[USML Announce] Understanding CBSSportsline

[Andrew R. Klein]

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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