Entry Draft Idea

[lp815]

Excellent point... forget the void part and let's just vote on the specs.  I would like to see the draft conducted in a period of three months... from June through August.

3 months sounds like a good goal to reach. 

[Canada8999]

Hmm...I dunno about that, Colb.  I plan on signing the players I can't fit on my EDR just to my 40 man roster.  I would rather not void out picks that I have earned, per se.  They are just as easy to release if I decide I don't want them (to save cap, etc.), rather than not being able to draft them at all.

I'm with Jake on this one - I may cut players currently on my EDR depending on who I'm able to grab with my picks, so I won't know until during/after the draft.

[Colby]

3 months sounds like a good goal to reach.

How do we do it?

[lp815]

I'd probably go with 12 hours per pick.  All members here should recognize when their slot is up, or when it is about to be up, so I wouldn't expect anyone to claim they didn't have enough time, or they missed their pick.

If after 12 hours, the team automatically drafts the highest ranked prospect on whatever ranking list we decide to use.

Thoughts?

[Canada8999]

We could alternatively say after the allotted time expires, the next team is on the clock, but the team that was skipped is free to jump in and make their pick whenever (ala NFL draft).  Maybe after 3-5 picks go by without the owner jumping in, then we select the next highest available player on the board that the team can afford (if the later decide they don't want to pay the salary, the player is released to FA).

We can also strongly encourage teams to send their proxy picks into the commish when their slot is coming up, which would really speed things up.

[Colby]

We could alternatively say after the allotted time expires, the next team is on the clock, but the team that was skipped is free to jump in and make their pick whenever (ala NFL draft).  Maybe after 3-5 picks go by without the owner jumping in, then we select the next highest available player on the board that the team can afford (if the later decide they don't want to pay the salary, the player is released to FA).

We can also strongly encourage teams to send their proxy picks into the commish when their slot is coming up, which would really speed things up.

I like that idea... slow draft with a clock, but the missing picks can be made up for.

[rcankosy]

I was wondering whether we would be allowed to spread the bonuses on draft picks in the same manner as many teams have chosen to do in FA.  It doesn't seem right to be able to do one w/o the other. 

[Colby]

I was wondering whether we would be allowed to spread the bonuses on draft picks in the same manner as many teams have chosen to do in FA.  It doesn't seem right to be able to do one w/o the other.

Bonuses haven't been spread out.  The money was given out as a contract.  Bonuses are guaranteed whereas salaries can be freed up sans any cap hits.

Anyways, we are allowing both bonuses and contracts in the draft.

[Dan Wood]

Personally I think we should hold the draft after the signing deadline in August. Making only players that have signed with teams available. I think down the road having players that opted for college, indy ball already on teams, may cause problems.

[lp815]

Personally I think we should hold the draft after the signing deadline in August. Making only players that have signed with teams available. I think down the road having players that opted for college, indy ball already on teams, may cause problems.

How frequently do drafted players not play for their major league franchise?  1% of the total drafted players, 5%?  I'm unfamiliar with it.