General Sports Water Cooler

I think more makes things more interesting as well. There's obviously no shortage of players for a worldwide draft, and it really adds to the strategy of it all since you can't make as many assumptions or projections of who will be left. I know in the first one there were top players taken late because all but one team had Spanish, Brazilian, or Barca players already, so the last teams just sandbagged. Far less likely to happen with larger numbers.

Also, much higher probability of LOL picks, which is really half the fun. Like when Scott Brown got taken in the fourth round one year.

That is the downside of many teams

We had 20 last year.

We need to make sure people are better at sending their picks to others this time around. I will be working the next month. So if anyone needs to use me, just send your picks my way and that should be able to speed up the process some.

in, participated in last 2.

Too late to get in? If not, I'll be a judge. I deserve a spot though because my team was dominant in the last draft even though you all don't really know football and didn't vote me the winner. I remember everyone talking about who is Luka Modric.

That would be cool. I still want in by the way if there is room.

I think we're taking as many as we can for right now. You're definitely in no matter what. I'm pulling rank and saying any (reliable) drafters from previous editions get first dibs

There are 16 people listed in the OP. Add in Wang, Gimme, Strago and Highnmighty and we are at 20.

I'd recommend closing but I defer to Tecmo.

Ok, I've added the 4 listed in this post.

I'm going to close it now. However, I'll consider appeals only for proven draft veterans.

I'd like a couple of other judges as well. If push comes to shove, I'll PM a few other soccer followers. There are certainly draft participants who know more about soccer than I do, so I'd like to get a bit more soccer following experience on the judging panel as well.

Where's lazy? Birdie judging again, perhaps?

Should this be created randomly? Or based on draft order? or what

Would suck if selected randomly and 4+ of the best overall teams end up in the same division though.