by mesquiton » Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:45 pm
The problem is that [b:176ec27c13]Riggo[/b:176ec27c13] won't have his team (or even his stadium pick) in before Thursday night at best. So assumming guys in the West want to see his stadium before entering their teams, likely the EARLIEST we might draft would be Friday.
For those who have time to tweak their teams between Sunday waivers and Monday start, that might not be a problem. But some of us (me for one) might not have time to fix our teams during that brief window.
This is a Tour league after all, it appears we have some fairly new managers here, it's early in the season so some of us aren't very familiar with the cards yet, and for some this is our first $100M draft.
Some of us might even have the silly notion that for our $25 we should have enough time to enjoy fielding the best team we can, especially in a Tour league, without being unduly rushed due to other people holding things up for days, whether unavoidably, or out of thoughtlessness, rudeness, or just for their own convenience.
In my case, this is only my 2nd 2006 league and my first $100M draft, so I anticipate my team will need plenty of work after waivers. Most likely I won't be around on Sunday, I have to work on Monday and unlike some lucky folks my job does not permit playing SOM all day. So, unless by some miracle we can draft Thursday night, my vote is to start May 8.
I might add that May 8 is, after all, one of the dates this league was scheduled to start...so it's not like we'd really be starting "late".
Having said all that, I don't wan't to dictate, there appear to be votes both ways, so I'm not going to make an "official" call as LC, except to say nobody should feel pressured to get their teams in by Friday.
Let's just see how it goes...and hope everybody will be as considerate as those like [b:176ec27c13]luckeroll[/b:176ec27c13] who have made the effort to check in and keep us posted all along. I personally hope nobody will think it's a GOOD thing to put anybody at a disadvantage for the benefit of others less considerate. :?
OK, I'm off my soapbox now. Wake me when it's over. :D