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averagejoe
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders.
The NFL awards compensatory picks.
One article about the NFL's rules about how compensatory picks are awarded admitted that it is a rather secretive process.
It basically boils down to the value of a player that a team loses to free agency compared to the other teams.
I was actually considering adding compensatory picks to our charter for my other dynasty league.
Some history: Our league only goes back to 2019.
One owner drafted Antonio Brown (OAK) with his second round pick.
The same owner then drafted Andrew Luck with his fifth round pick.
Luck was the 4th QB drafted and then surprisingly announced his retirement a month after this draft.
About a week after he lost Luck, AB was released by the Raiders and signed the same day by the Patriots.
AB only played 1 game before falling off the NFL map.
Through no fault of his own, this owner lost 2 top 5 players at their position (at the time).
Floated the idea to two other owners that have been doing FF for about 20 years like me.
One likes the idea. The other does not.
However, the owner that does not like it admitted that he would be agreeable to a compensatory pick for Luck.
The compensatory pick would be awarded at the end of round 2.
For reference, the NFL generally awards their compensatory picks after rounds 3, 5 and 6.
We had an open discussion about it.
The other 2 owners suggested making age limits for each position.
But I think ages can open a can of worms.
To make the rule simple, I feel that if a player is top 5 at his position and he retires (as Luck did), then the team should be awarded a compensatory pick.
The operative word here is "retire" which would eliminate players who get severely injured or are head-cases and get suspended for violating the league's conduct policies.
So I open this topic up to this forum.
Is it interesting enough to pursue?
Can it be implemented with minimal gripes?
Or is it a headache that should be avoided?
One article about the NFL's rules about how compensatory picks are awarded admitted that it is a rather secretive process.
It basically boils down to the value of a player that a team loses to free agency compared to the other teams.
I was actually considering adding compensatory picks to our charter for my other dynasty league.
Some history: Our league only goes back to 2019.
One owner drafted Antonio Brown (OAK) with his second round pick.
The same owner then drafted Andrew Luck with his fifth round pick.
Luck was the 4th QB drafted and then surprisingly announced his retirement a month after this draft.
About a week after he lost Luck, AB was released by the Raiders and signed the same day by the Patriots.
AB only played 1 game before falling off the NFL map.
Through no fault of his own, this owner lost 2 top 5 players at their position (at the time).
Floated the idea to two other owners that have been doing FF for about 20 years like me.
One likes the idea. The other does not.
However, the owner that does not like it admitted that he would be agreeable to a compensatory pick for Luck.
The compensatory pick would be awarded at the end of round 2.
For reference, the NFL generally awards their compensatory picks after rounds 3, 5 and 6.
We had an open discussion about it.
The other 2 owners suggested making age limits for each position.
But I think ages can open a can of worms.
To make the rule simple, I feel that if a player is top 5 at his position and he retires (as Luck did), then the team should be awarded a compensatory pick.
The operative word here is "retire" which would eliminate players who get severely injured or are head-cases and get suspended for violating the league's conduct policies.
So I open this topic up to this forum.
Is it interesting enough to pursue?
Can it be implemented with minimal gripes?
Or is it a headache that should be avoided?