[USML Announce] FAAB results question

[Andy Klein]

There are other issues like this, I think, where we have consistently
deferred to onoto.com for processing transactions. If we update the rules,
we should just add that:  "In any instance regarding the processing of
transactions, our stat service trumps anything in the Constitution."  But,
again, I am pretty confident we have been doing this for years.

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 10:16 AM Frank Luby <zachfehsvater at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hmmm … Any other unwritten rules?
>
> Anecdotally I have heard it explained differently and in line with the
> Constitution, namely, that low primary (non-contingent) bids trump
> contingent buds, even if the latter are higher.
>
> We’ll see eventually whether this makes a difference, but we’re in a close
> race. Can we now explicitly document this rule and, while we’re at it,  any
> other unofficial ones?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 1, 2021, at 9:10 AM, Frank Luby <zachfehsvater at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> But the rules are different in the Constitution.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 1, 2021, at 8:50 AM, springkerb--- via Announce <announce at usml.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Exactly.  Onroto processes the bids in order of bid blocks (I think), so
> somebody's second choice in their first bid block (contingent) actually
> comes ahead of somebody else's first choice in their second bid block.  So
> this is one of the situations in which we let onroto do its thing even
> though it departs from the written rules.  I once whined and complained
> about this, but we decided not to try to override the system.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2021 8:39 am
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] FAAB results question
>
> I'm pretty sure that's how the onroto system works. If a contingent bid
> comes into play, it competes with primary bids and the higher one wins.  My
> dim memory is that we once had our own rule that was opposite, but decided
> to let the system do its thing and not have Mark have to unwind things like
> this.
>
> -Andy
>
> On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 9:33 AM Frank Luby via Announce <announce at usml.net>
> wrote:
>
> Good morning all,
>
> Interesting round of bidding, as always.
>
> But I don’t understand why the Brats got Garcia with a contingent bid when
> I made a non-contingent bid for him.
>
> How does that work?
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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