2013 RULES: Anonymous Bidding

[sportznut]

People aren't sure if they like this or not yet? Really? As if prices aren't sky high already, knowing your rival were bidding on someone would make players even more expensive IMO.

[Shagg]

People aren't sure if they like this or not yet? Really? As if prices aren't sky high already, knowing your rival were bidding on someone would make players even more expensive IMO.

This!

[vikingfan]

I just miss playing DEFENSE. Its starting to grow on me, I may be admitting I was wrong on this and it was a good idea. Not yet, but close.

People aren't sure if they like this or not yet? Really? As if prices aren't sky high already, knowing your rival were bidding on someone would make players even more expensive IMO.

This!

[RebelFan]

It really adds a new element to the League Home page, where it tells who signed who..

[Jared A]

I doubt it's keeping prices lower, but it's at least making it so that specific GM's can't pick on specific GM's which I like and dislike at the same time...

[larry linke]

I can't wait to see who is offering Dwayne "head case" Bowe a 7 year contract at $9.5 M per year and a $21 M, yes $21 M dollar signing bonus. Then there is Danny Amendola, who has missed half of my games in the last two years to broken bones because he is so small but has a 7 year, $8.0 M per year offer with an $11 M dollar signing bonus. I am picking on this two free agents because they were my players last year.

I like to know who I am bidding against for two reasons. One is you know who you may want to enter into a bidding war depending on their available funds. The other reason is that there is always some clown who tops your bid with 3 minutes left.

Larry
Minnesota AFFL

[soonertf]

I like to know who I am bidding against for two reasons. One is you know who you may want to enter into a bidding war depending on their available funds. The other reason is that there is always some clown who tops your bid with 3 minutes left.

That strategy annoys me too, but unfortunately a lot of GMs use the last minute bidding as a strategy. I think I lean more toward wanting to know who is bidding, but this has definitely been intriguing. I originally thought it would be to my favor to have then hidden, but it definitely hasn't helped yet!

I agree on the two WRs, but unfortunately all WRs were crazy high this off-season. I was shocked to see what Jordy Nelson signed for.

[Adam K]

I can't wait to see who is offering Dwayne "head case" Bowe a 7 year contract at $9.5 M per year and a $21 M, yes $21 M dollar signing bonus. Then there is Danny Amendola, who has missed half of my games in the last two years to broken bones because he is so small but has a 7 year, $8.0 M per year offer with an $11 M dollar signing bonus. I am picking on this two free agents because they were my players last year.

I like to know who I am bidding against for two reasons. One is you know who you may want to enter into a bidding war depending on their available funds. The other reason is that there is always some clown who tops your bid with 3 minutes left.

Larry
Minnesota AFFL

I personally like the change. Sure I would like to know for the same selfish reasons. But there was always a clown last year. It is better to not know who the clown is.

To be honest, I got better deals last year - because you could tell the person you were going up against was running out of money.

I know change can be difficult for some of you, but this is a good move IMO.

It adds an element to free agency. I bet the AFFL transaction page is getting record traffic.

[Onyxgem]

I like to know who I am bidding against for two reasons. One is you know who you may want to enter into a bidding war depending on their available funds. The other reason is that there is always some clown who tops your bid with 3 minutes left.

Larry
Minnesota AFFL

Yup there are always going to be guys who don't do anything other than look at the about to sign page and see somebody who might be getting a deal and bump it the min...that is almost as bad sa the multi-million dollar deals getting 100k RB added or something stupid like that.

[Royce R]

I do last minute bidding all the time.

Hate it all you want, but I got a lot of guys I'm willing to pay money for and only have 5 bids.

Why waste a bid if someone is going to bump him? Nothing is worse than bidding on someone then they get bumped twice only to let another guy I wanted go because I wasted my bid.

Thus if there is 3 teams interested let them do the bumping while I go after the other targets I want.

To me its just silly to waste a bid before you need to.