Auction Rules

Cowboy Joe · Post by **Cowboy Joe** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:17 pm

I was reading over the auction rules and had a few concerns.

1. Now that the auction is a multi-league, national competition, we should establish some guidelines for auctioneers so that the competition is consistent across all leagues. In particular, the "pace" of the auction needs to be consistent (i.e., we need to avoid a situation where league 1 operates with a Brady Tinker (great auctioneer by the way)light-speed format while league 2 permits time outs or holds.

2. The existing rules regarding player nomination need to be modified.

A. Current rules state that a team has one minute to throw out a player. Given that 345 players have to be auctioned and another 105 selected in a reserve draft, we need to average about one minute per player selection (that means nomination and auctioning)to finish a league auction in a 6 and one half to 7 hour time period.

B. Current rules state that if a team doesn't meet the one minute nominating deadline, that team is skipped and returned to for the next player. A key element of end game strategy is that a team must nominate a player it can bid on when it is that team's turn. Need to adhere to that tradition.

C. The discussion about breaks for auctions was a little confusing. I would suggest implementing a formal and consistent break schedule for all leagues. Specifically, a ten minute break after rounds 6, 12, and 18.

The main points are:

1. to be consistent across all auction leagues

2. to communicate whatever standards are established to all participants well in advance.

Thanks.

Dallas

Roy's Outlaws · Post by **Roy's Outlaws** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:14 pm

Hey Dallas

If my memory is right I think they break the auction after round 8,16 and 23.10 minute breaks.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:21 am

Dallas, as you know, each auctioneer is different and the league picks up on the pace of the auctioneer quickly. We will advise every lead person in the various cities to keep the pace steady for these leagues because we want these to be done in a reasonable time. We want to be slightly quicker than in the past because as you said this is now a national contest and not a private league. Everyone should be on the same pace.

As for nominating players, we ask everyone to be ready to keep these moving. We shouldn't have people taking the full minute to nominate someone. If everyone is ready with a player nomination, we can get through these mixed auctions in slightly over 5 hours. It's not hard to have a player in mind when your turn is up.

I hope this helps.

Cowboy Joe · Post by **Cowboy Joe** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:19 am

Greg,

I have great confidence in your operation as it has always been first class, but it dawned on me that a mixed league auction will be 25 percent larger/longer than the AL auctions that I've experienced. Thus, a 5+ hour auction becomes a 6 1/2 hour affair. Just want to make sure that everybody appreciates the magnitude, especially any players new to NFBC auctions.

Also, any contingencies if a morning auction pushes into a start time for an afternoon league? Friday, the 26th is my specific concern.

Thanks.

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:34 am

Originally posted by Cowboy Joe:

Greg,

I have great confidence in your operation as it has always been first class, but it dawned on me that a mixed league auction will be 25 percent larger/longer than the AL auctions that I've experienced. Thus, a 5+ hour auction becomes a 6 1/2 hour affair. Just want to make sure that everybody appreciates the magnitude, especially any players new to NFBC auctions.

Also, any contingencies if a morning auction pushes into a start time for an afternoon league? Friday, the 26th is my specific concern.

Thanks. More specifically Greg can you guarantee the people that are doing back to back will at least get a 30 minute break between leagues? I know you have it scheduled that way, but things happen.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:59 am

Originally posted by Cowboy Joe:

Greg,

I have great confidence in your operation as it has always been first class, but it dawned on me that a mixed league auction will be 25 percent larger/longer than the AL auctions that I've experienced. Thus, a 5+ hour auction becomes a 6 1/2 hour affair. Just want to make sure that everybody appreciates the magnitude, especially any players new to NFBC auctions.

Also, any contingencies if a morning auction pushes into a start time for an afternoon league? Friday, the 26th is my specific concern.

Thanks. Dallas, yes these can push closer to 6 hours if the auctioneer doesn't keep things moving. Breaks will also have to be tightened a bit, but we'll let folks know about this beforehand. And yes, of course, we'll delay the start of the late auction slightly if for some reason the first one went too long. I think everyone would understand that, but again, we need to keep pushing along for that to finish at a reasonable time, too.

I'll make sure everyone is on the same page here. We'll do this right. Thanks for the questions.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:00 am

Originally posted by Chest Rockwell:

quote:Originally posted by Cowboy Joe:

Greg,

I have great confidence in your operation as it has always been first class, but it dawned on me that a mixed league auction will be 25 percent larger/longer than the AL auctions that I've experienced. Thus, a 5+ hour auction becomes a 6 1/2 hour affair. Just want to make sure that everybody appreciates the magnitude, especially any players new to NFBC auctions.

Also, any contingencies if a morning auction pushes into a start time for an afternoon league? Friday, the 26th is my specific concern.

Thanks. More specifically Greg can you guarantee the people that are doing back to back will at least get a 30 minute break between leagues? I know you have it scheduled that way, but things happen. [/QUOTE]Yes, yes, no worries on that. We'll have food and drink available too so that you won't have to go searching for a little picker-upper!!

crazytown · Post by **crazytown** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:05 am

Also, to speed things up a bit, how about less dollar($$$$$) checks during the auction. The draft assistants post all of the dollar values on the draft board as teams are assembled.

I am not saying not to do any checks, but limit them. Also if an owner needs to know, he can quickly get up while things are going on and get a closer look at the board.