeping my 2012 7th-rounder from Round 4 to Round 5.

A guy who finished 5-8 would get 80 points, which gives him more flexibility - to keep 5 guys and buy down one pick, or keep (say) only 3 and buy 2 of 'em down to the same round where he drafted them, or some other combination.

FD: I have no idea how the points should be assigned or the ratios structured - but in theory it seems like a reasonable and not overly complex option.

 

[x260bm]

Rookie pick trading would have to be disabled. Otherwise someone would trade their entire team halfway through the season for draft picks since that is the thing they can keep.

 

[SSOG]

Interesting idea that maybe could work in reality.Basic game theory however dictates that it shouldn't work. The team with the worst roster would obviously want to bail. But the team with the second worst roster would only be interested if the 3rd worst roster bails too. This can be extrapolated to the point where there will only be a dispersal draft if the team with the best roster wants to partipate. And he obviously doesn't. Therefore there should never be a dispersal draft.But that is theory. In reality this could work and even be fun. Owners with bad roster are often grown tired on players that they can't sell for anything even remotely close to what the paid (Matthews, anyone?), so I could see quite a few What-the-heck-bails and maybe up to 4-5 team participatingin the dispersal

Game theory says it shouldn't work... unless you sweeten the pot. Do away with the rookie draft, and make rookies eligible for the dispersal draft. You have a dominant team and want to keep it? That's fine, but you better be damn good at trading and working the wire, because you'll be shutting off your pipeline of talented rookies. I've got some teams where I would easily forego rookie picks to keep the gang together, but after a 2-3 year run, dispersal might start to look better.I had a similar idea for a dynasty league where no one is automatically awarded any rookie picks. 30 man rosters, and right before the draft you cut however many players you want. The first player you cut gets you a 30th round pick, the second gets you a 29th, and so on up until a first round pick, which requires you cutting your entire roster. If there's a Richardson in the draft, you might see someone cut their entire roster to try to get him (and then draft back what they can afterwards in the disbursal). If someone has a deep team and only wants to make 5 cuts, that's fine, but all of the top rookies will be long gone by the time the 26th round rolls by, so again, good teams can keep it together at the cost of incoming talent. It'd make for some interesting strategic choices- do you cut a Steve Johnson hoping someone else cuts someone even better in their pursuit of a Trent Richardson? Do you have the stones to cut your entire squad knowing others might poach your best players before you have a chance to draft them back?

 

[Shutout]

Just info for the OP:

I had a scenario in a league I run where I offered this. It included three new owners doing a dispersal draft using the three teams that had vacated, it included the rookie picks that those vacating teams left behind AND one owner who had been with the league turned in his team, resulting in a four-owner draft of four teams and draft picks.

What happened was the 4th owner (one staying behind) completely owned the draft because he had been there long enough to understand the intricacies, trading tendencies, perceived value of positions/depth, etc. He also had traded away most of his draft picks that went back into the pot but was able to scarf up the ones he wanted that were left by the other three teams. The new owners kind of fed into his runs he started and followed his lead. Note: none of the replacement owners were inexperienced; just inexpereienced to that particular league.

While its not surprising to see that the guy with the experience gained the BIG edge, what we also saw was that the other owners kind of learned VERY quickly how to assemble a team in that league and, as luck had it, the draft picks and number of great young talent was available in the draft. The result: 3 of the four teams made the playoffs, having been able to amass a very good collection of players, picks, etc.

No one in the league has griped about it but I think if you asked them, there are probably a couple of long-time owners that probably think this was TOO much to give to the new guys. Its a tricky balance in a dynasty to see multiple years of team building get bumped by a one-time availability of a large number of players and picks. Even in the largest of dynasties I play in, I think if you give me the rosters of the absolute worst 3-4 teams and picks, I could probably do more with that than what a good handful of other owners might have available to them that have been working their team in the league for years.

 

[matttyl]

And who would I have to draft in order to want to dump my team the very next year? And what are the odds that only one team would want to, in any give year? I'd assume low.

For reference I brought up this idea for discussion today in my 10 team dynasty league. Only 1 team was interested, and they were next to last in points and their #1 RB is lawfirm. The last place team hasn't chimed in yet, but he made a late season trade of Brady for Stafford, so I think he'd want to hold. Everyone else at least claims to be happy with their teams. If they did want to participate, that's pretty much admitting that all the trash they've been talking this offseason about their team's future is just that....trash.

 

[jeter23]

Rookie pick trading would have to be disabled. Otherwise someone would trade their entire team halfway through the season for draft picks since that is the thing they can keep.

Rookie picks will be available as part of the redraft.

 

[matttyl]

Rookie pick trading would have to be disabled. Otherwise someone would trade their entire team halfway through the season for draft picks since that is the thing they can keep.

Rookie picks will be available as part of the redraft.

What about current free agents in the league? Depending on league size and roster size, there might be some decent free agents dangling out there, and allowing them to be drafted in this draft might make more teams willing to jump ship and start over. Getting first crack at a free agent that's sitting in a prime position to produce is might enticing when your current roster isn't doing much. Example - Jordy Nelson was a free agent after our 2010 season, and was then a late first or early second round rookie/FA pick in the 2011 draft.

 

[jeter23]

Rookie pick trading would have to be disabled. Otherwise someone would trade their entire team halfway through the season for draft picks since that is the thing they can keep.

Rookie picks will be available as part of the redraft.

What about current free agents in the league? Depending on league size and roster size, there might be some decent free agents dangling out there, and allowing them to be drafted in this draft might make more teams willing to jump ship and start over. Getting first crack at a free agent that's sitting in a prime position to produce is might enticing when your current roster isn't doing much. Example - Jordy Nelson was a free agent after our 2010 season, and was then a late first or early second round rookie/FA pick in the 2011 draft.

I like the idea, although we will likely have the waiver wire open year round.

 

[matttyl]

Rookie pick trading would have to be disabled. Otherwise someone would trade their entire team halfway through the season for draft picks since that is the thing they can keep.

Rookie picks will be available as part of the redraft.

What about current free agents in the league? Depending on league size and roster size, there might be some decent free agents dangling out there, and allowing them to be drafted in this draft might make more teams willing to jump ship and start over. Getting first crack at a free agent that's sitting in a prime position to produce is might enticing when your current roster isn't doing much. Example - Jordy Nelson was a free agent after our 2010 season, and was then a late first or early second round rookie/FA pick in the 2011 draft.

I like the idea, although we will likely have the waiver wire open year round.

Ah, our league closes waivers down on the Saturday of week 16 games and they are closed again until AFTER week 1 the following season. When you end the season with is what you have to start with the next year, so the thought was that offseason trading would increase.

 

[Coin Flip]

I actually am doing this for the first time this year. I have a league where there are 2 open teams. I am opening the option for other teams to join the dispersal draft if they so choose. I have not advertised for the 2 openings yet but here is how I will handle it.If a team wants to join the dispersal draft they must email me stating so within a 3 day window of me posting it. (which will be soon)We will draft on a temp site so predrafting can occur. I will then will load rosters.The tricky part will be the draft picks. I think I remember seeing this done before and the commish had to physically process trades between the owners to get the picks to physically transfer. (any ideas on how to do this easier would be appreciated if you guys have experience with this).All teams involved must be paid of course.I also was only focusing on this idea for this league because the league has been in existence for a few years and when some joined it was their first shot at a dynasty. Letting them jump back in and use the things they have found to be good management skills in a "second" chance situation is a good move for the league IMO. We wont do this again in the league for awhile (not a yearly option) but we might do it again down the road in 3 years if we have openings allowing it.Stay tuned. I am going to advertise for the open spots as soon as I get the email out asking who would be interested in jumping into the dispersal today.

So will the existing teams in the league have to make a "blind" decision? In other words, they won't know if any other existing owners are jumping in too?

At the current time they have 3 days to respond. I dont know that it is necessarily a secret

 

[jeter23]

I like the idea. I have participated in some redrafts where a few teams were restarted and redrafted. I was not one of those teams but I loved trying to trade for their redraft picks. I think this option does make the league much more interesting season round as long as the redraft is happening before the Nfl rookie draft there will be very little down time.I would be interested in participating in this if you have an open spot.

Bia-We may have an open spot. Still interested?

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

Interesting idea. Keep us posted on how many owners opt to dump their rosters and start over. How would you determine draft order?

There are plenty of questions to be answered. What you mention is the frustrating part. I have this idea, which I think is interesting, but it will take a year to find out if it really works.Draft order, along with many other details, have yet to be decided, but my guess is just like I would for a new startup--online dice roll/randomizer.

You could make redrafting teams pay a few extra bucks into the pot at a minimum, but make it a blind auction where the highest bidder gets the top pick.

 

[Biabreakable]

I like the idea. I have participated in some redrafts where a few teams were restarted and redrafted. I was not one of those teams but I loved trying to trade for their redraft picks. I think this option does make the league much more interesting season round as long as the redraft is happening before the Nfl rookie draft there will be very little down time.I would be interested in participating in this if you have an open spot.

Bia-We may have an open spot. Still interested?

Yes! PM me details when you get a chance please.

 

[jeter23]

One spot open , if anyone is interested.

 

[AcerFC]

One spot open , if anyone is interested.

Post the link for the draft when you are up and running

 

[jeter23]

One spot open , if anyone is interested.

Post the link for the draft when you are up and running

Will do. We are all full now.

 

[Coin Flip]

DIspersal done. Went great. All 4 teams are stronger than they were and it makes the future look better for the 4 teams as well as the league. Competitiveness as a whole improved. The guys who did not join the dispersal want a competitive league, also want it to stay alive because if you couldnt fill the league it could fold and all the top teams hard work would be wasted.Highly suggest this if you dont want to reduce payouts to sell a team and compromise the payouts to give the poor team a discount and time to rebuild the team------and/or to improve the league as a whole. It also gave a bit of spark during the off season to the league as a whole. Non participating teams were following along to see what players would be entering their divisions and interested in seeing what players were leaving.....One div lost ADP and gained MJD and Morris instead. The participants had fun drafting and making the team their own as well as the 2 owners that jumped in were pleased to get a refreshing start.

 

[Maelstrom]

We used to allow something similar in a 2-keeper league. Each keeper cost you a draft pick from the beginning of the draft, so if you kept 2 players, you started drafting in round 3. But any team could elect to drop 1 or both keepers and get their pick back. Keepers were submitted privately and even I as commish did not look at them until I submitted my own keepers (or lack thereof.) Once all keepers were submitted, it was all made public so strategies could be planned. Part of the rule was there could only be 24 players or picks combined for the first 2 rounds.

 

[jeter23]

Here's some more info about the league that I formed.

 

[FUBAR]

Jeter- if you do more if these, i will be interested.