[Billfred]

So suppose this was the setup. In this ubersimplified example, Dudes 1-4 have a league. Every five minutes, a draft opportunity opens up, like this:

12:00 Dude 1
12:05 Dude 2
12:10 Dude 3
12:15 Dude 4
12:20 Dude 4
12:25 Dude 3
12:30 Dude 2
12:35 Dude 1
12:40 Dude 3
12:45 Dude 2
12:50 Dude 4
12:55 Dude 1

Dude 1 can draft his first pick after 12:00. At 12:05, regardless of whether or not Dude 1 has drafted, Dude 2 can draft. Now, suppose Dude 3 gets on at 12:26 PM. At that point, he can immediately make two draft picks. Trading time slots is fair game, as long as both parties agree.

Now, if Dude 3 never wound up drafting teams by the trading deadline, then he just gets a zero for that team. (Or perhaps, since teams can finish with negative scores, give some really bad score, like -25.)