hailfire4 wrote:people should be rewarded for being online and first when trades or injuries suddenly pop up. delaying a pickup might be the only day that guy has value. besides we have a defense in place called the 6 pickup a week max. maybe it is 4 for basketball. if a low roster guy happens to have 4 days off and some bench guy on a team that plays 3 games in 4 days I could swap em out and pick up 3 games for the week. in ur bid system streaming would halt since the pickup would be delayed a day. besides a team with 14 useable players would have a huge advantage over a team with super crappy end roster guys since they would have to pay to rotate the scrubs. Another besides with a DL a guy gets hurt and I have to wait a day to fill the empty slot.
I don't see how the change would delay a pickup. You can't use a player the day you add him under the current setting anyway. If we implement my suggested change, you would have access to a player you bid on via FAAB the next day, exactly the same as how it is now (i.e. you bid on a player Fri night, you can put them in your lineup for Sat if you have the highest bid/priority). You don't have to wait a day to swap a player or fill a spot. There is literally no additional delay in how soon you gain access to a player you pick up via either setting.
The only difference between the two settings is to take away the advantage for people who just happen to be able to be online and refresh box scores, NBA news, or game footage every evening. Personally, I don't think being able to be online more often than another person should confer a significant advantage because it has nothing to do with skill. The skill is in determining whether a player should be picked up or not, which is not changed by the suggested change, and is actually enhanced because you have to assess how much everyone else wants the same guy and bid accordingly.
I understand however that what I'm asking for is to change the status quo and how the league has been set previously. I only bring it up because it has no impact on drafting (so no one will be prejudiced by the change), and it will make the league more fair and skillful.