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Conference Re-Draft Project

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Muck;1946776; said:
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For fairness its a snack draft so the first two rounds will look like:

NateG
Mrstickball
AKAKBUCK
Diego-Bucks
Muck
SmoovP
SmoovP
Muck
Diego-Bucks
AKAKBUCK
Mrstickball
NateG

rinse

repeat

Anyone have any questions before we get started?

If not NateG is on the clock.
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Just one...

ANd I realize this isn't in the one we're stealing from... but, they suck.

Should there be a regional preference? And if so, could we get "regions" attached.

My point is, I don't want to take all Fla and SEC teams and then have Oregon... makes no sense. I realize they want to leave it out, but, it's kind of dumb.

"No" is an acceptable answer, and I won't bitch when the COwboys end up in the NFC East
 
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AKAKBUCK;1946846; said:
Just one...

ANd I realize this isn't in the one we're stealing from... but, they suck.

Should there be a regional preference? And if so, could we get "regions" attached.

My point is, I don't want to take all Fla and SEC teams and then have Oregon... makes no sense. I realize they want to leave it out, but, it's kind of dumb.

"No" is an acceptable answer, and I won't bitch when the COwboys end up in the NFC East
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Oops sorry for not clarifying but I was just going to use the same basic criteria used by SB Nation...

GAME OBJECTIVES

The purposes of the fantasy draft are: (1) to explore the values of individual schools by drafting them sequentially, and (2) to have fun strategically building a conference of schools.

There will be six conferences, and such conferences are NOT meant to be new versions of current conferences. That is, the objective of the game is not to create tweaked versions of what we already have. The goal is to draft schools based on their overall value, and to compile a conference of teams strategically and coherently.

What makes a school valuable? Well as one of the six conference commissioners, we leave that largely up to you, with a few important guidelines. First, bearing in mind that we are drafting athletics conferences, athletics should be weighted heaviest, if not exclusively.

While obviously we must consider athletics, the following are factors you may, but are not required to consider:

Academics
Co-eds
Weather/Desirability of Destination
Historic Success
Traditions
TV Revenue Potential
Ethics
Rivalries (two teams)

On the flipside, for purposes of this game there are two factors that are NOT to be considered. First, do not take travel/geographic concerns into consideration (I told you we invented teleporting). In real life, Washington and Florida are unrealistic conference partners; in our world, that doesn't matter -- neither from a travel or time zone standpoint. Second, and related, while we may take individual rivalries into consideration (e.g. pairing Michigan and Ohio State), preservation of current conference history/rivalry/alliance is not to be considered. Hopefully for obvious reasons.

Finally, the goal is not to improve the status quo. The goal is not to create a conference that will actually play games. The goal is to use a draft to value schools and have fun strategically grouping them together.

In sum, there is no single way that schools must be valued and/or grouped together. Some may wish to create the best conference of all-around athletics-academics combination. Others may want to create a revenue superpower. There are any number of valid ways to do this. The only limitation is not creating a group that is based on regional and historical ties. Time to wipe the slate clean and start over.
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Hope that helps!

The primary goal being to see how various Universities are valued for their own sake without worrying about regionalism....if travel distance is a heavy priority then the conferences really won't look much different than the current ones.

I'm sure some folks will want to keep their criteria to themselves during the selection process but I definitely want to have conversations on the why's afterwards....was your goal to build a Football power conference with absolutely no weight given to academics or the rest of the athletic department (ie the SEC), the exact opposite... all around sports balance with some academic power houses (the PAC-10), or were you just trying to corner media markets (ie the Big Ten expansion talk last year).
 
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Muck;1947073; said:
I'm sure some folks will want to keep their criteria to themselves during the selection process but I definitely want to have conversations on the why's afterwards....was your goal to build a Football power conference with absolutely no weight given to academics or the rest of the athletic department (ie the SEC), the exact opposite... all around sports balance with some academic power houses (the PAC-10), or were you just trying to corner media markets (ie the Big Ten expansion talk last year).
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I was taking it on overall university, I wouldn't change my pick even if it was switched though.
 
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Submitted via proxy:

With the 3rd pick of the 2011 Conference Draft, AKAKBUCK selects.......

The University of Louisville




Just joking, it's:

The University of Texas @ Austin
 
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Muck;1947096; said:
Submitted via proxy:

With the 3rd pick of the 2011 Conference Draft, AKAKBUCK selects.......

The University of Louisville



Just joking...AKAK slected The University of Texas @ Austin
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Damn, I wanted UT @ Permian Basin... but... since its in already, I'll stay with Austin.
 
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SmoovP;1947170; said:
The 6th Pick is The University Of Arkansas.


Yes, I'm THAT guy.
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Well, at least you did it with the 1st round pick instead of the next pick so it didn't look like you were really trying to rationalize Arkansas being worthy of #7 overall.
 
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