Any Interest In Early $125 Satellite League Draft?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:39 am

I've had some NFBC owners e-mailing me to say that I should kick off the Satellite League season earlier than late February. I'm all for hosting any type of money draft if there's enough interest, but past history has shown me that it's tough to get folks to jump in this early. But Shawn Childs has proven me wrong!!

Anyway, I'll gladly host a draft at anytime and folks seem to enjoy a Tuesday night, Wednesday night or Thursday night at $125 or $250 per team. If anyone is interested, just put your name on this list and we'll see if we can come up with 15 die-hards for a date in January or February. If not, then we'll officially kick off the NFBC Satellite League season in late February. Thanks either way and let's get this winter over with and baseball here!!

captain · Post by **captain** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:41 am

Greg:

IF you get a early one going I am in...

Chris

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:52 am

I would jump in in early Feb.

jim.s · Post by **jim.s** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:42 am

I'm interested

Jim Stanard

76erfan · Post by **76erfan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:54 am

so interested...january preferred

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:58 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I've had some NFBC owners e-mailing me to say that I should kick off the Satellite League season earlier than late February. I'm all for hosting any type of money draft if there's enough interest, but past history has shown me that it's tough to get folks to jump in this early. But Shawn Childs has proven me wrong!!

Anyway, I'll gladly host a draft at anytime and folks seem to enjoy a Tuesday night, Wednesday night or Thursday night at $125 or $250 per team. If anyone is interested, just put your name on this list and we'll see if we can come up with 15 die-hards for a date in January or February. If not, then we'll officially kick off the NFBC Satellite League season in late February. Thanks either way and let's get this winter over with and baseball here!!

Greg, what about a $250 Slow Draft Draft Champions league ? They were successful in football from what I remember. Some juice for the next 2 months plus they're very easy to maintain in season.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:36 am

Originally posted by Quahogs:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I've had some NFBC owners e-mailing me to say that I should kick off the Satellite League season earlier than late February. I'm all for hosting any type of money draft if there's enough interest, but past history has shown me that it's tough to get folks to jump in this early. But Shawn Childs has proven me wrong!!

Anyway, I'll gladly host a draft at anytime and folks seem to enjoy a Tuesday night, Wednesday night or Thursday night at $125 or $250 per team. If anyone is interested, just put your name on this list and we'll see if we can come up with 15 die-hards for a date in January or February. If not, then we'll officially kick off the NFBC Satellite League season in late February. Thanks either way and let's get this winter over with and baseball here!!

Greg, what about a $250 Slow Draft Draft Champions league ? They were successful in football from what I remember. Some juice for the next 2 months plus they're very easy to maintain in season. [/QUOTE]Absolutely we can do these. Geoff at MockDraftCentral.com said he's ready when we are. Great idea as I almost forgot about those babies.

So I'll offer two options: $125 Online Sat anytime in late January early February (maybe between the Super Bowl) and a slow draft at $125 or $250 for anyone who is interested. Let's crank up the baseball interest.

sandckaye · Post by **sandckaye** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:58 am

I would do a slow draft for 125 the earlier the better

Stan

jim.s · Post by **jim.s** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:03 am

1. how does a "slow draft" work?

2. where do I find rules for "draft champions" league?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:13 am

Originally posted by jim.s:

1. how does a "slow draft" work?

2. where do I find rules for "draft champions" league? The slow draft allows you to make a pick in like 24 hours, so you'll be getting an email everytime there's a pick and when it's your turn you can jump on the site and make your pick at your convenience. I can't remember how long the football slow drafts took, but I bet it's something that would be done in a week to two weeks and then the league would run like any other satellite league. It allows people to draft at their leisure and not be tied down to a computer for 3+ hours. They work well and MDC.com does a good job by e-mailing everyone when a pick is made.

The Draft Champions rules aren't posted, but I'll do that soon. Basically it's a format we created where you pick 40 players in the draft and then you don't make any pickups during the year. You set your weekly lineups just like any NFBC league, but your player pool for the entire year is the 40-man roster you drafted. Pretty cool and Steve is right, a slow draft for 40 rounds combined with the Draft Champions format could be a lot of fun and worth the price of admission.

[ January 07, 2009, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:17 am

I would rather do the slow draft at either price.

Raskol · Post by **Raskol** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:42 am

Greg-

Either draft option sounds great, and I don't care where Sandoval is eligible.

Judging from the responses you've received in just the last few hours, I think you'll have enough participants for at least one league. How about an official sign up list?

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:53 am

Greg, I would be interested in a jan. $125 draft.

paul

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:26 am

Awesome everyone. How about this:

NFBC $125 Slow Draft

Starts Tuesday, Jan. 20th

24 Hour Limit Per Pick

Pay Top 3, $1,000 for first, $375 for second, $125 for third

1.

NFBC $125 Satellite League

Tuesday, Jan. 27th

Pay Top 3 or Winner-Take-All

1.

$250 NFBC Slow Draft Satellite

Starts Wednesday, Jan. 28th

$2,000, $750, $250

Raskol · Post by **Raskol** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:39 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Awesome everyone. How about this:

NFBC $125 Slow Draft

Starts Tuesday, Jan. 20th

24 Hour Limit Per Pick

Pay Top 3, $1,000 for first, $375 for second, $125 for third

1.

NFBC $125 Satellite League

Tuesday, Jan. 27th

Pay Top 3 or Winner-Take-All

1.

$250 NFBC Slow Draft Satellite

Starts Wednesday, Jan. 28th

$2,000, $750, $250

Ask and ye shall receive...thanks Greg!

Will either of these drafts follow the Draft Champions format (40 man rosters, no FAAB)?

[ January 07, 2009, 04:40 PM: Message edited by: Raskol ]

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:38 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by jim.s:

1. how does a "slow draft" work?

2. where do I find rules for "draft champions" league? The slow draft allows you to make a pick in like 24 hours, so you'll be getting an email everytime there's a pick and when it's your turn you can jump on the site and make your pick at your convenience. I can't remember how long the football slow drafts took, but I bet it's something that would be done in a week to two weeks and then the league would run like any other satellite league. It allows people to draft at their leisure and not be tied down to a computer for 3+ hours. They work well and MDC.com does a good job by e-mailing everyone when a pick is made.

The Draft Champions rules aren't posted, but I'll do that soon. Basically it's a format we created where you pick 40 players in the draft and then you don't make any pickups during the year. You set your weekly lineups just like any NFBC league, but your player pool for the entire year is the 40-man roster you drafted. Pretty cool and Steve is right, a slow draft for 40 rounds combined with the Draft Champions format could be a lot of fun and worth the price of admission. [/QUOTE]Greg, the draft champ format has a 45 man roster.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:04 pm

Originally posted by Quahogs:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I've had some NFBC owners e-mailing me to say that I should kick off the Satellite League season earlier than late February. I'm all for hosting any type of money draft if there's enough interest, but past history has shown me that it's tough to get folks to jump in this early. But Shawn Childs has proven me wrong!!

Anyway, I'll gladly host a draft at anytime and folks seem to enjoy a Tuesday night, Wednesday night or Thursday night at $125 or $250 per team. If anyone is interested, just put your name on this list and we'll see if we can come up with 15 die-hards for a date in January or February. If not, then we'll officially kick off the NFBC Satellite League season in late February. Thanks either way and let's get this winter over with and baseball here!!

Greg, what about a $250 Slow Draft Draft Champions league ? They were successful in football from what I remember. Some juice for the next 2 months plus they're very easy to maintain in season. [/QUOTE]Count me in if you run this Greg!

Hard Heads · Post by **Hard Heads** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:09 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by Quahogs:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

I've had some NFBC owners e-mailing me to say that I should kick off the Satellite League season earlier than late February. I'm all for hosting any type of money draft if there's enough interest, but past history has shown me that it's tough to get folks to jump in this early. But Shawn Childs has proven me wrong!!

Anyway, I'll gladly host a draft at anytime and folks seem to enjoy a Tuesday night, Wednesday night or Thursday night at $125 or $250 per team. If anyone is interested, just put your name on this list and we'll see if we can come up with 15 die-hards for a date in January or February. If not, then we'll officially kick off the NFBC Satellite League season in late February. Thanks either way and let's get this winter over with and baseball here!!

Greg, what about a $250 Slow Draft Draft Champions league ? They were successful in football from what I remember. Some juice for the next 2 months plus they're very easy to maintain in season. [/QUOTE]Count me in if you run this Greg! [/QUOTE]For a 45 man roster with 15 teams, what kind of time limit would be set on picks to get it done? 675 players with 87 days from today until opening day that is 8 players a day if we start now. Obviously we hit some nice runs, but didn't we have a 24 hour clock or was it 12 in your football draft?

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:15 pm

I had them do a 10-hour clock in the last football draft to get it done before the season, but I think 12 would be better for this one.

We should talk to Geoff about having the option to have an immediate auto-pick from your queue. He told me last yr they could add that offseason, but we didnt have it for football.

[ January 07, 2009, 06:17 PM: Message edited by: KJ Duke ]

Hard Heads · Post by **Hard Heads** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:19 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

I had them do a 10-hour clock in the last football draft to get it done before the season, but I think 12 would be better for this one.

We should talk to Geoff about having the option to have an immediate auto-pick from your queue. He told me last yr they could add that offseason, but we didnt have it for football. Yeah the auto pick option would help a ton. I say Mike and I would be in for this as we wanted to try a DC for Baseball.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:28 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

I had them do a 10-hour clock in the last football draft to get it done before the season, but I think 12 would be better for this one.

We should talk to Geoff about having the option to have an immediate auto-pick from your queue. He told me last yr they could add that offseason, but we didnt have it for football. Wow, 45 rounds, really?

Looks like I never made it to the end of any of those Draft Champions NFBC leagues!!

Yeah, 12 hours would be fine and having the auto-pick option is fine. Let's do this format at $250 and see how many takers we get. If you're going to spend this much time on a 45-round draft, it should be for at least $250, right?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:31 pm

Let's get a name on the list and see where it takes us:

NFBC $125 Slow Draft, 30 Rounds, NFBC Format

Starts Tuesday, Jan. 20th

24 Hour Limit Per Pick

Pay Top 3, $1,000 for first, $375 for second, $125 for third

1.

NFBC $125 Satellite League, 30 Rounds, NFBC Format

Tuesday, Jan. 27th

Pay Top 3 or Winner-Take-All

1.

$250 NFBC Slow Draft Satellite

Draft Champions Format, 45 Rounds, No In-Season Moves

Starts Wednesday, Jan. 28th

$2,000, $750, $250

1. KJ Duke

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:41 pm

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by KJ Duke:

I had them do a 10-hour clock in the last football draft to get it done before the season, but I think 12 would be better for this one.

We should talk to Geoff about having the option to have an immediate auto-pick from your queue. He told me last yr they could add that offseason, but we didnt have it for football. Wow, 45 rounds, really?

Looks like I never made it to the end of any of those Draft Champions NFBC leagues!!

Yeah, 12 hours would be fine and having the auto-pick option is fine. Let's do this format at $250 and see how many takers we get. If you're going to spend this much time on a 45-round draft, it should be for at least $250, right? [/QUOTE]I started a new thread Greg - I also emailed Geoff about the autopick. He would need to program that, right now autopick doesn't go until time runs out - what we need is a function that says "make an auto-pick from my queue when its my turn". But this should be an optional setting than can be turned on and off, also if the queue is empty no autopick should be made until time is expired.

Geoff said for football he could program this offseason.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:47 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by KJ Duke:

I had them do a 10-hour clock in the last football draft to get it done before the season, but I think 12 would be better for this one.

We should talk to Geoff about having the option to have an immediate auto-pick from your queue. He told me last yr they could add that offseason, but we didnt have it for football. Wow, 45 rounds, really?

Looks like I never made it to the end of any of those Draft Champions NFBC leagues!!

Yeah, 12 hours would be fine and having the auto-pick option is fine. Let's do this format at $250 and see how many takers we get. If you're going to spend this much time on a 45-round draft, it should be for at least $250, right? [/QUOTE]I started a new thread Greg - I also emailed Geoff about the autopick. He would need to program that, right now autopick doesn't go until time runs out - what we need is a function that says "make an auto-pick from my queue when its my turn". But this should be an optional setting than can be turned on and off, also if the queue is empty no autopick should be made until time is expired.

Geoff said for football he could program this offseason. [/QUOTE]Okay, all sounds good. You're our leader of the Slow Drafts, so take it away and fill this baby up. Should be fun and who cares if it takes several weeks to finish this.

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:07 pm

Hi greg, sign me up for the tues jan 27th $125 draft....thanks