[FF]: 2017 Fantasy FIRST Proposed Rule Changes

[BrennanB]

Okay, not sure how many thoughts I will be able to hash out in one sitting, and i'm sure I will have more

#1 - Newly added teams should never be considered free agents. The only free agents are the ones that were on the draft originally.

Leads to a silly arms race, and not in the "we found them and you didn't" way, which it think is totally legitimate. At TBC almost every single RFA waiver, TBC was aware and wanting to take that team, yet they just posted first, cause I forget/don't stay up till midnight/have school stuff to take care of. This kind of "I posted first so I get the team" is lame. I think a waivers or nothing system is way more fair. This should probably extend to all second play teams, as the exact same thing happens. A smart team like TBC or RFA won't post in the waivers so that their team can get sniped, and will just snipe it once they are a "free agent" so lets do away with that. Lists lock on Tuesday. Gives you two days to process any last minute waiver claim, and if you want to add a team after that? Well sucks.

#2 - We need to fix draft order to make it more fair.

Really simple fix that is already miles better than our current system, though can be improved on:

Draft One:

Team One
Team Two
Team Three
Team Four

Draft Two

Team Four
Team One
Team Two
Team Three

Draft Three

Team Three
Team Four
Team One
Team Two

etcetc.

#3 - Out of district teams don't count for FF points since you can't win as many awards.

#4 - Waivers held privately

I like the idea of giving reward to the teams that find and spend the effort looking for good teams. Its part of the reason that the whole free agents arms race is happening. Though doing this privately is a little hard, since one person will always know what each team is requesting.