Henry Muto Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) I agree that Blind bidding waivers is the best way to do it. I didn't realize so many people preferred this. If thats the case, do all of you prefer auction drafts over snake drafts? I have never done auction draft but use blind bidding waivers on all my leagues (High stakes leagues mandate it) but the difference in the high stakes leagues there is no FCFS waivers at all so you get 2 shots, Wed night and Fri night so you better get them correct. Edited August 10, 2014 by Henry Muto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 So...upon digging deeper, ESPN has weird bidding rules. There is no option for FA acquisition. The only way to do it is to bid zero. This is fine for every day except sunday. As henry stated, waivers on weekdays is good so that everyone can react to news. But no FA on sunday leaves you exposed to the late gameday scratch. I'm pretty sure that ESPN could truck up a wet dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Def. Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I agree that Blind bidding waivers is the best way to do it. I didn't realize so many people preferred this. If thats the case, do all of you prefer auction drafts over snake drafts? I think you'll see more of a divide in preference for Snake vs Auction, they are very different drafts IMO. Unlike the waivers question where you're hoping to find the fairest way (from a commish's stand point), the draft style is personal preference choice. Neither is wrong, but nor is either right for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstandfive Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I favor end-of-line over last place first. Then, there's some actual strategy involved in when to place waiver claims and a level playing field. That blind bid idea is something I may have to consider too though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustangt125 Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 So...upon digging deeper, ESPN has weird bidding rules. There is no option for FA acquisition. The only way to do it is to bid zero. This is fine for every day except sunday. As henry stated, waivers on weekdays is good so that everyone can react to news. But no FA on sunday leaves you exposed to the late gameday scratch. I'm pretty sure that ESPN could truck up a wet dream. I'm leaning toward using the blind bidding in my league..... As I understood it, there's a period where you can bid on a player. After the deadline, those players are awarded to whoever won the auction for them, and every other player goes to first-come-first-serve FA pool. Are you telling me this is not accurate? Cuz if so, we can't use this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I'm leaning toward using the blind bidding in my league..... As I understood it, there's a period where you can bid on a player. After the deadline, those players are awarded to whoever won the auction for them, and every other player goes to first-come-first-serve FA pool. Are you telling me this is not accurate? Cuz if so, we can't use this. Based on what they told my commish, there is no FCFS FA period when blind bid waivers are used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 So...upon digging deeper, ESPN has weird bidding rules. There is no option for FA acquisition. The only way to do it is to bid zero. This is fine for every day except sunday. As henry stated, waivers on weekdays is good so that everyone can react to news. But no FA on sunday leaves you exposed to the late gameday scratch. I'm pretty sure that ESPN could truck up a wet dream. I'm leaning toward using the blind bidding in my league..... As I understood it, there's a period where you can bid on a player. After the deadline, those players are awarded to whoever won the auction for them, and every other player goes to first-come-first-serve FA pool. Are you telling me this is not accurate? Cuz if so, we can't use this. yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 yahoo Well we have like 7 yrs of league history on ESPN. Besides, I've played in some yahoo leagues and I really dislike the interface and navigation. ESPN navigation and layout is pretty slick, the lack of settings options is my only real beef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustangt125 Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 That's disappointing. Very poor from ESPN. I have done Yahoo too, granted it was like 6 years ago but ESPN's layout and interface, agreed, blows Yahoo out of the water. Looks like I'll end up going use your waiver and go to back of line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Muto Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 MFL unless you are doing a total free league as in no one pays or wins anything. MFL if you signed up in June would cost you like $5 per team a very small price to pay for all the stuff you can do on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 MFL unless you are doing a total free league as in no one pays or wins anything. MFL if you signed up in June would cost you like $5 per team a very small price to pay for all the stuff you can do on it. I agree about MFL. Just not gonna move a league that has been in one place with all the same owners for so long. The one and only thing that I do like more about ESPN vs MFL is that ESPN lets you set up trophies for various achievements (and failures). Trophy stars are awarded (or deducted) and accounted for across the entire span of the league's existence. It's a way of keeping a score on who is consistently good (or bad). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikepieman123 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 My league wants to base playoff waiver priority by highest seed to reward regular season success, but I can't find it on ESPN. We do reverse order of standings, but you get moved to the end each time you get someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA Baracus Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 My league wants to base playoff waiver priority by highest seed to reward regular season success, but I can't find it on ESPN. We do reverse order of standings, but you get moved to the end each time you get someone. We do this. Commish has to manually set the waiver order each week in the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 We do this. Commish has to manually set the waiver order each week in the playoffs. Most league software would probably be that way, I know in CBS would be manual as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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