The New SportsHub FAAB Software For NFFC 2018
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:34 pm
This is something we posted on the NFBC Message Boards last month, but with the 2018 NFFC season just a few months away, let's get it on these boards as well.
At this year's live drafts, we promised everyone a better FAAB setup in 2018 under SportsHub Technologies and we are well on our way to delivering that. While we have a lot of items we hope to improve on our new sites in 2018, nothing is more important than saving you time each week during the season on FAAB. It's the one area that has limited our growth from year to year.
I've heard from enough owners that they've either cut back on the number of teams they've taken in past years with us or from owners who have quit altogether with the NFFC because FAAB took up too much of their time each week. It's one of the reasons why the Draft Champions format is so successful. And while we can't eliminate FAAB completely, we will do everything we can to make that FAAB process less time consuming. One way is to give you the ability to Search for free agents across all of your teams with the click of one button. After that setting up FAAB bid threads needs to be easier.
Tom and I have worked closely with our programmers to get everything you need for a better experience in the NFFC. We have looked at all aspects of the new software and much of it will debut this baseball season and be tested and ready to go for 2018 NFFC. FAAB has been a top priority in all of our tech conversatoins and the programmers know what needs to be done. It's going to be much better everyone, I promise. And our FAAB setup under STATS was good, but we're going to make that even better.
Let's tackle the issues one by one and if I missed anything please chime in. Here we go:
1. Conditional Bids will be exactly the same as we had it with STATS, which I think was set up as the best in the industry. Once you make a bid for a player, you can then click on Conditional Bids and hit 10 players in 10 seconds to load at $1 each. You still have to change the bid amounts, but all of this will be the same. However, one nice addition is that we'll have a drag 'n drop process to move players up and down more easily on your bid threads. I think STATS had this but it didn't seem to work very well. This will work easily and quickly.
We will default the Player List to Percent Owned and this part will be much improved. We will have % Owned and % Active based on the size of the contests. So Cutline percentages will be just for 10-team contests; Online Championship % Owned and Active will be just for 12-team contests; and Classic & Primetime will be just for those contests. STATS had one % Owned and one % Active FAAB list and it even included Draft Champions leagues, which really threw off the % Owned totals. These will be separate for each format and DCs won't be included. The rest of that page will have all of the same features, including the drop-down box that takes you to your other teams, right to the FAAB list.
2. We have developed a system that will allow you to click on any Free Agent name and find out if he is available in any of your leagues. This is going to be as easy as this: Click on Ricky Seals-Jones in your FAAB list of players and his player box will pop out showing you the list of 30 teams you have and a note that Yes or No he's available in your leagues. I think that action will allow you to bid on him right from that player page in each league. I'm certain that this one click will show you which leagues he's available in and you won't have to go to every league to find that out. In fact, do this for as many free agents as you want from this one page and keep a tally of which leagues they are available in before finally setting up all of these bid threads.
3. This same concept will work if looking for a player on any of your rosters. Again, let's say you have Ezekiel Elliott on your Main Event team and today his suspension is final. You now want to see which leagues you have him in since you have 30 of them and you click on his name from that roster. His player box pops out and shows you the teams you have him on. Again, I'm not sure what action can happen after that because we're not done with this, but that's the concept.
4. As for the FAAB process, we will continue to run FAAB by the highest dollar amount on any bid, no matter what the preference order. It will run the same as before, but just wanted to point that out.
5. Watch List: We are developing a Watch List for baseball that will allow you to keep a handy list of players -- free agents and drafted players -- and have you see their availability across all of your leagues. Rather than do a team-by-team Watch List, this will be your personal Watch List that encompasses all of your teams and leagues.
I think that covers FAAB. Again, we already have a good start on all of this and when it is done and styled to the new NFBC pages we will post some screen shots and have a group of owners test it out. We can post those images and comments on the NFFC boards, too. Heck, we can have a different test group well in advance of the start of the season here too in order to check it out and report to others on it. We know this is important to you as you plan your season ahead, so anything we can show you in advance to prove our point is helpful. Count on it.
I hope this helps. Again, if I missed anything or if you see anything that could save you time even more let us know. We are trying to make playing in the NFFC more enjoyable and less time consuming. Thanks all and good luck the rest of this season. Then get ready for an earlier and better 2018 NFFC season.
At this year's live drafts, we promised everyone a better FAAB setup in 2018 under SportsHub Technologies and we are well on our way to delivering that. While we have a lot of items we hope to improve on our new sites in 2018, nothing is more important than saving you time each week during the season on FAAB. It's the one area that has limited our growth from year to year.
I've heard from enough owners that they've either cut back on the number of teams they've taken in past years with us or from owners who have quit altogether with the NFFC because FAAB took up too much of their time each week. It's one of the reasons why the Draft Champions format is so successful. And while we can't eliminate FAAB completely, we will do everything we can to make that FAAB process less time consuming. One way is to give you the ability to Search for free agents across all of your teams with the click of one button. After that setting up FAAB bid threads needs to be easier.
Tom and I have worked closely with our programmers to get everything you need for a better experience in the NFFC. We have looked at all aspects of the new software and much of it will debut this baseball season and be tested and ready to go for 2018 NFFC. FAAB has been a top priority in all of our tech conversatoins and the programmers know what needs to be done. It's going to be much better everyone, I promise. And our FAAB setup under STATS was good, but we're going to make that even better.
Let's tackle the issues one by one and if I missed anything please chime in. Here we go:
1. Conditional Bids will be exactly the same as we had it with STATS, which I think was set up as the best in the industry. Once you make a bid for a player, you can then click on Conditional Bids and hit 10 players in 10 seconds to load at $1 each. You still have to change the bid amounts, but all of this will be the same. However, one nice addition is that we'll have a drag 'n drop process to move players up and down more easily on your bid threads. I think STATS had this but it didn't seem to work very well. This will work easily and quickly.
We will default the Player List to Percent Owned and this part will be much improved. We will have % Owned and % Active based on the size of the contests. So Cutline percentages will be just for 10-team contests; Online Championship % Owned and Active will be just for 12-team contests; and Classic & Primetime will be just for those contests. STATS had one % Owned and one % Active FAAB list and it even included Draft Champions leagues, which really threw off the % Owned totals. These will be separate for each format and DCs won't be included. The rest of that page will have all of the same features, including the drop-down box that takes you to your other teams, right to the FAAB list.
2. We have developed a system that will allow you to click on any Free Agent name and find out if he is available in any of your leagues. This is going to be as easy as this: Click on Ricky Seals-Jones in your FAAB list of players and his player box will pop out showing you the list of 30 teams you have and a note that Yes or No he's available in your leagues. I think that action will allow you to bid on him right from that player page in each league. I'm certain that this one click will show you which leagues he's available in and you won't have to go to every league to find that out. In fact, do this for as many free agents as you want from this one page and keep a tally of which leagues they are available in before finally setting up all of these bid threads.
3. This same concept will work if looking for a player on any of your rosters. Again, let's say you have Ezekiel Elliott on your Main Event team and today his suspension is final. You now want to see which leagues you have him in since you have 30 of them and you click on his name from that roster. His player box pops out and shows you the teams you have him on. Again, I'm not sure what action can happen after that because we're not done with this, but that's the concept.
4. As for the FAAB process, we will continue to run FAAB by the highest dollar amount on any bid, no matter what the preference order. It will run the same as before, but just wanted to point that out.
5. Watch List: We are developing a Watch List for baseball that will allow you to keep a handy list of players -- free agents and drafted players -- and have you see their availability across all of your leagues. Rather than do a team-by-team Watch List, this will be your personal Watch List that encompasses all of your teams and leagues.
I think that covers FAAB. Again, we already have a good start on all of this and when it is done and styled to the new NFBC pages we will post some screen shots and have a group of owners test it out. We can post those images and comments on the NFFC boards, too. Heck, we can have a different test group well in advance of the start of the season here too in order to check it out and report to others on it. We know this is important to you as you plan your season ahead, so anything we can show you in advance to prove our point is helpful. Count on it.
I hope this helps. Again, if I missed anything or if you see anything that could save you time even more let us know. We are trying to make playing in the NFFC more enjoyable and less time consuming. Thanks all and good luck the rest of this season. Then get ready for an earlier and better 2018 NFFC season.
