[USML Announce] Understanding CBSSportsline
Andrew R. Klein
anrklein at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 09:08:15 EDT 2008
Brad,
If I owned Hinske, I would trade him to you. But I do not. So I cannot.
-Andy
Brad Jansen wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> <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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