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Drafts - Extended draft pick times and slow drafts

This would allow commissioners to extend the time that is allotted to each team for each pick during the draft longer than the current maximum. Currently, the maximum draft pick time is 2 minutes.

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  • Chris Jordan commented  ·   ·  Report

    Each team gets a Draft timer like chess. Example, 10 or 15 minutes for the whole draft. The time it takes to make each pick subtracts from that time. If a team runs out of time, they only get 25 seconds to make a pick for the rest of the draft. Still have a max time of 4 minutes. This will speed up drafts and give teams extra time for the picks that they need to do some emergency research.

  • Brian Andreottola commented  ·   ·  Report

    Definitely need an untimed draft option. Too many things come up during the draft where this could become a problem for us which is the reason why I conduct our league's draft on a 3rd party site. I would love to host the draft on Yahoo, but won't even consider it until there is an untimed option. The draft is an event, so please stop forcing rushed picks.

  • Max Bickel commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm still doing an "offline draft" but wanted to utilize the new "Draft presenter" function. Having 2 minutes as the longest timer is not ideal for a draft like this. We need the option for much longer time limits. It also, would be helpful for any slow draft leagues, too

  • Zack W S commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would not be a hard fix to do before draft day. Please we need this before anything else like playing two teams at once.

  • Charles Boyer commented  ·   ·  Report

    I’d like an option for a slow draft as other sites offer it and it has become tougher to get league mates together at the same time when they are in multiple leagues. Also, this option allows for great league banter over the span of 1-2 weeks during the preseason. Thanks!

  • Brodie H commented  ·   ·  Report

    2 minutes is ridiculous. Too many issues can come up, internet issues etc.. Just give the option for untimed drafts.

  • Luke Ulmer commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would make live drafts infinitely better if we could have the option to remove the time limit altogether. In the past, I’ve used a third party online draft board to make and track selections so that we could make picks without having a limit. If Yahoo would allow no limits to Comissioners, we could use the Yahoo draft board and not have to bother with inputting picks after our live drafts. Would love to see this happen.

  • Jim Bob commented  ·   ·  Report

    Having a slow draft option for drafts would be great. Sleeper does this and is a great tool to add. Maybe different times options. From 4 hrs to maybe 24hrs

  • zach Anusky commented  ·   ·  Report

    having an increased time limit or even an option to have no time limit at all. Having increased time limit can help those are are getting into the hobby used to what they are doing and also help people out that are new or not familiar with the site.

  • David Younker commented  ·   ·  Report

    I added a very similar idea for more control over the draft room. It would be nice if the commish could pause the draft at any time or even roll back to a prior point. Being able to adjust the length of time between picks (e.g. more time in earlier rounds) or per team (e.g. someone needs it due to a conflict) would be handy. Lastly, the ability to proxy in selections may be nice if someone leaves early and provides a cheat sheet to follow. (Yes, they could pre-rank but drafts are fluid and the ranks may change from what they were beforehand.)

  • James Tuirok commented  ·   ·  Report

    Would like to add a feature of a custom online draft pick time or a removal of timer between picks. We do an online draft because we have a few people out of state in our league but for most we meet up in person with a draft board. When we are on person it usually takes a little longer than 2 minutes between picks. Would like to have a custom option or at least an option to turn the timer completely.

  • Ken Kasbohm commented  ·   ·  Report

    An extended draft would be great as an option. I generally prefer Yahoo leagues, but this is one feature CBS has that I really enjoy. It allows a league to draft at a pace that may take a week, but doesn't penalize people if they can't all be online in one night. For example, each owner has 3-5 hours to make pick, so they log on when they can. The draft automatically pauses overnight. It's fun to make it spread out, rather than feeling so rushed in just a single night. Please add this feature - it would be great!

  • Jimbo Slyce commented  ·   ·  Report

    YES. Guy is exactly right. It is so annoying to have to enter everyone's team after a live draft. Just please let us use the Yahoo site to draft our teams live online but in our own time. The commissioner should be able to determine the amount of time between picks or just shut off the clock completely.

  • DemBoyz commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not see any reason why Yahoo would limit what we can adjust ourselves within private leagues. There just isn't any good argument for not allowing customization. Letting us choose what time limit we want (and no limit on number of pauses) is only going to help Yahoo draw more players.

  • Ed Gitlitz commented  ·   ·  Report

    The ability to do an extended/untimed draft in the app. It would be a lot better and easier instead of an offline draft via email which is what we currently do. Getting, in our case, 14 people from all over the country to be available at the same time is nearly impossible. Having the ability to do an "offline" draft using the in app draft room would be great. CBS currently offers something like this and it is fantastic.

  • Frank Metzler commented  ·   ·  Report

    We like to break the auction up over several days, with many breaks to slow things down and trash talk. Last year the draft room only had 10 pauses. Can you extend the draft room over multiple days and add more breaks for the Commish to apply?

  • George Nocery commented  ·   ·  Report

    This was first suggested back in August 2018. How come it hasn't been implemented yet? it's a great suggestion! This would enhance the experience by allowing more time for trading draft picks during the draft or slow drafts for players in multiple time zones. Come on team, this seems like an easy fix. Allow 2, 4 and 8 hour timer. Also an option to turn off timer. Thanks, George

  • Douglas M Koenig commented  ·   ·  Report

    The Draft, in the options for Commissioners, give us the option to have a staged time limit. 2 minutes for Rounds 1-10 and 4 minutes for that.

  • Matt Roderick commented  ·   ·  Report

    We normally do an offline draft so we can all get together and eat and drink and talk trash to each other. It literally takes all afternoon and into the evening. With COVID there are a couple guys that can't make it due to state travel restrictions. The remainder of the league is still getting together. These guys will have to be on the phone the whole day to draft. If we could remove the time limit we'd be able to set it up online and they wouldn't have to be glued to their phones the whole day. Would be much appreciated!!

  • BRIAN SELMSER commented  ·   ·  Report

    duo you really 2 minutes. you are over analyzing then

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