[USML Announce] Understanding CBSSportsline
Andrew R. Klein
anrklein at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 09:01:07 EDT 2008
Because I care about you, Brad.
-Andy
Brad Jansen wrote:
> Andy:
> Why the heck are you involved in all this? Now I'm more worried than
> ever.
> Brad
>
>
> On 4/8/08, *Andrew R. Klein* <anrklein at gmail.com
> <mailto:anrklein at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I just called Mark B., and we clicked around the system to see if
> we could figure out what was going on. With his blessing, I am
> sending a note that should help everyone follow along.
> 1. When you click on your roster, it sends you by default to one
> period ahead. So ... right now, you go directly to "Period 3",
> which starts on 4/13. If you click back to "Period 2", you can
> see your current roster.
>
> 2. If you made a roster move yourself, it should show accurately
> everywhere -- Period 2, Period 3, and in Live Scoring.
>
> 3. However, if Mark B. made the roster move for you (as he did
> this week after FAAB bids), it only shows correctly in Period 2
> and in Live Scoring. For some reason, these moves did not carry
> over to Week 3. So, when Kerber hits his roster, it defaults to
> Period 3 and incorrectly shows Aybar reserved. But if you click
> to Period 2 or Live Scoring, it correctly shows Aybar to be
> active. This is bizarre, but at least the system is scoring
> things accurately. Mark B. is writing to Sportsline to see why
> this is the case. Until we sort it out, each player might need to
> re-enter the Blocker-entered moves the following week to ensure
> carry over. (Note: Don't do that yet. Wait to see if Mark gest
> an answer from Sportsline.)
>
> 4. Mark B. has set the system to automatically process FAAB bids.
> The deadline is midnight Friday. The system says that bids will
> then be processed on Saturday morning. Like last year, this gives
> everyone time to adjust their own rosters accordingly. This is a
> good thing in light of the system's odd behavior described above.
>
> 5. If we get all this sorted out, we should be close to where we
> were last year. The only information missing is a list -- even
> for the commissioner -- of all bids. This is important for
> setting salaries of purchased players and adjusting FAAB budgets.
> I talked about this with The King over the weekend, as well as
> Mark B. this morning. I will let them send official rules, but
> might suggest the following. After the FAAB deadline, every
> player should circulate a list of their bids to the listserv. No
> other information would be needed, just: Jones $20, Smith $8,
> Williams $5. With that, we could see who else bid on a purchased
> player, and make adjustments accordingly.
>
> That is all.
>
> Humbly,
>
> Andy
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