KTA
06-20-2007, 07:20 PM
To participate in a live draft, choose a date and time when you know you'll have a couple of free hours to spend at the draft. If you're choosing a time for a Custom League, you should coordinate with your other league members to find the time that works best for all of you.
You'll also need a Java-enabled browser in order to participate. (Test Your System)
If you won't be present for the entire draft, please go to your team page and pre-rank players. Your pre-ranked players will be used if you can't make a selection at any time during the live draft. If you choose not to pre-rank, our default ratings will be used when you can't make a selection. See the Autopick Draft Details section for more info.
When it's time for your draft, go to your league page and select Enter Live Draft. Please arrive 10 minutes ahead of your scheduled time, as the draft will start promptly and may go rapidly if only a few managers are logged in.
Depending on the speed of your internet connection, it may take up to five minutes for the draft applet to load into your browser. If you use AOL as your ISP or access the web from behind a firewall (ask your system administrator about this), you may be unable to participate at all.
During the draft, you can view any team's roster by selecting the team name from the Drafted Players drop-down box. A list of how many players have been drafted at each position will appear in a column to the right of the roster.
You can also set up a draft queue for yourself. This list of players, which supersedes both pre-rankings and default rankings, will be used to make a selection if you don't draft a player during your allotted 90 seconds. To add a player to your queue list, select a name from the list on the left-hand side of the screen. The chosen name will appear in the draft box and the player will be added to your queue when you click on "Add to Queue."
In addition, all of your pre-rankings will be viewable by changing the sort criteria (which can be found in the drop-down box) from Yahoo! Rankings to My Pre-Rankings.
During the draft, you'll see a number of indicators when it's your turn to draft. Your team name will appear in the yellow box in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, your team icon will turn yellow, and the player selection box will turn yellow.
To draft a player, select a name from the list on the left-hand side of the screen. The chosen name will appear in the draft box and the player will join your team when you click on "Draft." You have 90 seconds to select a player. If you don't draft within the allotted time, the computer will automatically give you a player based on your queued list, pre-rankings, or our default ratings if you haven't queued players or submitted your own rankings list. See the Autopick Draft Details section for more info. Once you click "Draft," you cannot "undraft" a player, even if there's time left in your allotted 90 second selection period.
To see which player Yahoo! Sports would recommend based on our default rankings, click "Suggest." The player's name will appear in the draft box. Click "Draft" to select that player.
To chat with other managers during the draft, type your message in the entry box and click "Send." All messages will appear in the chat box. Draft choices will also be shown here.
When the draft is complete, you'll see a message telling you the draft is over. Click "OK" to quit and close the applet. To see the complete draft results, please go to your league page and select "Draft Results." All of the selected players will be listed under the name of the team that drafted them
You'll also need a Java-enabled browser in order to participate. (Test Your System)
If you won't be present for the entire draft, please go to your team page and pre-rank players. Your pre-ranked players will be used if you can't make a selection at any time during the live draft. If you choose not to pre-rank, our default ratings will be used when you can't make a selection. See the Autopick Draft Details section for more info.
When it's time for your draft, go to your league page and select Enter Live Draft. Please arrive 10 minutes ahead of your scheduled time, as the draft will start promptly and may go rapidly if only a few managers are logged in.
Depending on the speed of your internet connection, it may take up to five minutes for the draft applet to load into your browser. If you use AOL as your ISP or access the web from behind a firewall (ask your system administrator about this), you may be unable to participate at all.
During the draft, you can view any team's roster by selecting the team name from the Drafted Players drop-down box. A list of how many players have been drafted at each position will appear in a column to the right of the roster.
You can also set up a draft queue for yourself. This list of players, which supersedes both pre-rankings and default rankings, will be used to make a selection if you don't draft a player during your allotted 90 seconds. To add a player to your queue list, select a name from the list on the left-hand side of the screen. The chosen name will appear in the draft box and the player will be added to your queue when you click on "Add to Queue."
In addition, all of your pre-rankings will be viewable by changing the sort criteria (which can be found in the drop-down box) from Yahoo! Rankings to My Pre-Rankings.
During the draft, you'll see a number of indicators when it's your turn to draft. Your team name will appear in the yellow box in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, your team icon will turn yellow, and the player selection box will turn yellow.
To draft a player, select a name from the list on the left-hand side of the screen. The chosen name will appear in the draft box and the player will join your team when you click on "Draft." You have 90 seconds to select a player. If you don't draft within the allotted time, the computer will automatically give you a player based on your queued list, pre-rankings, or our default ratings if you haven't queued players or submitted your own rankings list. See the Autopick Draft Details section for more info. Once you click "Draft," you cannot "undraft" a player, even if there's time left in your allotted 90 second selection period.
To see which player Yahoo! Sports would recommend based on our default rankings, click "Suggest." The player's name will appear in the draft box. Click "Draft" to select that player.
To chat with other managers during the draft, type your message in the entry box and click "Send." All messages will appear in the chat box. Draft choices will also be shown here.
When the draft is complete, you'll see a message telling you the draft is over. Click "OK" to quit and close the applet. To see the complete draft results, please go to your league page and select "Draft Results." All of the selected players will be listed under the name of the team that drafted them