[USML Announce] Understanding CBSSportsline

[Richard Robbins]

But I do . . .
 
-- Rich

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf
Of Andrew R. Klein
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:17 AM
To: USML Announcements
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Understanding CBSSportsline


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> 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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