My primary league moved to a being a keeper league. We did this at last year's draft so we are entering the first year where it will come into play. Unfortunately, we didn't articulate the rules very well so now there is a disagreement on interpretation--no big surprise!
Our rules were basically stated as follows:
• you can keep as many as you want
• you can't keep 1st or 2nd round picks
• if you keep a player, he costs you one draft pick higher than he was drafted (3rd rounder costs you a 2nd)
That was about it.
The question that now exists is, what happens if you pick up a player off of waivers? If was drafted by another player, does that draft position stay with the player or does he essentially revert to an undrafted free agent, thus representing the last pick in the draft?
For example, Carson Palmer was a 8th round pick and he was dropped. A guy picked him up and carried him all year. Now, he is suggesting that Palmer is this years 14th round pick, not the 7th round pick. He maintains that Palmer was picked up off of the waiver wire so he is essentially an undrafted free agent.
Two questions—how do most established keeper leagues work? Based on the situation as outlined above, what do you feel is the right thing to do?
Thanks for taking the time to chime in!