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Originally Posted by MARS_James
So I have been thinking about something that has been bugging me for a while about the COI drafts. I think that if you are in need of a COI draft it is unfair if you are first pick, both to you and the league as a whole as whoever is second pick effectively gets to be first pick twice in a row. So I propose if a COI draft is called that event becomes a specific draft order for that round, basically we skip the normal rotation for that draft and switch it with the draft where the person in need of COI is at a specific location in the draft. I believe this position should be the middle spot (rounded down) so since we have 9 this year it would be position 5, if we have 8 it would also be position 5 since it is rounded down.
The reason for this specific position as I feel that the middle spot has the least impact on the draft, since putting them last basically gives the person who is second to last a 2 pick swing.
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A problem still arises in this situation if two teams have approved COIs for a draft. If we have the first and last picks, which are the strongest positions to draft from (At least, for deeper events) declare and approve COI, what rotation do we choose? Say, for two teams that declare COI, they're at positions 1 and 6 in that draft. If we choose the rotation that moves 1 to the 5th draft spot, then the 6th place w/ an approved COI would be in the 1st position for the draft, leaving us with the same conundrum.
Instead, I propose this as a solution:
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Remove all teams which have submitted a COI from the draft list, and mention them elsewhere as having a COI draft for that event. This should probably be in the SLFF Draft Spreadsheet.
For the remaining participating teams, randomize the draft order independent of the current rotation, and proceed to draft normally with the participating teams.
For the COI teams, leave their picks as COI until the corresponding FRC event has completed and assign them teams at random off the top of the random list. (I believe this is the same as COI Draft Implementation in the new rules)
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While this does undermine our goal of rotating everyone through 1st pick, it's just one draft very infrequently and doesn't mean much in the full scale of SLFF. With as many drafts as we run, it won't cause us to deviate significantly from this intention.