Posted by Bootone on 2/9/2016 10:21:00 PM (view original):
I have to agree with gorbyruss. The only reason I've seen for drafting only rookies in the first round was due to keepers not being pulled from the available list. I did this only once in my progressives. I had several owners at the bottom of the round complain that the drop off in talent was so bad it really wasn't fair. Had to agree.
I have to disagree completely with this statement even though I haven't joined this league as my first league was SOOP run by sheller and he always had rookies only in the first round. I liked his leagues and the way he ran them so when he needed an owner in RPLY I joined it and the same with XYZ as he was consistent and always had rookies only available in the first round and the tradition continues in those leagues even though he is not there anymore.
He said it was to keep owners from drafting 1 season players and diluting the teams rosters just to get what they needed to win now and then maybe leaving in a season or two with a weak roster left behind.
As far as being fair it also helps the weaker teams with the worst records get first crack at the non-rookies which seems is more fair than worrying about the teams with the best records and gives time to check for errors on the available player list as I'm always late in checking that due to limited time online.