Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:40 pm
I wasn't watching the chat carefully. But, I did notice a couple remarks after Bonds was taken.
If I understand correctly, eligibility to be drafted is based on the teams each manager has been assigned as noted in the league comments. At the top of this post on page 1:
"5. Please draft your roster with 28 player cards that have played in one or more games during their major league career with one of the teams from your selected franchise or with a Negro League Star."
"Baseball Reference is a very detailed website, I think you will find it helpful with your research."
Maybe everyone else understands this better than I do. But, I think this goes beyond which ATG8 teams a player has a card with." That's why using Baseball Reference is mentioned for doing research. In ATG8, Joe Morgan only played with the Reds. But, he actually played with Houston, San Fran, Philly and Oakland, too. Based on my interpretation of the above rule, any of Morgan's cards can be selected by any of those teams; not just the Reds. If this was made clear in the chat during the first few picks and one or more managers raised a stink over it, the commish might have shut it down to regroup.
If there actually was a problem with the Live Draft, I think there would be more chatter in general about that.