In Season FA

[Deleted]

Not a fan of the bidding continuing until no bids placed in a 24hr window. Makes it too easy to block a team from picking up a needed FA

[Admin]

I promise it only happens maybe a handful of times a season, but like the RB rule willing to listen to ideas.

[Jacksonville Jaguars (Derek)]

I have to agree with Mike, I would wonder if this could become a strategy, specifically for Thur night games. Is there something we could put in place that Admin, or league vote, declares the 'winner' of the bid if bidding continues to the signing cutoff time?

[Admin]

The only way I would have a hard deadline like that is if the league voted for it. With a hard deadline it would allow for sniping of FAs which I would like to avoid, RFA in the off-season is set up to allow that, but is something I would like to get rid of if possible.

I personally do not want that much power to call bids, I feel it would lead down a bad path and a lot of arguing.

A league vote might work, but could also lead to guys voting in ways that benefit their own team by keeping FAs from other strong teams or people they come to not like or by helping friends win FAs

I like trying to figure out ideas, just gotta make sure its fair and works

[Deleted]

Still think the best option is pure waiver wire for in season FA. Allows you to put a time deadline on making claims, while stillkeeping a bit of fairness to the process

[New England Patriots (Brian)]

I don't like the waiver wire system. I feel like it's more fun to have a bidding system that reflects the player's demand and team's ability to meet that demand (i.e. pay what other teams would pay). I never really understood why a waiver wire is preferable other than it provides order since it's the same thing each week.

[Seattle Seahawks (Justin)]

I like the way we do it in Canton. FA opens and closes at certain time. Open biding for 24 hours after initial bid. Highest bid within 24 hrs wins player. Transparency is important. Waiver order is used if owner wants to claim a player that was waived; if nobody claims within 24 hrs they go into FA.

[Las Vegas Raiders (Jacob)]

I have been in a league where we blind bid for free agents during the season. If a team bids on a player, they send their bid in to an email address. Bids due by a certain week night and then the LM can post the bids and process transactions based off that

[Admin]

Apr 18, 2020 9:08:19 GMT -5 Las Vegas Raiders (Jacob) said:

I have been in a league where we blind bid for free agents during the season. If a team bids on a player, they send their bid in to an email address. Bids due by a certain week night and then the LM can post the bids and process transactions based off that

I know the guy that has done that for the last 2 years in a league I am in and that process is extremely time consuming for anyone. That is why I prefer the open bidding system that I kind of have laid out in the rules

[Deleted]

Apr 18, 2020 9:08:19 GMT -5 Las Vegas Raiders (Jacob) said:

I have been in a league where we blind bid for free agents during the season. If a team bids on a player, they send their bid in to an email address. Bids due by a certain week night and then the LM can post the bids and process transactions based off that

I have done this as well. Basically you have an account on ProBoards that is made specifically for FA and you send your bids there, with a priority list. That makes bidding anonymous, and the person with the account that sees the bids can not login to that account to ensure they do not see the votes. Who ever has the highest average salary gets the player.

[Seattle Seahawks (Justin)]

Apr 18, 2020 10:28:41 GMT -5 @cameron20 said:

Apr 18, 2020 9:08:19 GMT -5 Las Vegas Raiders (Jacob) said:

I have been in a league where we blind bid for free agents during the season. If a team bids on a player, they send their bid in to an email address. Bids due by a certain week night and then the LM can post the bids and process transactions based off that

I have done this as well. Basically you have an account on ProBoards that is made specifically for FA and you send your bids there, with a priority list. That makes bidding anonymous, and the person with the account that sees the bids can not login to that account to ensure they do not see the votes. Who ever has the highest average salary gets the player.

We did this in the 32 team dynasty league I ran. It was time consuming (like mentioned before) person in charge has to check messages, time stamps, notify owners they not high bidders, recheck and list goes on. If that person cant log on and check for some reason then what? Also theirs always trust issues, which I feel open bidding system is  always best. It runs itself and a staff just has to process. Just my two cents

[Deleted]

Well, it would be a separate account called “FA BIDS” that you submit to and you can see when they logged on so that would eliminate the trust issues. But the fact of time consuming is true. You would have to copy the bids and put them all down which I can see taking forever

[Las Vegas Raiders (Jacob)]

Could you do a screenshot of the inbox? Or something to that effect? That would suffice for me. I’ve never had much of a trust issue with the leagues I’ve been in. It’s all for fun anyways lol

[New England Patriots (Brian)]

Apr 18, 2020 0:52:29 GMT -5 Seattle Seahawks (Justin) said:

I like the way we do it in Canton. FA opens and closes at certain time. Open biding for 24 hours after initial bid. Highest bid within 24 hrs wins player. Transparency is important. Waiver order is used if owner wants to claim a player that was waived; if nobody claims within 24 hrs they go into FA.

This sounds like a pretty fair, easy system. Why not just go with 24 hours to place a bid? I get that you'd have to be online at the end of the 24 hours to guarantee a win but you could also just try to outbid others. Not opposed to this.