This poll is a part 2 of the draft referendum on skipping teams who miss their pick instead of autodraft. We currently have 9 GMs that have voiced support with no opposition at this point, so I am going to go ahead and post the poll. I have posted this poll for 30 days. The poll will close if everyone votes. Votes can be changed for the duration. Majority vote is needed and with no GMs for 5 teams, that would require 13 yes votes. Comments are welcome, but not required.
Rule
If a GM misses their pick, they are skipped instead of placed on autodraft starting in the 3rd round. If a team does not make their pick within the clock time in the first 2 rounds, the team receives an auto pick just as they do now. This prevents teams with inactive GMs from missing out on good players at the beginning of the draft. Teams would be allowed to make up their pick, if desired. They could also request to be placed on auto draft. Of course, teams without GMs would be placed on auto pick throughout the draft.
Reasoning
This should eliminate the extra work of updating excess picks by GMs who have checked out of the draft, but not made it known. It also prevents the draft dragging on in the latter rounds with GMs who were automatically placed on autodraft. With only 60 total spots in FGM, many of these later picks will just end up being released, which will be additional work too.
