Draft Amendment Discussion

[Royals GM]

The second issue, which we plan on dealing with, is the draft.
One owner proposed that we only use the corresponding draft year for our draft.
The only problem with this is that we already have 76 players drafted from the 2010 year.

My solution: This years draft will include all 2010 draftees that are signed. The draft will be limited to just 7 rounds due to a lack of players.
Picks in round 8-10 that have been traded will be pushed to the year 2011.
The 2011 draft will include 2011 selections (Minus the 26 who have already been selected) who sign plus all International IFA signings who sign between the 2010 and 2011 league drafts. This draft will again be 10 rounds.
The 2012 draft will follow all rules of the 2011 draft with a change in the compensation system. An MLB like aproach will be taken. However picks may still be traded. If you trade your first rounder, then you are prohibited from signing an "A" free agent. If you trade your second rounder, but not your first, then you may sign just 1 "A" free agent, etc.

What does everyone think? I may trade the IFA system if people disagree. Compensation system too, but I think they would work well.

[Mets GM]

i like all of this except the part about the compensation. i like how the rule is now with type A's receiving a round 1/2 sandwich pick and type B's receiving a 3/4 sandwich pick. i know its not how its done in real life but neither is trading picks. i think its better than GM's dont have to worry about what type of free agents they can or cannot sign depending on what draft picks they traded. because under this rule, when you trade a high draft pick, you arent only trading the rights to 1 prospect, you are trading your rights to sign an impact free agent, which seems like a lot of weight to be put on 1 draft pick.

[Phillies GM]

I agree with mets.

[Royals GM]

Alright, but I still think the compensation system needs to be fixed. It is like you are receiving nothing for losing a good player. Maybe if the sandwich picks were between pick 15 and 16 (due to that being the real life cut off for compensation) or they get the team that signs they Pick A. For example, if the Rockies sign my player "A" level free agent, then they keep their pick and I get 30 A. We could still incorporate the real life system by giving a 1-2 sandwich pick along with the Pick-A pick. And B picks could come right after the A picks like real life.

I am rambling now because I just thought of this, but hopefully someone can make sense of this.

[Royals GM]

And I don't know if you would be able to receive 1A-15A in thast. It may have to be 31A-45A.

Also, we could implement this system in 2011.