jjwbean Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 We started a keeper league this year and nay have an issue with 2009 draft. Looking for a suggestion on how to handle. Some of the rules: 10 team league Each owner has option to keep 1 player in exchange for first round pick Draft order based on previous year standings (lowest to highest) Snake draft 1 2 3 .... 3 2 1 The problem is if all teams elect to keep a player, the team with the best record ends up with the #1 pick thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Usually in a keeper-optional league, the draft orders is worst to first for round where they would forfeit picks. Then a regular serpetine draft starts in the first round that everyone drafts in with this round being worst to first. To apply to your league, round 1 is a forfeit round, so worst to first. The regular draft starts in round 2, with that and all even-number rounds after that being worst to first, then round 3 and all odd-number rounds after that being first to worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Agree with what Big John said as one way to handle it... then again, you're just talking about one potential keeper, so really not much of an advantage to be gained. Quite honestly I don't much have an issue with the draft order turning out the way it did. One player really is not that impactful in the grand scheme of things, generally speaking. It would be a different matter altogether if we were talking 4-5 players that could be kept, where the better teams truly have a chance to build upon their better teams the previous year. Everyone going in knows that they are essentially in a redraft league, just with the option to utilize their first round pick on a known commodity from their previous roster or to pass and pick up the best of what is unkept. I sure hope the person to finish last is semi-intelligent and realizes there is absolutely no gain for him to utilize his first pick on a keeper player no matter what format you choose, whether it be to keep it as was set up in your rules or if you adjust your rules to Big John's suggestion (or any other that may be made). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteoflovegm Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 We require you keep players and the draft is normal based on record rounds 1-5 then serpentines from there. Which gives the crappy teams a break early and then helps out the best team with B2B picks in 5 and 6 and every other after that. But you might need to stick to the rules you have for now and change it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.K.Trey Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 We require you keep players and the draft is normal based on record rounds 1-5 then serpentines from there. Which gives the crappy teams a break early and then helps out the best team with B2B picks in 5 and 6 and every other after that.But you might need to stick to the rules you have for now and change it later. but they dont have the same teams? why would u give them an advantage? unless ur keepin more players then 1 , this is givinthe lwer teams from last year too large of an advantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteoflovegm Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 but they dont have the same teams? why would u give them an advantage? unless ur keepin more players then 1 , this is givinthe lwer teams from last year too large of an advantage We keep 1qb, 1rb, 1wr and 2 of 3 te, k, d. So yes we keep more than 1. Just saying what we do, if that works for him or inspires him with a better idea, great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.K.Trey Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 We keep 1qb, 1rb, 1wr and 2 of 3 te, k, d. So yes we keep more than 1. Just saying what we do, if that works for him or inspires him with a better idea, great. then that totally makes sense then to give the losers an advantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjwbean Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I believe 1 keeper will hurt the league. You need at least 2 to make it fair so you can mimic the snake draft. because in your leagues first draft the first guy to pick will get the 1.1 and the 2.12 the last guy to pick gets the 1.12 and the 2.1 If you keep it at 1 player the owner who had the 1.1 will be able to hold onto Peterson forever where as the player who picks last is stuck with keeping the whoever was picked at 1.12. Assuming the peterson owner finishes well... then he could potentially get to keep peterson and also get the 2.1 2 keepers just balances things out better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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