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| 1. | How can I conduct my auction on MyFantasyLeague.com?
Answer: MyFantasyLeague.com offers two ways for your league to hold its preseason auction
1. Online MyFantasyLeague.com-hosted email auction (taking days or weeks to complete).
2. Offline auction.
1. Online MyFantasyLeague.com auction. This scenario involves using the MFL league site to directly hold your auction and is designed for auctions taking days or weeks to complete.
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Owners can be geographically dispersed
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Offers a quick, interactive way to hold your auction
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Reduced risk of error
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No need to manually record the winning bids twice
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Supports all MFL positions, varied auction funds (per franchise), and proxy bids
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Cons:
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Requires all (most) owners have access to the Internet
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Not as efficient/intuitive for a quick auction taking hours to complete
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2. Offline auction
. In this low-tech approach where all members are together for the auction, one person simply records all the winning bids and the corresponding amounts. At the completion of the auction, the commissioner must use the For Commissioners > Setup > Load/Unload Rosters
screen to manually enter in each team's wining bids and (optionally) the For Commissioners > Setup > Enter Player Salaries/Contracts
screen to specify the corresponding bid amounts.
Pros:
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Draft can be held anywhere (no PC required)
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No prep work necessary
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Cons:
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Most manual labor required (double entry of winning bids)
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Greatest risk of error
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Requires all owners to meet at one location
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Detailed Steps for an Online Auction using MyFantasyLeague.com
(Before the auction)
| 1. | Go to the For Commissioners > Setup > General League Setup screen to define the parameter "At the start of the season, rosters are determined by" to use the setting "On-line, email auction, taking several days/weeks to complete." |
| 3. | Go to the For Commissioners > Auction Setup > General Auction Setup screen to define initial auction parameters. |
| 4. | (Optionally) Go to the For Commissioners > Setup > Abilities Setup screen to enable owners the ability to place players up for auction. |
(During the auction)
| 5. | The commissioner (and optionally the other franchises) use the For Owners > Auction Bid
screen to place bids on players. |
(After the auction)
| 6. | There's nothing required to do after an online MFL auction as all the data is already defined for your league. |
Detailed Steps for an Offline Auction
(Before the auction)
| 1. | This is the simplest type of auction to prepare for as it really only requires something to record the picks with and some form of auction timer. This is typically designed for auctions taking a few hours to complete. |
(During the auction)
| 2. | Have owners on a rotating basis select a player to be auctioned. Complete one auction before moving on to the next. |
(After the auction)
| 3. | Go to the For Commissioners > Setup > General League Setup screen to define the parameter "At the start of the season, rosters are determined by" to use the setting "None of the above - commissioner will use the Load Rosters option to load franchise rosters." |
| 4. | Use the For Commissioners > Players And Rosters > Load/Unload Rosters screen to populate each franchise's roster |
| 5. | (Optionally) If your league carries over the winning auction bid amounts to be used as a player's initial salary for use in a salary cap league, enable the General League Setup option to "Track Player Salaries and/or Contracts" and then use the For Commissioners > Salary Cap Setup > Enter Player Salaries/Contract screen to define the starting salary for each auctioned player. |
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