NFL Lottery?

Agitator · Post by **Agitator** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 3:40 am

i was wondering if anyone would be interested in changing the way the draft picks are dealt.

my idea, and tell me if you think this is stupid:

the 8 teams that don't make the playoffs are given, lets say tickets (or names on a card in a hat). the amount of cards you get depends on the rank you ended the year before. such as last= 8 cards, second to last =7....and so on. if you make the playoffs, then that sets your pick depending on how you do.

but, the key is that we will do a drawing on draft day to see where you will pick. name can only be drawn once, to determine which pick you will get.

just an idea. what do you all think?

Oompa Midgets · Post by **Oompa Midgets** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 3:42 am

i have thought of this in the past bc teams could "throw" games with the intent of gettin a better draft position

Post by **wolfe** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:12 am

What some other leagues do is have a "Toilet Bowl" or some other tournament to decide the draft picks. This forces the non-playoff teams to compete for their draft pick and also keeps everyone interested in the league up to the end of the NFL season.

I also thought about deciding Draft positions based on Total Points instead of head-to-head. Most points (for non-playoff teams) get the #1 pick. But that would punish a truely bad team. Another thought was to have only the Week 15 points scored used to determine Draft Order.

We can discuss this and come to some sort of consensus in the Smack Room, then vote on it during Draft Day.

Agitator · Post by **Agitator** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:41 pm

i like the idea of playing for the first spot, but it should be limited to groups of four.......

top four= playoffs
next four= play for picks 4-8
bottom four= play for picks 1-4

or i still likethe lottery idea, where we wont know our pick until draft day!

Agitator · Post by **Agitator** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:42 pm

i meant picks 5-8

Post by **wolfe** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:57 pm

Of the leagues that I've heard about, my favorite ideas are the ones that force the last place team to buy the food/beer/refreshments for the next year's Draft Party.

Agitator · Post by **Agitator** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:25 am

if we are to do this, then i propose that we rename the Goalline Division to the Catering Division......

since it will be coming from that division, they should think about splitting it each year so that huntington and the rugrats don't have to pay every time.

Get Hedgehoged!

titanmike · Post by **titanmike** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 4:44 pm

mick i cant wait to see you at the draft

thechosenone · Post by **thechosenone** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 6:05 pm

no holds barred mick..whooo!!

hlynn · Post by **hlynn** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 6:15 pm

Mick
Awesome idea, and hey you could join us, all this talk you talk and you didnt do to hot yourself last year, your record is the same as ours 5-9 (except JR).

MTFFL

NFL Lottery?

NFL Lottery?

good idea!!