Auction drafts are a bit different than the regular snake drafts. In auction drafts players are bid upon with the player going to the highest bidder. Each team starts out with £250 of virtual money to bid on players. All the other rules are the same as regular draft. You can own a maximum of 3 players from any single club and must have 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, and 3 strikers by the end of the draft.
We recommend 30 seconds per auction pick. Since time is added anyway if a bid is made when the clock is below 10 seconds, it will shorten the auction draft time.
There are two periods per player pick. The period where a player is nominated (30 seconds) which rotates round the league managers. The second period is when a player is bid upon after he has been nominated (30 seconds). If a bid is made when less than 10 seconds remain of the bidding for the player, the clock is topped up to 10 seconds. So for example, if a bid comes in when only 2 seconds remain on the clock, an additional 8 seconds is added to the bidding. Be prepared for a long and exciting auction draft!
If you’re offline for the auction draft, the highest rated player will be automatically nominated for you. However, no additional autobids will happen for you after that.
The auction nomination order is selected randomly, and it does not work in a snake order as the regular draft does.
Sealed BiDs
The sealed bid system allows you to take part in the auction even if you’re offline during the live auction draft. You set a max bid for each player (a player with no max bid will be £0) and if offline during the auction draft, you will automatically bid until your max bid is reached. The bidding system will increase your bid by £1 until the bidding exceeds your max bid or until your budget runs out.
For example, if the current bid for Salah is £34 and you have set a sealed max bid of £70, the automated bidding system will bid £35 for you. If someone else bids £40, the system will bid £41 for you. If someone then bids £73, the system will no longer make bids for you, and someone else will win the auction for him.
No other managers in your league can see what your max bid is. This prevents other managers from wasting your budget because they will have the risk of getting the player that they’re bidding for themselves (the same as if you were bidding live online).
Max bids have an effect on the nominations you make too. In general the highest rated player will be nominated if a manager is offline or runs out of time to nominate. However, if you have set a max bid for a player to £0, that player will not be nominated for you unless there are no more valid players left to nominate. Apart from that, we will respect the Draft Fantasy ratings for the automatic nomination order.
Why Auction Draft?
Auction drafts make the draft process totally fair and not reliant on any outside factors. Drafting your Premier League Fantasy league with an auction draft has some great advantages. Auction drafts are more fair, competitive, and social than the regular snake draft.
Auction draft leagues are a Premium Feature for Draft Fantasy users. Check out how your league can start your leagues off with an auction draft for this Premier League Fantasy football season.