1,000 Slow Draft Rules

[fwicker]

Now that I have signed up for this it's a good time to ask about the rules: how many players, FAAB, etc. Thanks

[Winston's Empire]

Since the $1,000 SLOW DRAFT is my baby, I will give this a shot using Copy and Paste from the start of the thread we are all signing up on.



WHO WANTS TO COMPETE IN THE NEXT SLOW DRAFT

http://nfbcboards.fanball.com/cgi-bin/u ... 1;t=006414



We are still refining our Slow Draft software for the upcoming season, but the goal is to have this done shortly and start the NFBC season immediately. We will do that with our debut Slow Draft Championship where everyone competing in a Slow Draft league will be competing for league prizes and an overall championship. We are VERY excited about this concept.



Here's the idea for each 15-team Slow Draft League:



1. It's a Draft Champions format where teams draft 50 players and no free agent pickups are made during the year. What you draft is what you have for the whole season.



2. We've increased roster sizes from 45 players to 50 players. I still need to get this cleared through IT, but that's the goal. For those leagues that have drafted already, we'll give you time to add 5 more rounds if you haven't done it already.



3. Slow Drafts allow owners 12 hours to make a pick before their time runs out. Each pick is emailed to you and you'll know when your time is up. This allows owners plenty of time to make their picks and doesn't hold anyone to their computers for these leagues. We are also developing auto-pick functions that allow you to list players you want for your next pick and even allow you to list separate players for the following round. This should help speed up the process.



4. We are filling up Slow Draft Leagues as signups come in and starting shortly after we have 15 owners for that price point. Owners are allowed to set their KDS preferences and after we randomly pick the order we'll assign draft spots. Check the rules out if you are unfamiliar with KDS because this is a nice feature that allows you to have some input in your draft location.



5. We pay Top 3 spots in all of the $150, $375 and $1,000 Slow Draft leagues. This year we are also taking $25 from each team and putting it towards an overall national championship, paying the Top 5 finishers including $3,500 for first place. If we go above 20 Slow Draft leagues, we will expand the overall prize pool. Last year we did finish with 20+ Slow Draft leagues, so I think this could be fun and the final prize pool could be very solid.



6. You can sign up online under $150 Slow Draft and $375 Slow Draft. There are no draft dates listed there because those are first-come, first-served. If you sign up, be ready to draft once the league is full. You can also put your name on the list within this thread and we'll get you added officially once the league is full.



I'll start the signup list on this thread next. If you have any questions about the Slow Draft format, feel free to post here. But do your homework ahead of time because with 750 players being drafted you'll definitely need to know your major-leaguers and your minor-leaguers. Wow, I'm not sure I could even do that!!



But as most owners will tell you, Slow Drafts are about the best way to prepare for the upcoming season and they are a lot of fun. It almost becomes a social network of 15 like-minded baseball friends and you have several weeks to talk about baseball and ask opinions of certain players. It's a fun, small community all drafting over several weeks. And without the weekly FAAB duties, it's an easy team to run and a lot of fun with the league and national standings.



Slow Draft National Championship

1st place overall = $3,500

2nd place overall = $1,000

3rd place overall = $750

4th place overall = $500

5th place overall = $250



$1,000 Slow Draft, Draft Champions

League Prizes

1st = $7,700

2nd = $3,000

3rd = $1,000



This $1,000 Slow Draft will Start Monday, Feb. 7th at 11 am EST. KDS deadline is due Wednesday, Jan. 26th at noon EST.

First 15 to enter are in!



Here's the current lineup card:



$1,000 Slow Draft, Draft Champions League:

1. Max Ogden, Neenah, Wisconsin

2. Tim Pickett, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

3. Mike Massotto, Caldwell, New Jersey

4. George Kleemann, Palatine, Illinois

5. Greg Doyle, San Ramon, California

6. Robert Particelli, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

7. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama

8. Stephen Jupinka, Waldwick, New Jersey

9. Glenn Lowy, Farmingville, New York

10. James Stanard, Edwards, Colorado

11. Will Flanagan, Danbury, Connecticut



4 More Spots Left... I personally am talking to 3 guys right now about signing up and have PM'd 3 others that showed interest when we first floated the idea.

Look forward to seeing it fill!!!

[Jim Christie]

Where do you sign up for this one? Just curious, didn't see it on the sign up page

[Winston's Empire]

Jim,

Put down your name and that you would like to join the $1000 Slow Draft league on the WHO WANTS TO COMPETE IN THE NEXT SLOW DRAFT page and Greg will find you and update the list with your name on it.

Hope to see you sign up for the league, its going to be a blast and will be filled soon!

[fwicker]

OK, so just to be clear... no FAAB in this league? Sort of interesting if we're drafting in early February. Just want to clarify.

[Winston's Empire]

Nope... We draft 50 Guys each and those 50 Guys are yours for the entire year, so you will really want to draft reserves that can cover your tail in case of injury etc... No Waiver Wire Pick Up, No Trades. 750 Players total will go in the draft.

Its awesome Draft Prep for other leagues and a great format in general to get to know other guys that play in the NFBC. A Lot of chat room talking during the draft.

[fwicker]

OK, thanks!.... and I can see how it's great prep for other drafts. Quite a challenge this early in the year, but it will put the emphasis on preparation and knowing the player pool.