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slopshot
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AUCTION LEAGUES

Post by slopshot » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:42 pm

Just a question for anyone who has been involved in one of the auction where multi locations were put together to form a league. How do they work?

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Sack
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Post by Sack » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:15 pm

Telephone hookup installed. Much more room to spread out in most cases. Runs just as smooth as a live draft........Greg and Co. have it all figured out. No worries.

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Post by BEF » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:59 pm

Originally posted by Sack:

Telephone hookup installed. Much more room to spread out in most cases. Runs just as smooth as a live draft........Greg and Co. have it all figured out. No worries. Sorry, must respectfully disagree. Last year's $650 NL Auction was split between Tampa and Chicago and was extremely painful. It lasted almost 7.5 hours. There were constant problems with the telephone system, and everything ended up getting relayed through the auctioneer on the phone instead of a speakerphone. There were at least a dozen times when one of us in Tampa was awarded a player only to be told 5 seconds later "oh wait, there was a last second bid in Chicago". That kind of stress for 7+ hours can really take its toll on you.



I think the concept works fine as long as the telecomm issues are handled properly and there's a good phone system and speakerphone. Otherwise, look out.
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Post by Sack » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:26 am

BEF: Sorry to read about that. Must have been beyond difficult. I can only speak from my experiences and didn't encounter any problems.

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