by kimkrichbaum2 » Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:02 pm
On Gorshar's plan -
I think you have some good points about the importance of being in on the quality players - and about the end of the auction dragging. My bottom line is that I do not want an auction that goes any longer than what we have, and I do not want the structure to be so complex that it drives people away or causes problems. I have an idea that could address both my and gorshar's concerns, but it is somewhat complex, and i realize I do not have the time at this time of year to commish it, so my question is, with the kind of plan we are talking about, is Rick willing to still commish (I think you do a great job) or is gorshar willing to take that over?, I am willing to help when I can.
Now for a plan,
We put up the first 50 players (30 hitters and 20 pitchers) for open auction, 3 hitters and 2 pitchers at a time in order of expense. When you win a player, you simply put out the next hitter or pitcher (depending on which type you just won) til we award the first 50. The opening bid on a player is half his salary, and the first bid is considered neutral, if the no one bids above that, the player is saved for the hybrid auction phase. (Any player that does not go for half his salary, is not important enough to folks to worry about open auction).
Minimum raises in open auction are .25 (this would be a BIG time saver). Any time a bid has not been raised in 24 hours, that player is awarded to the highest bidder.
Then for the next 150 players we do hybrid auction as we have been doing, with an open auction with anyone within 10% of the highest bidder, and winners choosing the next player and the opening bid..
Then for the last 112 players (+stadiums, I think with a smaller pool we should draft stadiums) we have a draft. The order for the draft is set up at this time, it will just have to be set up once. The owner with the most cash left drafts first, you subtract .75 from their cash total, again, the owner with most cash drafts next (could even be the same owner) as long as they still have .75 in their cash left. When all owners' cash left is under .75, have a draft order with the player with the most left drafting and everyone else going in sequence. Repeat that sequence until owner's are full, once full they drop off the draft order.
This will reward owners with more money left at the end of the draft. Which will be very important in giving consequences for owners who spend all their money early. Setting the draft order will be a little complex, but will only have to be done once by one person (this I would be willing to do). and then we just draft from the list. If anyone does not make their draft pick for 24 hours, they can be skipped.
This is just one proposal, and of course is open to tweaks and other ideas