Alternative mock draft format

[Nightfyre]

I have been exploring different ways of thinking about the draft and one idea did occur to me, and I thought it might be fun to share.

We could do a cp mock draft in a bid format where each person, representing a team, could bid points from a pool determined by their teams picks.

IE if you are the chiefs gm, you have 724 points to bid on players.

Alternatively, we could assign values to players and determine how best to allocate points to obtain those players as an alternative format for our individual mock drafts.

My question is, would there be folks interested in participating in a CP auction style draft? I have a decent idea of how we might accomplish it if so.

I feel this would be an interesting test of the valuation models and tables that draft pundits use to value picks. It could also provide insight into where value lies in the draft.

[kccrow]

I'd need to see more on how the auction is intended to work because if it sucks as bad as FF does then I can't fathom it working too damn well. A player's value is individual to each team as is the need at the position and not as much about how an auction board would be set so I'm a bit curious.

Personally, I think a live draft with trades would be sweet but hard to pull off because you'd ideally want 32 different guys doing the thing.

[Nightfyre]

You hit the nail on the head. It could be a lot of fun, but before I decide to invest the energy to make it work, I thought I would measure interest. Maybe it would also be something that we could build for next year as well, given how close the draft is and how much progress would depend on availability.