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Nominating Players in Fantasy Football Email Auctions

Once each day, you'll nominate a player, who will then remain on the auction for 24 hours. Because the nominations must be staggered throughout the day, there will only be a one-hour window for making your nomination. For that reason, it is strongly recommended that you pre-nominate.

Simply come to this page and draft the next player you want to nominate ... or several players, in case the one you want gets picked by someone else ... to the pre-nomination box. The software will automatically nominate this player for you when your turn comes.

Nomination Tips for Email Auctions

Because DataForce email auctions are unique, it pays to have a plan, rather than simply nominating the next player you want on your team. Here are some hints for getting the most out of your auction:

• Sometimes it pays to bid on your low-end players first, like kickers, so that you know exactly how much money you'll have left for better players. To that end, you should be the one to nominate $1 players. It's the only way you're likely to get a player for just $1.
• Is there a particular star running back with a valuable handcuff that you want to draft as a pair? One tactic is to nominate and win the handcuff first. That tends to lower the value of the star running back for other owners, since they know they can't get his handcuff.
• Runs on positions happen in auctions, too, not just regular drafts. Do pay attention to position scarcity, and if you have to, up your bid just a little to make sure you don't get shut out of a key position like Running Back.
• Keep track of other bids on players. If owners are bidding too much, it may pay to bide your time. The spendthrifts will run out of money, and you and the other penny-pinchers will be able to get some bargains. If this is happening, you might want to reach a little deeper on the draft list and nominate players that you think might command an artificially high price, just to run other players out of money, while preserving the better players for later.
• On the other hand, if other owners are hesitant to bid value, don't be afraid to jump on bargains early in the draft! Good prices are good prices no matter when they come your way, early or late, so get these players before other owners figure out they're not bidding high enough. That means nominating the best player available when your turn comes, so that you can ride the tide of low prices while they last.
• The cardinal sin of fantasy football auctions is to come to the end of the auction with lots of money left. It means that something went terribly wrong with your player evaluations or with your strategy. One way to prevent this disaster is nominate and buy a single superstar player to anchor your team very early on, even if it means paying just a little more than you want to for him. Be willing to pay over $50 for this player.
• Finally, there will come a time when everybody is short of money, and most teams have only $1 left per player to be drafted. This means if they don't nominate the player, they won't get them. Your strategy changes at this point: if you can afford $2 for a player, you shouldn't nominate one of these $2-worthy players. Let someone else do that, and then jump on him quickly with the first $2 bid. Instead, use your now-precious nominations to nominate players that you need (like cheap handcuffs and backups) that you think nobody else will bid $2 for. In this way, you get them for $1.

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