I'm doing a live fantasy football draft, but one guy can't make and I can't find a proxy for him. ?

Question

What are some options that I have?

Answer 1

I think that the best option is for him to pre-rank and let the computer autopick for him. Any other way he will probably complain about the picks. The draft time and date was established when he joined the league so it really is his problem, not yours. But it is nice that you are trying to accomodate.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Another option is to have the draft without him.  You can give him unlimited crack at all the remaining players (woohoo!) until he's picked his team and also starting #1 waiver priority as compensations.  Hopefully your friend will just think of it as a challenge, albiet an extremely difficult one.

Answer 3

In my opinion, he needs to either find his own proxy or drop out of the league.  This sounds very harsh, but having a live, off the computer draft is incredibly difficult if someone does not show up.

Allowing someone else to draft for him, even yourself, puts everyone in a bad position.  One wrong pick could make everyone resentful.  If the no show believes he has a bad team, he may accuse the one picking for making bad decisions, either deliberate or unintentional, still leaves the person feeling he got the wrong end of the stick.

He needs to find someone, anyone, who is not already in the league to draft for him.  Otherwise, ask him to step aside this year.