Posted by redcped on 9/10/2025 11:47:00 AM (view original):
Ok, the vote is 10-4 in favor of the change with 8 supporting the majority.

But … I received some feedback I want to share with a proposed adjustment.

The concern is that the #7 and #13 owners join up with #1 and thereby have all the top choices for each “round” in one division, and the ripple effect being that #6, 12 and 18 wind up with a much lesser player pool and more complaints ensue.

Proposed modification: The first six owners pick the same way. Then we snake back for 7-12, so those 12 owners will be set in groups that lock in (1-12, 2-11, 3-10, 4-9, 5-8, 6-7). This distributes those franchises more equitably.

Owners 13-18 still will pick their group and add the expansion franchise, and with this adjustment it should make that a more intriguing decision. Owners 19-24 will still choose their group and the division they go in.

How does that sound?

PS: No concern with pushing all deadlines back a week.

As one of the four voting dissenters, enough already. What you proposed here is a good alternative. You know darn well there will be complaining no matter what. Make the decision to go with this. It is good. My vote was based on the fact you were changing the rules so late in the game not that you didn’t have a better theme.

Posted by Jtpsops on 9/10/2025 12:32:00 PM (view original):
I also think some people are getting caught up in this idea of total fairness. Yes, everyone should have opportunity and a big enough player pool to create equally competitive teams. But the better owners from Round 1 should have advantages when it comes to drafting/selecting divisions. 13-18 should just select team and division.

Last night I gamed out a few combinations and assumed I’d get the 2nd or 3rd best option at each slot. I didn’t put deep thought into it, but the team stats came out fairly similarly for each combo I tried. And all landed between about $125-135m when I stopped after about 20 players each. The player pools are large regardless of combo. There’s ample room to build a team to any strategy regardless of grouping, I think. Test it out for yourselves. Imagine a couple combinations and see what you’d realistically be able to draft.

OK, I get it now, the objective was to even out the player pools available to be drafted from at least with the original franchises (top available paired with the the least desirable). Makes total sense.

The new draft thread is in the forum. We have officially canceled this draft.