So, what to expect? Well you'll arrive at the venue of the draft, and when you do you'll have to ring me so I can let you in. I'll come down, meet you, and take you up to the conference room. Once there, you'll find your seat, and then you can start getting set up ready to draft. At your seat, you'll have all of your draft picks, a team place card, and a set of positional rankings (plus pens, bowls and a cup).
Before we start anything, you will need to submit your subs to the commissioner. Sadly, we aren't quite big enough yet to be funded with advertising, so for now we have to fund ourselves (don't worry, it's only £4 each this year).
We'll be going over some things to vote on pre draft, so we will have a small discussion and a vote (which will be on the new way of determining the draft order, removal of the 2nd reserve spot, and revisiting trade regulations). Once we've got the boring stuff out of the way, it's onto the pre draft entertainment, so you can just sit, watch, and enjoy the ride.
Once that's finished, it's time to draft. The commissioner will get up and announce each pick as and when they are submitted, and after each pick will say what team is 'on the clock' (currently picking). You'll have 90 seconds to pick a player (don't worry, there will be plenty of time between picks for you to keep track of things). When you're filling out the draft card, you have to write your team name, the name of the player, the position of the player, and the team the player plays for (you have your keeper players filled out already, so use these as a reference). Make sure you use the right draft card, as they are all numbered (a big whiteboard will have all the picks written on it and updated as we go along, so you'll be able to see what number pick we are on). Once you've filled out your card, you give it to the commissioner, and there it is! You've drafted!
Some other small things
- If the clock expires while you are picking, you don't lose the pick, the person behind you will pick first and then you get to pick (we will have some small flexibility with getting the pick in)
- If you want to trade with someone, you can stop the clock once per pick to discuss a trade with one team. If these talks fail you can still trade, but you can't stop the clock.
- Make sure you keep your rankings up to date as we go along by crossing out the players who are taken after each pick, if you try to draft someone who has already been taken, you have to wait until the team behind you picks a player before you can pick someone else.
- I appreciate we will be sitting in close proximity, but any deliberate attempt to find out what your competition is planning will be met with a punishment in the form of docked draft picks, so try to keep your eyes on your own rankings.
And that's it! If you follow these guidelines your draft will go smoothly and no doubt you'll have a great season!
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