[Lucky]

There is a question on the table as far as whether we should just start the draft now rather than wait a couple of weeks. The idea is that it gives us extra time and the first few rounds should be simple enough anyway. We'd go at a casual pace and there'd be no rush. If you're not totally prepared (and I'm not) you could take your time with your pick. But it hedges our bets for getting this done and we may even finish up before AA, Army, and GM get busy and disappear in February.

So vote yes or no. PLEASE vote. I'm going to send each of you an individual PM. If I see you've read it but haven't voted here I'm gonna presume you're abstaining and have no complaints. But I rather have everyone happy and cool with what we're doing.

And if you vote no, do us a favor and speak your peace. Like I said, I'd like us all to be happy with what we decide. If we have an untenable position we'll deal with that but if there's a problem we can solve we should solve it.

[DevSop]

but lets take our time with thepicks so it lasts a lil bit

[Pun]

I'm with DevSop. I think we can start now and take our time. I think we started just after the league was set up last time anyway. A week earlier isn't going to be that bad.

[Lucky]

Noone objects to the idea that if the Draft is here that the free agent period has ended, right? Keepers locked before the first pick is made.

Probably would have been best if there had been some warning on that but we have been sitting on this for awhile. I presume noone was waiting to make a final decision on their keepers at this stage.

EDIT: That being said, its probably fair to give everyone one last go if they want it. But once GM goes on the draft clock the free agent period has to end (which doesn't preclude you from trading keepers).

[Lucky]

Unanimous vote. Draft begins Wednesday at 10 PM EST.

Pun and Dev are right. Don't stress folks. We're taking our time. That's the advantange of doing it this way.