ACGM Fantasy Football League: Draft Time Change

Hey everyone. Many people have been complaining about the draft time of our league (I agree, I picked a bad date, and I apologize) but a new option allows me to change the date of the draft. If you guys will be so kind enough as to suggest new times for the draft, I will set up a comment score card and the user with the highest amount of votes will have his suggested time as the new time of the draft. Some things to consider:

• Week 1 of the preaseason begins Thursday, Aug. 10
• We all live around different parts, so it is nearly impossible to satisfy everyone with a good time
• If no one can agree on a time, then we can do an autopick draft, which has such advantages as: Teams are pretty much even with talent; there is no waiting for teams to choose players; and you can set up a list of players you would like to draft, and the computer will try to satisfy your list. It's up to you guys.
• The first game of the regular season begins September 7th
• Other Important Dates Can Be Found Here

Take Care All.

Date

Fri 07/21/06, 5:35 pm EST

CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer

1212 days ago

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Sometime during the day when I'm at work so that I can slack for a little bit. I know I'm going to need a break from all the crap I have going on that week.

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Michalski81Soccer Kid

1212 days ago

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everyone lets all decide on a time and date that could be decent for majority of the managers. i DON'T want to do an autopick draft i hate autopick i would rather make my player decisions live so when i suck i can blame myself.

so to start since i am currently between jobs and draft time or day is good for me.

not many have the luxury to say that so i am one manager who has no preference.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1212 days ago

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It would help if it could be done so it ends at the latest of 9pm (BST) whenever it is (about 4pm EST), that way I can actually do the thing! I guess the whole thing will take about three hours (?), so if it started at about 12pm EST, it would be ideal. This helps Corey slack at work, I guess.

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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer

1211 days ago

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I like the way you think, Alex.

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ShrubberyVarsity Captain

1211 days ago

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Let's do it that last sat/sun before the season starts.

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ShrubberyVarsity Captain

1211 days ago

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NO AUTOPICK! NO NO NO NO NO NO!

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DNLLegend

1211 days ago

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Why not do a draft here? The wiki can handle it, and we can take a week if we want. It'd also allow for mid-draft trades.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1211 days ago

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It'll also allow for me not reliably being able to access the site, and I wouldn't have to get up at 2am to do it. I think that is comfortably the best idea.

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DNLLegend

1211 days ago

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And I wouldn't have to be drafting from work, which I probably can't.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1211 days ago

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So, I presume, we do the draft whenever we feel, and then just get the League Admin to pick the draft for us just before the season starts?

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DNLLegend

1211 days ago

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The commish would enter the results in, I guess.

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UfgatorsDiv-I Stud

1211 days ago

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yeah, i can set it to an offline draft and then submit the results.

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Michalski81Soccer Kid

1211 days ago

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Gators i am not sure if you have done the commish thing before but i think that may be alot to do. i am in a 20 team CBS baseball league and there is SO much the commish has to do to keep it running smoothe that it is almost like a 2nd job for him.if you are up to it then i say more power to you.

i just think a live draft run clean by the Yahoo sports would be crisp,clean and no issues. what if someone draft a player in the 3rd round who was already taken in the 1st round?? you know somehow,someway,someone will screw up.

I vote live draft on yahoo to keep confusion to a bare minimum and any time and date is good for me.

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ChristofMVP

1211 days ago

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Please DO NOT put the drafto Saturday, September 2. I already have a draft schedule that day. So please, NOT THAT DAY.

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ChristofMVP

1211 days ago

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"drafto" should read "draft on"

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UfgatorsDiv-I Stud

1211 days ago

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Okay. I've been the commish before and I can proudly say that the league was a great one, and they loved my "week in review" column. I agree that a live draft is better, but whatever you guys want is cool with me

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Michalski81Soccer Kid

1211 days ago

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as i have said before i like the live draft better.

any time and date is good for me.

Gators i just wanted to make sure that you knew what you may have been getting into as commish.that's cool and i can't wait to see the week in review.

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

1211 days ago

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I would much rather do a live draft than drag it out over a week or more. It could end up not getting done. If I can't be at the live draft, so be it. Really any time but Friday night or any time on Sunday works for me.

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

1210 days ago

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One of the big drawbacks to the weeklong draft is what if a player gets injured/arrested/cut between two days of picks? It will be more beneficial to wait as long as possible to makes picks.

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