Any additional questions are welcome. I did my best to hear the discussions and listen to the viewpoints, ultimately a decision has to be made in some areas and so I've done that. If you choose NOT to participate based on what you read below, simply let us know as soon as possible.
The Rules:
In every case not listed below, the rules will follow the NFFC format. If there are any discrepancies, we will ask Greg and Tom to be our arbitrators and they will have final say on resolution.
1. Draft Order. Each team will be required to submit to Greg (via email) an explicit list of the draft slots you prefer IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE and a dollar amount next to each entry. These will be blind bids and cannot be changed once submitted. They can have a minimum bid of $0 and a Maximum of $1,000. Once Greg has received all bids for each league, he will simply look at the bids for the highest dollar amount received and award that draft slot to that person, charging their budget accordingly. That draft slot will now be gone from everyone else's list. The next highest dollar amount is then awarded his preference, etc. until all draft slots are awarded. In the event of a tie bid for the same draft slot, Greg will do a coin toss or draw slips of paper and award the bid accordingly. This method will also apply to anyone listing "$0" a their bid amount for a specific draft slot and so if 5 owners choose to dedicate ZERO dollars towards a draft slot then they will be randomly allocated into the 5 draft slots that remain at the end of the process. All bids on draft slots must be in $1 increments.
To illustrate for clarity, your submitted email to Greg might look something like this:
Draft Slot #1 $277
Draft Slot #2 $277
Draft slot #3 $277
Draft Slot #4 $277
Draft Slot #5 $101
Draft Slot #6 $54
Draft Slot #14 $17
Draft Slot #13 $4
Draft Slot #7 $12
Draft Slot #8 $2
Draft Slot #9 $2
Draft Slot #10 $0
Draft Slot #11 $0
Draft Slot #12 $0
2. Roster Positions.
We'll have 2 different roster structures for this experiment. Based on feedback, they will be simplified to:
League A: QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, WR, Flex (RB/WR/TE), TE, K, D
League B: QB, RB, WR, WR, WR, Flex (RB/WR/TE), Flex (RB/WR/TE), TE, K, D
[Note: We've discarded the Super Flex idea as unrealistic for any real consideration]
3. Entry Fee: $100
4. Prize: 1 Paid entry into the 2005 NFBC or NFFC.
5. Schedule: Total Roster Points, with no playoff, will determine the overall champion. With our abbreviated schedule, it's hard to figure out an easier way for this to work. The trash talk will simply have to be group based as we will accumulate points against everyone. Think of it as playing everybody each week and trash talk accordingly
The season will end after week 16. Week 17 will not be used in these calculations.6. The Draft: As soon as you have paid for your entry and Greg notifies me, I will email you login instructions to get into the draft system and register your team. Any team failing to show up, who has computer problems, etc., etc. - tough luck. You'll get an autodraft team and there will be no refunds. IF you have a last minute emergency, we can attempt to find a replacement, but no guarantees will be made.