Satellite signups?

BigHurt · Post by **BigHurt** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:00 am

I know you've got a lot on your plate right now, but any idea when the satellite signups will come on line?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:30 am

Originally posted by BigHurt:

I know you've got a lot on your plate right now, but any idea when the satellite signups will come on line? I thought we'd have that live by now. I'll check again and see if we can get this done. Sorry for the delay on this and the Online portion of the Double Play.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:34 am

The Satellite League signup page will go live tomorrow on the Registration page. Also, the Online version of the Double Play will also be live tomorrow. Sorry for the delay on both of those, but we should begin taking signups tomorrow and get the ball rolling on both online events. Thanks all.

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:10 pm

Will you be adding AL & NL only pay top 2 or 3 to the satellite sign up? We filled a couple of these last year.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:26 am

Originally posted by Cornhusker:

Will you be adding AL & NL only pay top 2 or 3 to the satellite sign up? We filled a couple of these last year. Not at this point. We'll see about that later and if we can use the ESPN auction site again. For now, let's get the 15-team NFBC draft formats going and we can discuss the AL and NL Satellites in the next month. Just remind us.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:20 pm

The Satellites are now live on the Registration page. We're getting signups already and Tom will add these in the Signup Forum first thing next week. Feel free to sign up for any of the available NFBC satellite leagues being offered this year. Thanks all.

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:07 pm

The $125 slow draft leagues are not an option under "satellites". I'm trying to pay for Slow Draft #2 ($125). Any ideas?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:03 am

Originally posted by Dak:

The $125 slow draft leagues are not an option under "satellites". I'm trying to pay for Slow Draft #2 ($125). Any ideas? Yes, we are adding that now. Tom will contact all NFBC members who signed up for the $125 Slow Drafts as soon as we have that option available. Sorry for the delay.

Captain Crunch · Post by **Captain Crunch** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:00 am

The March 7 and March 9 $250 Auction Satellites aren't listed either.

Thanks.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:56 am

Originally posted by Captain Crunch:

The March 7 and March 9 $250 Auction Satellites aren't listed either.

Thanks. Correct. We don't own the auction software and thus I didn't want to offer those events until we knew for sure there was an option for us to use in 2010. Last year we used ESPN.com's auction software and we may be able to do that again if it's available this spring, but I just don't know right now. So we're at the mercy of another service if we want to offer this again and I just didn't feel right taking signups for that yet. Let's make sure we can go that route and then we can offer this if the demand is there.

Captain Crunch · Post by **Captain Crunch** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:24 am

Greg,

Thanks for the response, but I'm a little confused. Elsewhere you posted this in response to a request for $500 and $1000 auction satellites:

"Yes, all of the satellites listed above are snake drafts. I don't feel comfortable enough with the auction software to offer anything online higher than $250. Maybe in time we will, but last year we relied on ESPN's auction software to host two pay auction leagues and I'm not sure if we can still do that or not this year. Going higher on someone else's technology isn't feasible to me right now."

... now you seem to be saying possibly no auctions at all? btw, it was cbs that hosted the auction and I thought the software worked fine fwiw.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:52 am

Originally posted by Captain Crunch:

Greg,

Thanks for the response, but I'm a little confused. Elsewhere you posted this in response to a request for $500 and $1000 auction satellites:

"Yes, all of the satellites listed above are snake drafts. I don't feel comfortable enough with the auction software to offer anything online higher than $250. Maybe in time we will, but last year we relied on ESPN's auction software to host two pay auction leagues and I'm not sure if we can still do that or not this year. Going higher on someone else's technology isn't feasible to me right now."

... now you seem to be saying possibly no auctions at all? btw, it was cbs that hosted the auction and I thought the software worked fine fwiw. If we can use it we will offer satellite auction leagues. That's all I'm saying.

pinstripepower · Post by **pinstripepower** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:40 pm

$125 slow draft is still not an option. How can we sign up for one?

Thanks

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:56 am

Originally posted by pinstripepower:

$125 slow draft is still not an option. How can we sign up for one?

Thanks Leave your name here and I'll add you to the list. I'm told we'll add that to the signup page first thing next week. Sorry for that omission on the satellite signup pulldown. It will be there shortly.

agd · Post by **agd** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:11 am

Greg, please add me to a $125 slow league.

Sharon

pinstripepower · Post by **pinstripepower** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:14 pm

GREG, I was able to sign up for the $125 slow draft.The credit cards get hit on the 15 of FEB this is correct? what if we have 15 people can we draft before then? that way we can do a few of them thanx.

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:35 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Captain Crunch:

Greg,

Thanks for the response, but I'm a little confused. Elsewhere you posted this in response to a request for $500 and $1000 auction satellites:

"Yes, all of the satellites listed above are snake drafts. I don't feel comfortable enough with the auction software to offer anything online higher than $250. Maybe in time we will, but last year we relied on ESPN's auction software to host two pay auction leagues and I'm not sure if we can still do that or not this year. Going higher on someone else's technology isn't feasible to me right now."

... now you seem to be saying possibly no auctions at all? btw, it was cbs that hosted the auction and I thought the software worked fine fwiw. If we can use it we will offer satellite auction leagues. That's all I'm saying. [/QUOTE]IS there any chance that a site like CBS or ESPN could be used to fill a league for the auction championship? Would be a nice alternative for those of us who cannot make it to one of the live events.