RE: Franchise Players and the Draft

As the creator of the algebraic mean sequenced draft order that was built to eliminate the inherent advantage that the #1 & #14 teams had by getting back to back picks every other round, I think the time for mathematical preciseness has passed. I'm all for going to a simplified traditional snake system. Frankly, at this point I think there are as many disadvantages to being 1 or 14 (or 2 - 13) as advantages that it all works itself out. Hell, if it makes preparing for the draft any easier (or administering the league), I'm for it!

PS - I'm for keeping TE's too!

(Somewhere, Rick is rolling over in his grave)

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin [mailto:klyn@pdq.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 5:53 PM
To: Ty Servello; Mike Deluke; Michael Currie; Jody Spottswood; Jeff Ullrich; Jeff Smith (E-mail); Grant Johnson; Dutch Quigley; Dan Wienserski; Chris Kiske (Home); BJ Naman; Andy Reynolds; Chris Kiske (Work)
Subject: Franchise Players and the Draft
The following is the list of franchise players that have been kept:

Grant Johnson - Eddie George
Jeff Smith - Peyton Manning
Michael Deluke - Marshall Faulk
Michael Currie - Edgerrian James
Jeff Ullrich - Kurt Warner

I know this was brought up last year and we kind of decided much of nothing...but does anyone object to going to a snake system for the draft. 1-14, 14-1 for the whole draft? We will still have a supplemental round for those that do not keep franchise players. Then the non-franchise teams will pick in opposite order of the supplemental round for round one...thus if you pick first in the supplemental round, you will pick last (for those that did not keep franchise players) in the first round. Then, the teams that kept franchise players will be randomly selected to pick at the end of the first round. After the first round, the draft will snake back the other way with the last pick in the first round getting the first pick in the second round and the draft will continue in this snake order until the end of the draft. Let me know what you think or if you are confused.

See everyone at the draft!!!

Kevin