[b:ee0cb4e957]For anyone who plays in AutoLeagues for 2006[/b:ee0cb4e957], I have requested of Bernie to switch the waiver default to weighted waivers instead of the standard waivers. He said there is no evidence people would rather have Weighted Waivers, so I am calling for a poll. Please vote if you care (this is a huge deal to me).
So, what the difference between the 2 is:
After the draft the waiver order is determined by:
a) [b:ee0cb4e957]Weighted Waivers[/b:ee0cb4e957] - this means the more high ranked players you miss on, the higher your waiver spot.
b) [b:ee0cb4e957]Standard Waivers[/b:ee0cb4e957] - this is just a total count of how many players you pre-ranked that you miss on.
[b:ee0cb4e957]Example[/b:ee0cb4e957]: If you miss on your top 10 players and someone else misses on their bottom 11 players, they would get a higher waiver spot than you with Standard Waivers (since 11 total > 10 total), but with Weighted Waivers, you would get a higher waiver spot (since the people you missed on were ranked higher).
[b:ee0cb4e957]TSN Explanation:[/b:ee0cb4e957]"The Waiver Priority order starts with the team that lost out on the most draft picks in the Draft, and proceeds down the line until the team that lost out on the fewest picks is last in the order. If there is a tie for the number of draft picks lost in the Draft, the Waiver Priority spots are randomly assigned to those teams.
Weighted Waivers is an alternative way of determining the Waiver Priority. Instead of the order of teams on the list being determined by the number of draft picks lost in the Auto-Draft, it is based on the weight of draft picks lost. If a team loses out on its top priority pick, that's worth 25 weighted points. If a team loses its 25th pick, that's worth 1 weighted point. The team with the most total weighted points would be first in the Waiver Priority, and the team with the fewest would be last. This method of determining the Waiver Priority is selectable when creating a new private league."