Fantasy Football: Auction drafts should be more popular

More Fair: Everyone has a chance to secure their favorite player instead of letting the computer or some randomized draft pick selection process decide who gets that player.

For example: Let’s assume I am a huge Christian McCaffrey fan. In a typical Snake Draft, if I don’t receive the first or MAYBE second pick, I am not going to have McCaffrey on my team unless I make a trade which is next to impossible for a player of that magnitude. However, in an Auction Draft, no matter my draft position, I would be able to bid as much money as I possibly wanted (keep in mind the $200 budget) in order to get CMC onto my team. Sounds fair, right?

This naturally flows into our first perceived ‘negative’.

“But my league will bid me up for my favorite player”: Go get them right back. So what if you overpaid for McCaffrey? Now you have your favorite player that you get to watch and cheer for on Sunday’s. Your buddy that just bid you up, make them pay that much more for their favorite player. It’s a complex game of cat and mouse.

There is always risk involved in this strategy. If you are bidding them up for their favorite player, they could back out at the last second and now you’re stuck with that player at an exorbitant price. But, if I were to bet, that team will go to extreme lengths to acquire their favorite player just like you might’ve done for yours and if  you get stuck with that player, now you have trade bait for that team that already values this player much more than the rest of your league.