Feb 1, 2007 1

Drafting at the top in 2007

I was talking yesterday to someone who runs one of the larger high-stakes fantasy football leagues and he told me they are considering reversing the draft order in round three this year. So the draft would go 1-12, 12-1, and then 12-1 again as opposed to 1-12, 12-1, 1-12. His feeling is that it’s such an advantage to have a top-3 pick these days and the playing field needed to be leveled with the stakes so high. I’ll admit that I had a top-3 pick in three expert leagues this year and made it to the playoffs in all three and ...

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