With everything that came down this summer, let's just do our usual online snake draft instead of experimenting with the auction format...

And I am planning on starting the draft next Monday, August 3rd around noon ET. That is contingent on everybody finishing rolling, picking, and a few scheduled vacations getting in the way...I'll post in here draft positions.

I'll post in here the draft slots once everybody picks and this will be the thread for updates and people's scheduling conflicts...

Also, please be aware that we have one new owner...his name is Ash and he was highly recommended by Supa (which means he's probably never played before )...and there are a few rule changes...

Namely, field goals will now go out to 2 decimal places after 30 yards...so a 31 yd FG will be counted as 3.10, a 32 yd FG will be counted as 3.20, etc...

Also the blind bidding will be hosted on the site this year but I am raising the credits due to hosting a FCFS for a 24 hr. period starting on Saturdays every week and ending on Sunday...I'll go into more details on this later.

One more thing...the website will be changing so please bear with me. I've set it up so each owner can customize their own page but from the web developer build last year, there's so much CSS floating around in it I am having difficulty pulling it all out. So before you do too much to it, I'll let you know when I am finished getting rid of some of the content.

[quote name='ABearWithFurniture' date='7/27/09 5:12pm' post='2885549']
Namely, field goals will now go out to 2 decimal places after 30 yards...so a 31 yd FG will be counted as 3.10, a 32 yd FG will be counted as 3.20, etc...


Ummm... Why not just go out to one decimal place...

Glad to be back for another year girls!

I guess I didn't really think that through did I and thanks for pointing my mistake out so promptly there Chuck...

It's just because our scoring goes out 2 decimal places...no biggie

I have an out of town lecture on Monday night and I will be driving to Kansas City and back over the following three days. I believe Bear has my phone number if needed. I don't like to be the cause of slowing the draft down. So feel free to call me if I haven't drafted after a couple of hours during the day.

I am leaving for a trip to the woods August 7th in the evening and will have very limited access. If this draft is slow like it's been in past years, this is going to be a problem. If people can pick up the pace, I don't see why it couldn't be done in 3-4 days.

we have never finished a draft in this league under 2 weeks.

A trip to the woods? What would Tom do? He survived the desert for 17 days with no food or water and was still able to draft. Ok, so maybe this is a slight stretch and he didn't really draft all that well, but his survival skills cannot be questioned. You might want to hit him up for some pointers before you begin your journey.

Seeing as Tom hasn't been able to show up and roll the dice yet...are you that sure he survived?

Would it be possible to get people together for a live online draft? Maybe this Sunday night?

He's probably finishing up his WSOP tour and brunch with Mr. Helmuth. I doubt he has had time for his anual trip across the desert in his 74 Pinto.

I'm game

Yes, I think I could be available for this

Extremely doubtful on the live draft as either Rick or Jimbo will be heading out Saturday morning on vacation and will only be around every few hours...so don't worry, it will go slow as it always does...but we always manage to get done before the actual NFL season starts.

Now if someone could actually round all 12 of us up for a live draft then I'll be more than happy to participate...

Actually I am available. In fact my trip has been delayed until the following week.

Apparantly Rick doesn't share our same excitement for the start of the draft

I was going to text him this AM, but there is no # on the site. Cest la vie....it will happen eventually.

I am really going to plug this thing up next week. I will only be able to check in every couple of days.

I might see if I can get a proxy to check in on it for me.

We are an anxious group, but we will make necessary accomodations for those who don't live in front of a computer, like myself I'm not sure why I get so excited about drafting, seeing as 3/4 of my final roster is made up of waiver moves. Maybe I should work on that