Hey, I think i came up with a way to incorporate everything in a fair way that we should have no problem finishing. It is 16 rounds of auction draft, followed by 9 rounds of snake draft. Here are the particulars.
-100 million dollar budget
-25 players
-players 1-260 are auctioned off by Tom as the auctioneer
-we will bid using green/red cards to indicate whether we are in/out of the bidding
-until there are two people remaining, when those two will bid directly against eachother
-bids are for yearly contracts and owners assign contract length (1, 2 or 3 years) after winning bid
-only eight players can be given three year contracts
-players 261-320 are bid on auction style but are called up by the owners. So each owner will eventually call up three people during this phase.
-The rest of the draft will be done as a snake-style draft in reverse order of the minor leauge draft.
-Player salaries for this phase are defined as follows:
round player # yearly salary
17 321-340 2 mil
18 341-360 1.75mil
19 361-380 1.5mil
20 381-400 1.25mil
21 401-420 1 mil
22 421-440 .75mil
23 441-460 .5mil
24 461-480 .25mil
25 481-500 .25mil
Note: this adds up to 9.25mil so you must have at least that much remaining to be fully involved in this portion. If you don't, see below...
-contract length of drafted players are assigned after you draft them
OK, now for the tricky part...
-after the auction part (320 players taken), for every player more than 16 players you have on your team, that is one fewer than 8 players that you can give a 3 year contract to.
Ex. if you have 18 players after 320 players have been auctioned, you can only give 6 players 3 year contracts.
-once we hit the draft phase (post-320) the draft only involves teams that meet the following criteria for each round
ROUND 17: Fewer than 17 players AND no more than 90.75 spent
ROUND 18: Fewer than 18 players AND no more than 92.75 spent
ROUND 19: Fewer than 19 players AND no more than 94.5 spent
ROUND 20: Fewer than 20 players AND no more than 96.0 spent
ROUND 21: Fewer than 21 players AND no more than 97.25 spent
ROUND 22: Fewer than 22 players AND no more than 98.25 spent
ROUND 23: Fewer than 23 players AND no more than 99.0 spent
ROUND 24: Fewer than 24 players AND no more than 99.5 spent
ROUND 25: Fewer than 25 players AND no more than 99.75 spent
-An owner can have more than one pick in a round. The round will continue until 20 players are taken or no owner is eligible
-Any owner that winds up with less than 25 players, must make the highest paid player with a three year contract become a one-year contract for every player under 25 players...
well, that's my idea...is it too complicated? Have i made it clear enough? anything you disagree with? anything you wanna add? any part that you don't understand why it's been implemented?
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Please keep in mind when discussing that this is a proposal and not set-in-stone fact. The goal is and always has been to complete the draft via auction, but we understand the need to have alternatives on the table. Thanks.
Bert "Todd" Sliss was having trouble posting on the blog, so he asked me to post this idea:
“Wow, I'm way too stupid to begin to try to figure that out and now I have a headache.
Here's a wacky idea: We do an auction-style/snake draft. We pick the players and everyone gets to bid and you have to put in the initial bid. So if I want to take Julio Franco on my turn in the first round, I can, and though I may get stuck with him, he's likely even more of a bargain than he would be. In reality, then Pujols could go last and be a bargain if no one has payroll left.
I just don't like the idea of someone else (no offense to anyone) deciding the draft order, and I like it even less if we don't get to know what that order is. If we're doing it that way and we're trying to make it quicker, then we should all know the draft order. That will save a ton of time and make everyone's lives easier.”
I have to say it again: in a regular auction draft, NOBODY knows the draft order. You have no idea who the next owner will call up for bid. This is no different. Seriously.
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