S21 NSFL Rule Summit Results

[Raven]

We absolutely have. I frequently tell users that everyone gets drafted, for both leagues.

I mean it makes sense for actives. We don't want actives thinking there's a chance their player can't make the big league and won't be picked up in the draft.

I could see a case being made against and for drafting in actives. One is so if an IA returns they have a team they have ties to. On the other hand why pick up ia's when you have a full team anyways.

[37thchamber]

We absolutely have. I frequently tell users that everyone gets drafted, for both leagues.

Sounds to me like that's the problem. As far as I'm aware, this has never actually been the case.

As far as I'm aware there has never been an obligation for the remaining teams to select additional players when other teams pass. There doesn't appear to be anything about this in the rulebook.

According to my records, there have been 23 draft eligible players who went undrafted (out of around a thousand players created) upto and including the Season 20 NSFL draft. Six of those were in the Season 20 draft, in fact (for the curious; three each in seasons 16 and 18, 5 in season 7, 4 in season 6, and one each in 12 and 15).

At a glance, it doesn't look like a single active user with a draft eligible player has ever seen their player go undrafted, though.

I could see a case being made against and for drafting in actives. One is so if an IA returns they have a team they have ties to.

They'd most likely still be contracted to their DSFL team, though. Unless they left it 3 seasons before they came back, I guess.




Not that any of this matters, since the rule passed already apparently. I just think it's a pointless change that means the draft drags out longer than it needs to. Given that plenty of GMs talk about the amount of stuff they have to do already, it seems counterintuitive.

But hey, I'm not a GM (anymore) so wtf do I know?

[Baron1898]

The real outrage here in Rule #2.

Who would ever position switch away from the best position in the league?

[Perry87]

It costs the team nothing to draft an IA player, looks bad when half the league is passing before we're halfway done with the draft, and there's always a couple poor teams stuck drafting everyone that's left, because everyone gets drafted. By passing you're just kicking the can down the road and making it someone else's problem. Selfish behavior.

I see. I wasn't aware that everyone had to be drafted. The rule makes a lot more sense now. Thanks for the explanation

[manicmav36]

Sounds to me like that's the problem. As far as I'm aware, this has never actually been the case.

As far as I'm aware there has never been an obligation for the remaining teams to select additional players when other teams pass. There doesn't appear to be anything about this in the rulebook.

According to my records, there have been 23 draft eligible players who went undrafted (out of around a thousand players created) upto and including the Season 20 NSFL draft. Six of those were in the Season 20 draft, in fact (for the curious; three each in seasons 16 and 18, 5 in season 7, 4 in season 6, and one each in 12 and 15).

At a glance, it doesn't look like a single active user with a draft eligible player has ever seen their player go undrafted, though.



They'd most likely still be contracted to their DSFL team, though. Unless they left it 3 seasons before they came back, I guess.




Not that any of this matters, since the rule passed already apparently. I just think it's a pointless change that means the draft drags out longer than it needs to. Given that plenty of GMs talk about the amount of stuff they have to do already, it seems counterintuitive.

But hey, I'm not a GM (anymore) so wtf do I know?

Both drafts go until all eligible players are drafted. So if a player was missed, it was a mistake. That's been the case since I was a GM 10 seasons ago.

[TeyonSchavari]

Why do we draft IAs? Im just curious.

Because we don't plan on IA's never coming back, we plan for them coming back later today. So in this case, if an IA does come back we want them to have a team and for them to see themselves drafted in the stream. I understand that most IAs don't actually come back and the chances of an IA coming back after the draft but before the stream may be very slim, but we want to plan for that scenario rather than for a scenario where they never come back

[infinitempg]

The real outrage here in Rule #2.

Who would ever position switch away from the best position in the league?

who would EVER

certainly not me

nope definitely not

[Baron1898]

who would EVER

certainly not me

nope definitely not

[caltroit_red_flames]

Another offseason without any improvement from the standpoint of offensive linemen.

[ValorX77]

Another offseason without any improvement from the standpoint of offensive linemen.

NO FAIR RUBS