[USML Announce] Understanding CBSSportsline

[Brad Jansen]

If you cared you would offer me Hinske because you know how desperately my
team needs offense.

On 4/8/08, Andrew R. Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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> 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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