Season 140 Draft - open to everyone!
Welcome to the Season 140 Franchise Ball Draft! This is Commissioner Montemayor of the Tacoma Storm, and I am excited to introduce to all of you a new way to disperse talent across the league.
A lot of teams have come together to provide players for some of the newer teams across the league and for those teams who need an extra star or two to push their team over the hump.
We believe that all teams (no matter how good or bad) would benefit from something like this. Newer teams would greatly benefit from attending and acquiring what might be either their future ace on the mound or their catalyst in the lineup for seasons to come.
This draft process has been around for six seasons but has taken place in a closed environment. In these six seasons, numerous draftees have gone on to make significant contributions to their new teams. This would not only make the game a lot more competitive but would allow players in the minors of top teams to shine and lead any franchise to victory.
This season, we have decided to open the draft up to the whole site.
Anyone who would like to participate should fill out the form below. The form is mandatory -
https://tinyurl.com/yybnpv5y
Please join the FB Draft Discord for updates (this is separate from the FB Discord so everyone must join no matter if you're on the main server). The reason we are doing this is because we believe the server will become cluttered with all the pings and announcements that will be made so we pushed it aside to another server. You must be on this Discord to attend. Make an account if you don’t have one. Join here -
https://discord.gg/3Mh2UfMK
A draft lottery will take place on December 27th at 8pm ET (attendance is not mandatory). Hopefully this doesn’t take too long but we call it the “duck lottery†because we do online duck races to determine draft position. Each team gets a duck, 15 seconds, team in last place gets the pick, the team that wins the race gets a bye and gets to skip around, Top 10 is extended to 30 seconds, all byes stop in the top 5 and time is extended to 45 seconds, top 3 is 1 minute, and top 2 is 1 minute 30 seconds. A bit confusing to write but you guys should get the hang of it once it goes through.
The draft will take place on December 29th at 9:30pm ET (there is an option if you cannot make the draft which is covered in rule 3 below). I will be on vacation so hopefully I will be free but if not, one of the other hosts has it covered.
Here is the draft pool - will be updated as the offseason progresses. If submitting players, you have until 12 pm ET on the 29th to do so
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--i6j34UbOhNWAFbUOtmfiLei_nmRZL7fr1I2Rex4BI/edit?tab=t.0
Here are the rules -
1) One round of drafting. Trades are allowed but must be reported to me or one of the other admins by both teams.
2) Each team has 7 minutes to pick. We will ping you once and message you once when it is your pick. If you miss your pick, the next team is up but you can pick anytime after your pick (similar to NFL rules)
3) Three pick options -
-If you attend the draft, send us the guy you want and you get him.
-If you cannot attend, you can send a priority list up until the draft. We recommend that if you do this, you send ten potential pick options, and the top guy on your list who is available at your pick is who you get. Make sure to factor in pick availability because if you have a low pick and choose the top 10 guys, chances are your pick is missed.
-If you don’t attend and don’t send a priority list or don’t get anyone on your priority list, you will enter a lottery. We simulate your pick at the end and use a random number generator to get a random undrafted guy.
4) Make sure to send a trade if you are giving up or have received a player by the start of the next season. We recommend you do this on free trade day (12/31). Just send a trade for the player and give up a scrub, and you should get your guy.
-Undrafted free agents ARE allowed. New rule this season. If you want a guy in the pool that is undrafted after all picks and simulated picks have been made, message the original team and trade for him.
We are excited to host the first ever open draft and Season 140 draft! Good luck to all in the playoffs, and good luck with offseason bidding!
Tacoma Storm
Charlotte Magic
St. Johns Deadly Sins
Los Angeles Lizards
Ocala Coalition
Athens Bobcats