FAAB-U-LESS
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:31 am
I've seen new leagues spring up in the NFBC since joining long ago. Satelites, Draft Champions, Cutlines, auctions, and various price arrangements from anywhere from $50 to $10,000.
During that long period of time, my tastes have changed in the NFBC.
When younger, I would do satelites, Main Events....actually, just about ANY league.
As I started getting more and more and more teams though, I felt my time was slipping away from me.
Besides my full time job at work, I had a full time job playing fantasy baseball.
So, I decided to chip away at the number of teams I had.
Smaller leagues with FAAB were the first to go.
It takes us 5-10 minutes to put a lineup together.
FAAB is not the same.
FAAB needs honed all the way up till the deadline.
It's time consuming.
And when we have LOTS of FAAB teams, we need LOTS of time to treat them fairly.
At one time, I had 12 FAAB teams. Last year, four.
Draft Champions are perfect for me.
No FAAB.
One, two, four hour, or speed drafts to go as slow or as fast as I want to draft.
Love them.
BUT, there has been a problem since Draft Champions started so many years ago.
No other new contests have come out to join Draft Champions with the no FAAB concept.
And, it is a big problem.
Especially for Main Event and bigger money players who don't want to go through the FAAB process for smaller amounts of money.
Some concepts with FAAB have even died for lack of participants in large part, due to FAAB.
Except for Draft Champions and auctions with the Draft Champions format, drafters trying to avoid FAAB Leagues are stuck.
(By the way, I really do wish that Greg would have started that new Overall Auction Championship using the Draft Champions format to conclude each league. I believe the sign-ups would have been helped a LOT with no FAAB!)
It got me thinking about a new league. A new format.
And I'll tell you upfront, this has already been sent to Greg and it may be on the table for next year.
Not this year because IT has enough stuff on their table.....
Anyway, here is the idea.
15 Teams.
$150, $300, $500 entry fees with an Overall of whatever.
No FAAB, NO Lineups.
That's right. No FAAB. No Lineups
We draft 40 rounds.
Each team must have the usual 23 positions filled.
Innings Pitched requirement would be 600 innings.
The other 17 positions are up to each drafter to strategize as they will.
40 rounds is enough rounds to fully stock a roster but not get killed by the following....
ALL PLAYERS STATISTICS COUNT.
All of them. There is no bench to save us from bad match-ups.
It is Best Ball AND Worst Ball.
The strategies would be endless.
Take Catchers with round 39 or 40 picks so as not to get hurt by them or take the good ones early to have those picks free at the end?
How many rookies do we want to invest in?
Are you sure they'll be called up?
Do we really want to draft a player like Wade Davis and suffer each time he enters the game? Are the Saves worth the blow-ups and possible demotion?
The 40 rounds would limit the real bad players from being drafted to hurt our teams, while still filling our rosters with enough players to strategize new ways to win this game.
Is more hitting better? Do we load up on Pitching? Balance?
The 600 innings requirement could leave it open to drafting all relievers or Starters, or a mix.
But if drafting all relievers, you'd better draft enough, they better be good, and they have to make that requirement or it is one point for ERA and WHIP.
It would be an easy game for IT to put on the platform according to Greg, so that would not be a drawback.
I'm just wondering if there's enough of us that would enjoy a total hands-free and time-free fantasy game after a team is drafted.
As said, it won't be coming to an NFBC store near you soon, but I'd like to have some feedback in what you think of this concept.
Thanks for the listen!
Edits- I'll keep a list of suggestions that could possibly help the game to be decided later...
One FAAB on Wednesday Night of the All Star break
800 IP limit.
During that long period of time, my tastes have changed in the NFBC.
When younger, I would do satelites, Main Events....actually, just about ANY league.
As I started getting more and more and more teams though, I felt my time was slipping away from me.
Besides my full time job at work, I had a full time job playing fantasy baseball.
So, I decided to chip away at the number of teams I had.
Smaller leagues with FAAB were the first to go.
It takes us 5-10 minutes to put a lineup together.
FAAB is not the same.
FAAB needs honed all the way up till the deadline.
It's time consuming.
And when we have LOTS of FAAB teams, we need LOTS of time to treat them fairly.
At one time, I had 12 FAAB teams. Last year, four.
Draft Champions are perfect for me.
No FAAB.
One, two, four hour, or speed drafts to go as slow or as fast as I want to draft.
Love them.
BUT, there has been a problem since Draft Champions started so many years ago.
No other new contests have come out to join Draft Champions with the no FAAB concept.
And, it is a big problem.
Especially for Main Event and bigger money players who don't want to go through the FAAB process for smaller amounts of money.
Some concepts with FAAB have even died for lack of participants in large part, due to FAAB.
Except for Draft Champions and auctions with the Draft Champions format, drafters trying to avoid FAAB Leagues are stuck.
(By the way, I really do wish that Greg would have started that new Overall Auction Championship using the Draft Champions format to conclude each league. I believe the sign-ups would have been helped a LOT with no FAAB!)
It got me thinking about a new league. A new format.
And I'll tell you upfront, this has already been sent to Greg and it may be on the table for next year.
Not this year because IT has enough stuff on their table.....
Anyway, here is the idea.
15 Teams.
$150, $300, $500 entry fees with an Overall of whatever.
No FAAB, NO Lineups.
That's right. No FAAB. No Lineups
We draft 40 rounds.
Each team must have the usual 23 positions filled.
Innings Pitched requirement would be 600 innings.
The other 17 positions are up to each drafter to strategize as they will.
40 rounds is enough rounds to fully stock a roster but not get killed by the following....
ALL PLAYERS STATISTICS COUNT.
All of them. There is no bench to save us from bad match-ups.
It is Best Ball AND Worst Ball.
The strategies would be endless.
Take Catchers with round 39 or 40 picks so as not to get hurt by them or take the good ones early to have those picks free at the end?
How many rookies do we want to invest in?
Are you sure they'll be called up?
Do we really want to draft a player like Wade Davis and suffer each time he enters the game? Are the Saves worth the blow-ups and possible demotion?
The 40 rounds would limit the real bad players from being drafted to hurt our teams, while still filling our rosters with enough players to strategize new ways to win this game.
Is more hitting better? Do we load up on Pitching? Balance?
The 600 innings requirement could leave it open to drafting all relievers or Starters, or a mix.
But if drafting all relievers, you'd better draft enough, they better be good, and they have to make that requirement or it is one point for ERA and WHIP.
It would be an easy game for IT to put on the platform according to Greg, so that would not be a drawback.
I'm just wondering if there's enough of us that would enjoy a total hands-free and time-free fantasy game after a team is drafted.
As said, it won't be coming to an NFBC store near you soon, but I'd like to have some feedback in what you think of this concept.
Thanks for the listen!
Edits- I'll keep a list of suggestions that could possibly help the game to be decided later...
One FAAB on Wednesday Night of the All Star break
800 IP limit.