Rules Proposal V: Rookie Draft

* THIS RULE HAS PASSED *

Rule Change: Drop the number of Rookie Draft rounds from 7 to 5.

Rationale: Okay, so this one isn’t really a new idea in that we’ve already talked about changing the draft from 7 rounds to 5 rounds, but I wanted to get it all posted in the same place.

The general argument is that there isn’t enough talent to justify 7 rounds.  Also, by moving to a 5 round format, each of the draft picks would be worth more.

For instance, I personally consider picks in rounds 3 and 4 worthless because you have to pay players too much for too little production.  In fact, many players selected in rounds 2-5 went unsigned because the costs were too high. However, the thought goes, in a 5 round draft, we could set the slotted salaries in such a way that each round has good value.


Mechanism:  This is the tricky part – when do we kick off the 5 round system? For the sake of votes, let’s say that the draft moves to 5 rounds for the 2014 campaign, given that several trades have already included 2013 draft picks.  As usual, of course, this is open for discussion.

Which tiered-PPR System looks better to you?

  • RB: 0.5 PPR / WR 0.7 PPR / TE 1.0 PPR (Current System) (60%, 3 Votes)
  • RB 0.5 PPR / WR 1.0 PPR / TE 1.25 PPR (Franssen Special) (40%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 5

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