1st Year Keeper

[swtsae]

Okay so our league just finished its 1st year ever. Before the season started we all agreed we would do a keeper league, but what that meant not everyone was sure of. We werent explicit with the keeper league rules. At one point it was 2 player then 3 then back to 2 then it was you give up your first rd picks (if you keep 2 players you give up first two 2012 pick for each of the players you keep now its you keep and give up the rd pick that the player was drafted in worst being a 7th (so a Gronkowski 9th rd pick if kept would forgo at best a 7th rd pick in 2012, Ray Rice in the 1st would give up a 1st in 2012).

Anyway a few team owners have forecasted there team will in there eyes start off at a disadvantage compared to some other teams with the current keeper rules of give up the pick in which rd they were drafted.

The argument is that team owners would have acted differently with their players had they known the exact keeper rules. For example if they were out of contentin for playoffs they mabe would have kept players like Victor Cruz, Gronk etc....

The league is also looking to add 2 more owners who could possibly be at a disadvantage since most top 20 caliber players will potentially be off the board already...

What are your thoughts? Should the rules have been totally explained before the season so that everyone can act accordingly? Areguments are that the top 2 finishing teams (one of which is the commish and trying to set these rules) have a great advantage with current keeper rules....

Thoughts?

[Stevooo]

Rules NEED to be in place and followed. It sounds like everyone can agree that the rules were not in place and that you should just do a redraft next year and then start doing keepers (with the rules in place this time!). Clear up the rules and have fun! Hope this helps.

[Indibuck]

In ANY league, but especially a keeper league, the rules should be clear before the initial draft. I agree with the owners who say they might have managed their rosters differently if they knew the rules were going to change (and keep changing).

My advice is to add the 2 new owners, SPELL OUT EXACTLY what the keeper rules are, and start fresh by throwing all the players back into the pool. Then your 2012 draft is your initial draft and the new keeper rules go into effect at that point.

[srlarson]

Agreed on the Rules portion.......additional suggestion...go to an auction...especially in a keeper Auctions are the only way to go....that way everyone has a chance at any player...would suck if you do a keeper and end up picking last and have no shot at any of the top players probably forever........

Format of a Keeper League we do....

Players can be kept for amount purchase prior year + a dollar value......goal to price guys out of keepers and back into the auction every couple of years.....

Have done 1, 2, 3, 4 keepers in this format.....work great...

Make sure you set a default value for Pickups....we set Midrange......($25 for pickups)....our thought was we need the market to set the price.....