Round 2, League 8 - Starts June 4 or June 11

[FoggyOne]

Big is reliable. I t would be a mistake to pull out. That just penalizes the rest of us.

Please reconsider.

[FoggyOne]

as to stadium draft, that's just silly. This year, there aren't extreme stadia. PLUS I would ratherr be the last stadium pick in my division than the first. It helps you compete better within the division.

DO NOT bow out. Big deal, so we are week later. I habe played countless leagues with Biggie. He is one of the most decent, upstanding vets in the game.

Accept his apology, put your team back in, please.

[DHowser]

we now have 3 open spots, so instead of waiting around for who knows how long to fill, I think it would be better to get into the late league. Kind of hard to believe that big is reliable when he was the only one that didn't get his team in. I'm not saying that it was entirely his fault, as it took forever just to get to the west division. Come Thursday when we weren't there yet he should have bowed out and let someone else in so that the 11 other managers wouldn't have to wait another week.

[FoggyOne]

I invited late league to join here if doable based on stadiums. I also conditionally signed there if this league falls apart.

[PML97]

My lord all the belly aching is just miserable. Welcome to Tour life and if you haven't done a live draft you've yet to experience a true delay.

If you can no longer be in the league drop out. You'll be replaced. Thanks!

[PML97]

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1. PML97 -- Rogers Centre
2. Barnak -- US Cell
3. bigmahon -- Camden
4. DHowser -- McAfee (public proxy)
5. (open)
6. Wockenfuss - Dolphins ("Pha love Pa")
7. Kaviksdad --Jacobs (public proxy)
8. fowldawg -- RFK (public proxy)
9. jbwt - Tropicana
10. (open)
11. Assmeriten Busch (public proxy)
12. Sknsfan - Ameriquest

So we need 2 more because Big will be getting his team in. Anyone else wanting to join step in pick a park that is available on a first serve basis and lets get this done.

[FoggyOne]

agreed, come on take up the slack of those cowards who whined and dropped out.........

[Sknsfan]

I think it's kind of funny how people freak out over missing a start sometimes.

I mean the reason to play in the Tour is because this is where some of the best guys come to play. The challenge is higher, the competition is better, and the folks are usually fun to have along for the ride.

Who cares if your draft takes a month. (Had that happen in one of my leagues last year and that was still on Penn's site. It was a nightmare, but we got through it.)

I guess I'd rather not have someone in who really doesn't want to be, but some of my best leagues have been tour leagues.

[bigmahon]

DHowser, I will say this as politely as I can: bite me.

I wasn't responsible for the insanity of the stadium draft rule, or for the fact that it took forever to complete. This is not the first time leagues have started late, and will it be the last. And for my part in the fiasco, I very humbly apologized. Clearly you didn't accept.

If you want to leave, good riddance. I've been part of this community alot longer than you, and I'll still be here when you're gone.

Thank you Foggy (Wockenfuss). :wink:

[teepack]

You guys feel free to recruit from the late league to fill this league out as soon as you can.

The reason we have a stadium draft is so that the every manager will have a unique stadium. That is one of the requirements of the league and one of the rules that sets the Championship apart. We didn't want to be a bunch of autoleagues where 3 or 4 managers wind up picking the same stadiums. This forces you to have variety in the league.

It really isn't a big deal considering you don't have to put your team together until you know what park you're in and that there are so many parks with similar dimensions that you can almost always get something that you want. And if you can't get the stadium you want (i.e. the one you use over and over) it forces you to use different stadiums and adjust your strategy! Nothing wrong with that.

Going forward, I think what I'm going to do is ask managers to send me their top 3 stadium picks when they sign up for a league that has a stadium draft only. Once I determine the draft order, I'll then assign stadiums to managers based on their picks. They will get the highest stadium on their list when it's their turn to pick. That should speed things up considerably.