JohnnyU
Footballguy
If the NCAA season is cancelled is there a real possibility some big names like Etienne, Hubbard, Chase, Bateman, and others could enter the NFL Supplemental Draft? If yes, then postponing your fantasy rookie draft to include such players until after the supplemental draft on July 10 is probably a wise move. The leagues I commish have rules for the supplemental draft, but this situation could be different given the possible big names that could be in it.
Here are the supplemental draft rules from one of my leagues and with the possibility of this being a year very different from year's past, perhaps not having a league supplemental draft and include players in your regular rookie draft is the best move. What do you think?
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Fantasy Legends 1 Supplemental Draft Rules -
Supplemental Draft: Whenever the NFL has a Supplemental Draft, Fantasy Legends I will also have their own Supplemental Draft approx. 1 week later. The FLL1 Supplemental Draft will be setup in a thread with bids made publicly in an auction style format open for approx. two days. Bids for a player can be made using the team's following season's draft picks still owned (any picks acquired/lost through trade are not eligible to be bid). You may only bid one pick (like the NFL does it). Highest bid gets the player and loses the pick that was bid. Value of the following season's picks will be based on the time frame of the NFL Supplemental Draft. If occurs during off-season or in-season between wk #1 thru #7, than the pick value will be based on the past season's standings. If occurs in-season between wk #8 thru #16, than the pick value will be based on the present season's standings. If a Supplemental player is acquired during wk. #14 thru #16 (our post-season), the player will be frozen and the team will receive a roster exemption.
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I don't see this working well for devy leagues that have their devy draft separate from their rookie draft, because some of these leagues still haven't had their regular rookie draft, but may have already had their devy draft and may have already traded their rookie picks knowing what is currently in the draft pool. To suddenly have big name players in the rookie pool makes for some unfair situations. This is a tricky situation for devy leagues that have a separate devy draft from their rookie drafts.. Some devy leagues combine their devy and rookie draft into one and IMO they aren't affected.
Devy Leagues that have a separate devy draft from their rookie draft may be better off using their league Supplemental Draft rules in this case. In other words, if your Devy league already has supplemental draft rules and your devy draft is separate from your rookie draft, you're probably better off using it and not try and include any of these players in the rookie draft.
In conclusion: If your league already has supplemental draft rules do you use it and not include big name players in your rookie draft, or include them and postpone your regular rookie draft until after the supplemental draft? Non-Devy leagues may choose to do the latter. Devy leagues may choose the former if they have separate devy draft from their rookie draft, for the sake of fairness.
ETA: The NFL could even postpone their supplemental draft from July 10 until late August or September to see if the NCAA season is going to be cancelled, thus including big name players if they are eligible.
Here are the supplemental draft rules from one of my leagues and with the possibility of this being a year very different from year's past, perhaps not having a league supplemental draft and include players in your regular rookie draft is the best move. What do you think?
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Fantasy Legends 1 Supplemental Draft Rules -
Supplemental Draft: Whenever the NFL has a Supplemental Draft, Fantasy Legends I will also have their own Supplemental Draft approx. 1 week later. The FLL1 Supplemental Draft will be setup in a thread with bids made publicly in an auction style format open for approx. two days. Bids for a player can be made using the team's following season's draft picks still owned (any picks acquired/lost through trade are not eligible to be bid). You may only bid one pick (like the NFL does it). Highest bid gets the player and loses the pick that was bid. Value of the following season's picks will be based on the time frame of the NFL Supplemental Draft. If occurs during off-season or in-season between wk #1 thru #7, than the pick value will be based on the past season's standings. If occurs in-season between wk #8 thru #16, than the pick value will be based on the present season's standings. If a Supplemental player is acquired during wk. #14 thru #16 (our post-season), the player will be frozen and the team will receive a roster exemption.
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I don't see this working well for devy leagues that have their devy draft separate from their rookie draft, because some of these leagues still haven't had their regular rookie draft, but may have already had their devy draft and may have already traded their rookie picks knowing what is currently in the draft pool. To suddenly have big name players in the rookie pool makes for some unfair situations. This is a tricky situation for devy leagues that have a separate devy draft from their rookie drafts.. Some devy leagues combine their devy and rookie draft into one and IMO they aren't affected.
Devy Leagues that have a separate devy draft from their rookie draft may be better off using their league Supplemental Draft rules in this case. In other words, if your Devy league already has supplemental draft rules and your devy draft is separate from your rookie draft, you're probably better off using it and not try and include any of these players in the rookie draft.
In conclusion: If your league already has supplemental draft rules do you use it and not include big name players in your rookie draft, or include them and postpone your regular rookie draft until after the supplemental draft? Non-Devy leagues may choose to do the latter. Devy leagues may choose the former if they have separate devy draft from their rookie draft, for the sake of fairness.
ETA: The NFL could even postpone their supplemental draft from July 10 until late August or September to see if the NCAA season is going to be cancelled, thus including big name players if they are eligible.
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