So with the advent of the new FAAB system upon CTDB, let’s discuss how it’ll work. First, be clear that there are two kinds of FAAB: standard and continuous. Under “standard,” only players actually on waivers are subject to the FAAB system. Players cut from other teams, and all players after the weekend’s teams, are on waivers until Wednesday. This was the old system. But we’re not doing that.
Instead, we’ll be doing FAAB Continuous. “Players remain on waivers continuously and thus are always subject to bidding.” What that means is everyone is on waivers, always. There are no free agents in the traditional sense. FAAB will run every day from Wednesday through Sunday, with 12PM EST set as the run time. That means you submit your bids and then by 12PM the next day, the system will dole out players based on who won each individual player.
Does this change an owner’s ability to react to pre-game changes? Yes it kind of does. Instead of being able to go to the free agent pile to grab a FA right before game time, you’d have to plan ahead some. For example, if you need a kicker going into Sunday but am afraid you’ll lose out on your bids by Sunday’s game time, you have to either a) bid on a whole lot of kickers and/or b) just make sure you have another kicker on hand before Sunday. That is mostly the main difference between last year’s system and this year’s.
We could adjust settings as we go, to dial in exactly what we like (one owner has already vehemently expressed their opinion about “how stupid this is...”) but for now it’s going to be FAAB Continuous and run on Wed-Sun, with a cut off time of 12PM EST the next day. Let's explore this new setup together and we can shape it into what we want it to be. Pull out your fake wallets!
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