As a reminder, the full NWPEE constitution is here:
www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx
www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx
And here are the relevant rules for the inaugural draft:
Section 5: INAUGURAL DRAFT
5.1 Available players/parks. In the initial draft each owner will choose players from the 1885/1950 WIS database plus one franchise/ballpark that was active in 1950.
5.2 Format: The inaugural draft will be a standard serpentine draft, reversing in round 3. In other words, round 1 will be 1-16, round 2 will be 16-1, round 3 will also be 16-1, round 4 will be 1-16, round five will be 16-1, round six will be 1-16, etc.
5.3 Schedule: Rounds will be timed with half hour time slots, running from 10AM to 6PM, Eastern Time. The inaugural draft will last for 26 rounds, allowing for each team to select 25 players and 1 ballpark. Depending on how smoothly things go, we may adjust the schedule to allow multiple rounds to be completed per day toward the end of the draft.
5.4 Missed Picks: If an owner misses a pick in rounds 1-3, all subsequent picks in that round must occur during their scheduled time slot. In other words, no picking ahead of your time slot in the first three rounds unless all owners before you have picked. During these first 3 round, if any picks are still missing by the start of the next draft day, the commissioner will make the draft pick for the team. Starting in round 4, owners no longer have to wait for missed picks to be made up. As long as the owner before you has picked, you may make your selection.
5.5 Abandonment: An owner who has more than 2 missed picks at any one time during the inaugural draft will be considered to have left the league. The commissioner reserves the right to take over the team and/or give the team to a new owner immediately.
5.6 Proxies: If you will be away during your pick, you have two options:
(i) post a public proxy in the league forums OR
(ii) send a proxy to the commissioner and the two owners immediately following you AND post in the league forum draft thread that you have done this.
Public proxies (i.e. proxies adhering to rule 5.6.i) will become valid as soon as your time slot starts, or (starting with round 4) as soon as the owner scheduled to draft before you posts a legal pick, whichever comes first.
Private proxies (i.e. proxies adhering to rule 5.6.ii) will become valid as soon as your time slot starts, or as soon as another owner legally posts for you, whichever comes first.
All owners are expected to honor proxies responsibly – we will absolutely stop the draft, and undo picks if a proxy has not been honored.
5.7 “Scrub” players: Once an owner has chosen 17 or more players from the 1885/1950 draft pool, he may choose to stop drafting and fill out his roster with the players listed in section 4.2. Owners who wish to do this should post their intention in the draft thread. Those owners’ remaining draft picks will be skipped. (Owners who choose to do this may not re-enter the draft in later rounds.)