I tried an FFOC draft last night... and look what I found.

TexasHeat · Post by **TexasHeat** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:40 am

First - Greg and Tom I hope you don't mind me posting about this on here. If anything it makes me appreciate the integrity of the NFFC.

Let's face it, I'm trying to kill off the next 30 days asap so I decided to give the FFOC a whirl and had my "July" draft last night in league 82. I noticed something terribly wrong very early on from one owner on auto draft:
5th Pick 1st round - Donovan McNabb (with Brady still on the board)
2nd round - NYG Defense! yay
...And they didn't get much better from there.

So of course this set off a SH#@ storm in the draft room with people accusing each other of collusion etc. As I see it, given the format, there are a few possible scenarios here.

1. Someone was trying to cheat (first knee jerk reaction)
2. Someone from another contest decided to have a little fun for a measly $125.
3. The allure of the prize versus the entry fee has truly lured in some first timers and they really don't have ANY idea what they are doing. ie. NYG Defense was good in the Super Bowl! I'll take them!
4. This owner knew he wasn't making the draft, tried to do some pre-ranking, and just simply screwed it up... BAD. or the software wasn't working right. (though two other owners were on auto-draft and wound up with decent teams)

After thinking it through, I really doubt it was another owner trying to make his draft stronger. If someone was trying to cheat, why make it that obvious and controversial.

Here is the entire draft: http://www.ffoc.com/mytools/viewrosters.php?leag=82

People are blowing up about it over on the other board - http://www.ffoc.com/forum/thread.php?thread_id=210

I'd be interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this situation.

Coltsfan · Post by **Coltsfan** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:47 am

Looks like somebody from one of the local leagues I used to play in joined the league.

Wayne

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:50 am

I see this is the ruling from the commish in a 10-team league:

I just dont believe that 1 weak team in a draft can have such a dramatic advantage to everyone else in other leagues come playoff time.

ultimatefs · Post by **ultimatefs** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:00 am

KJ told me last night he got caught up and missed his draft. His auto team was very, very good. 100x better than this one.

Maybe that owner set his picks that way...

TexasHeat · Post by **TexasHeat** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:03 am

All things considered, I was very happy with my team

RiFF · Post by **RiFF** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:05 am

I didn't know GG was from Mississippi.

kjduke · Post by **kjduke** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:11 am

Originally posted by JohnZ:
KJ told me last night he got caught up and missed his draft. His auto team was very, very good. 100x better than this one.

Maybe that owner set his picks that way... This was the draft where my team was auto-picked!

My top players are good, the bottom half most all needs to be dropped. Man, if only I hadn't forgotten this league was going on!!!!

ultimatefs · Post by **ultimatefs** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:14 am

Originally posted by KJ Duke:
quote:Originally posted by JohnZ:
KJ told me last night he got caught up and missed his draft. His auto team was very, very good. 100x better than this one.

Maybe that owner set his picks that way... This was the draft where my team was auto-picked!

My top players are good, the bottom half most all needs to be dropped. Man, if only I hadn't forgotten this league was going on!!!!

[/QUOTE]LOL.. Post your team..

kjduke · Post by **kjduke** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:18 am

Originally posted by JohnZ:
quote:Originally posted by KJ Duke:
quote:Originally posted by JohnZ:
KJ told me last night he got caught up and missed his draft. His auto team was very, very good. 100x better than this one.

Maybe that owner set his picks that way... This was the draft where my team was auto-picked!

My top players are good, the bottom half most all needs to be dropped. Man, if only I hadn't forgotten this league was going on!!!!

[/QUOTE]LOL.. Post your team.. [/QUOTE]QB: Jay Cutler, Brett Favre, Matt Leinart

RB: Frank Gore, Clinton Portis, Jamal Lewis, Jerious Norwood, DeShaun Foster

WR: Marques Colston, Santonio Holmes, Jerricho Cotchery, Javon Walker, Reggie Williams, Ernest Wilford,

TE: Dallas Clark, Greg Olsen

DEF: San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins

K: Josh Brown

Week 1 FAAB is gonna be wild.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:19 am

Originally posted by RiFF:
I didn't know GG was from Mississippi.

riff - still player hate'n