Draft Champions Slow Draft

[Greg Ambrosius]

Greg - This may be slightly off-topic, but in responding to Mark you asked about whether the grand prize is the lure of the DC format. It is not for me, but that's not why I'm commenting. One of the many lures to me - in addition to genuinely liking the format, the increased reliance on drafting ability, and the ability to not have to do FAAB for every league I enter - is that the DC leagues start in November (hopefully, still waiting ). All of the NFBC's other contests, whether they are the high entry leagues, Main Event, Primetime, small satellite leagues, auction, etc., all start in the late-February or March timeframe. As you can tell from the number of folks chomping at the bit, there is real interest in drafting teams now. Toward that end, in addition to getting some DC leagues off the ground, why don't you also consider running a few satellite leagues now or soon? If you offered a couple of satellite leagues one or two nights per week starting at the beginning of December, I would think they would fill. Just a thought.

Mike

We will offer drafts any time of the year if there's demand for it. Sure, satellites too. From past experience, however, the early February satellite leagues struggle to fill and we understand why. Most people like to wait until March so that they know about injuries, closer situations, rookies, etc. These are 30-round drafts. But trust me, if demand is there we'll add new dates to Registration at any time.

[mcomitch]

I'm a newbie to the NFBC and played several teams in my second year at a low entry point.

I entered the Draft Champions for the first time with three teams and managed 3rd in one of them. It was quite a learning curve and I had a lot of fun. The 3rd place prize wasn't a lot but it goes into the pool for 2014 entries and combined with other winnings will I'll probably enter more DC teams this year.

Sometimes it doesn't take much to keep the little guys happy.

[Gekko]

I'm a newbie to the NFBC and played several teams in my second year at a low entry point.

I entered the Draft Champions for the first time with three teams and managed 3rd in one of them. It was quite a learning curve and I had a lot of fun. The 3rd place prize wasn't a lot but it goes into the pool for 2014 entries and combined with other winnings will I'll probably enter more DC teams this year.

Sometimes it doesn't take much to keep the little guys happy.

Welcome to the DC family!!! We'll done on cashing!!

[joshguy]

The best reason for keeping the 3rd place is that I believe in some leagues you'd have even more teams not fielding lineups or making prudent lineup choices. In so many of my leagues last year I was screwed(and helped) because out of it teams don't make moves. Even on my sucky teams I would field my best squad.

Also, can we do higher payouts on the rest of the top 20?

[Bronx Yankees]

Greg - This may be slightly off-topic, but in responding to Mark you asked about whether the grand prize is the lure of the DC format. It is not for me, but that's not why I'm commenting. One of the many lures to me - in addition to genuinely liking the format, the increased reliance on drafting ability, and the ability to not have to do FAAB for every league I enter - is that the DC leagues start in November (hopefully, still waiting ). All of the NFBC's other contests, whether they are the high entry leagues, Main Event, Primetime, small satellite leagues, auction, etc., all start in the late-February or March timeframe. As you can tell from the number of folks chomping at the bit, there is real interest in drafting teams now. Toward that end, in addition to getting some DC leagues off the ground, why don't you also consider running a few satellite leagues now or soon? If you offered a couple of satellite leagues one or two nights per week starting at the beginning of December, I would think they would fill. Just a thought.

Mike

We will offer drafts any time of the year if there's demand for it. Sure, satellites too. From past experience, however, the early February satellite leagues struggle to fill and we understand why. Most people like to wait until March so that they know about injuries, closer situations, rookies, etc. These are 30-round drafts. But trust me, if demand is there we'll add new dates to Registration at any time.

Greg - Thanks for the response. I'll start out with a few DC leagues once they get up and going. Perhaps in the dead of winter, if I'm in the mood for something different, I'll post something to see if others are interested in doing an early satellite league. While there definitely is uncertainty about injuries, closers, rookies, etc., those impact everyone in the league equally. I guess the only difference between DC and satellite leagues in that respect is that there are fewer rounds to compensate (30 v. 50) for the unknown.

Mike