I've read through the help, browsed and read many topics on the help forum, and can't quite figure out if what I'm trying to do will work. I apologize in advance for the book, but this is for a start-up so I want to ensure I know exactly how the site will work before I advertise for owners.
1.) I want to hold 2 drafts; the first one held as soon as the site opens up for 2015 in February and will be 28-rounds of just veterans, and then another one in July for rookies. I plan on selecting 10 players who I know won't be drafted and letting the league know they are an alias to a package of rookie picks (E.g. John Kuhn = x.01 package, Vonta Leach = x.02 package, etc). These alias picks will determine the rookie draft order in July. Can I as Commish delete these "alias" picks off everyone's roster and shrink the roster size down from 28 to 27? Do I have to edit the draft order round-by-round, or can I populate all rounds?
2.) After the February draft, I want free agency to be opened up and be available until the NFL draft on April 30th. I understand I do this by choosing "These are the complete rosters", and by doing so free agency will be available, but 2015 picks can't be traded on-site and I'd have to handle manually or on the message board. On April 30th, I want to lock free agency to prepare for the rookie / FA draft. I understand I do this by choosing "These are the complete rosters (but still draft)". Does this inherently lock free agency, or do I have to lock it elsewhere? Can I effectively lock it with "Lock free agents in preseason", or by setting the transaction limit to 0?. In July, I want to expand the rosters right before the draft from 27 to 32. Is this possible?
3.) If we're keeping the full rosters every year, is there any need for anybody to ever select keepers? On a 27-person roster, will there always show 27 rounds of draft picks to trade? Next year when the rookie / FA draft comes around, when I select "These are the complete rosters but still draft", will the additional 5 players drafted be added to the existing rosters, or replace the existing rosters? Will each team have to select all 27 players as keepers in order to hold a 5 round rookie / FA draft? In order to trade a 1st round pick for example, will somebody have to select a round 28 pick? The Owner's Manual isn't too clear on how precisely this is handled when a league rolls over to the new year.
1. You can populate all rounds and then just delete those placeholders from the initial draft at League>Edit Rosters
2. You have the correct behavior listed there in all areas. You can't lock it with lock free agents in the preseason. To expand rosters you can just go to League>Edit Roster Requirements>Custom and add to the total on the bottom where it says total using the edit icon.
3. Fleaflicker bases your future draft picks on your current keepers. If you keep the full rosters every year and have a 5-round draft, 22 keepers would need to be selected on all teams to show 5 future draft picks.
TelperionTue 1/20/15 10:50 AM
I've read through the help, browsed and read many topics on the help forum, and can't quite figure out if what I'm trying to do will work. I apologize in advance for the book, but this is for a start-up so I want to ensure I know exactly how the site will work before I advertise for owners.
Basics: 27-person roster, 5-round rookie/FA draft.
1.) I want to hold 2 drafts; the first one held as soon as the site opens up for 2015 in February and will be 28-rounds of just veterans, and then another one in July for rookies. I plan on selecting 10 players who I know won't be drafted and letting the league know they are an alias to a package of rookie picks (E.g. John Kuhn = x.01 package, Vonta Leach = x.02 package, etc). These alias picks will determine the rookie draft order in July. Can I as Commish delete these "alias" picks off everyone's roster and shrink the roster size down from 28 to 27? Do I have to edit the draft order round-by-round, or can I populate all rounds?
2.) After the February draft, I want free agency to be opened up and be available until the NFL draft on April 30th. I understand I do this by choosing "These are the complete rosters", and by doing so free agency will be available, but 2015 picks can't be traded on-site and I'd have to handle manually or on the message board. On April 30th, I want to lock free agency to prepare for the rookie / FA draft. I understand I do this by choosing "These are the complete rosters (but still draft)". Does this inherently lock free agency, or do I have to lock it elsewhere? Can I effectively lock it with "Lock free agents in preseason", or by setting the transaction limit to 0?. In July, I want to expand the rosters right before the draft from 27 to 32. Is this possible?
3.) If we're keeping the full rosters every year, is there any need for anybody to ever select keepers? On a 27-person roster, will there always show 27 rounds of draft picks to trade? Next year when the rookie / FA draft comes around, when I select "These are the complete rosters but still draft", will the additional 5 players drafted be added to the existing rosters, or replace the existing rosters? Will each team have to select all 27 players as keepers in order to hold a 5 round rookie / FA draft? In order to trade a 1st round pick for example, will somebody have to select a round 28 pick? The Owner's Manual isn't too clear on how precisely this is handled when a league rolls over to the new year.
Thanks in advance!
FleaMod AdminTue 1/20/15 11:20 AM
1. You can populate all rounds and then just delete those placeholders from the initial draft at League>Edit Rosters
2. You have the correct behavior listed there in all areas. You can't lock it with lock free agents in the preseason. To expand rosters you can just go to League>Edit Roster Requirements>Custom and add to the total on the bottom where it says total using the edit icon.
3. Fleaflicker bases your future draft picks on your current keepers. If you keep the full rosters every year and have a 5-round draft, 22 keepers would need to be selected on all teams to show 5 future draft picks.
TelperionTue 1/20/15 3:52 PM
Can all teams have 0 keepers selected and everybody just knows to never trade a pick above round 5? Would that accomplish the same goal?
CW-MacTue 1/20/15 4:10 PM
^ Yes, it would. This is how I run my dynasty league.
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