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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Aug 21, 2012 10:39pm
This is the first year we are doing the draft at a house and not BW3. were switching because the BW3 near us has horrible service and takes literally 10 minutes to get a beer.
Anyways, our draft got moved up a week due to people being outta town for labor day. Since I had put off ordering a draft board I no longer have time to get one shipped. What do you guys use for you draft board. Does anyone know a software program you can download and I can connect the hdmi cord and broadcast it over the big screen thru a laptop. What do you use for the players names. ( just marker or pieces of paper with two sided tape.) any other recommendation to make a home draft better. By the way our league is 12 people 19 rounds.
Anyways, our draft got moved up a week due to people being outta town for labor day. Since I had put off ordering a draft board I no longer have time to get one shipped. What do you guys use for you draft board. Does anyone know a software program you can download and I can connect the hdmi cord and broadcast it over the big screen thru a laptop. What do you use for the players names. ( just marker or pieces of paper with two sided tape.) any other recommendation to make a home draft better. By the way our league is 12 people 19 rounds.
hangonsloopy
Posts: 1,291
Aug 21, 2012 10:47pm
We had one on Sunday and just had a grid on a dry erase board. Different color markers for player positions and everyone wrote in their pick. It worked pretty well.
Terry_Tate
Posts: 7,606
Aug 22, 2012 12:58am
When we fo drafts at my house I just hook the computer up to the TV and use a simple excel spreadsheet, nothing to it. Keeps track of teams by round and haven't had any problems with it.
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Aug 22, 2012 1:45am
Hey Terry I really like that idea. My girlfriend is an excel wizard as well so it shoulnt be a problem. Do you keep all the teams picks up on the screen or scroll across the screen. How easy is it to read the excel on the screen.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Aug 22, 2012 1:50am
I know ESPN has an online draft board that automatically imports into your league so you don't have to manually enter the players again. You just set the draft order and select the player as they're picked.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Aug 22, 2012 7:59am
This.Terry_Tate;1251906 wrote:When we fo drafts at my house I just hook the computer up to the TV and use a simple excel spreadsheet, nothing to it. Keeps track of teams by round and haven't had any problems with it.
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Aug 22, 2012 9:34am
Googled and found a "12 team Excel/PDF draft board/sheet" apparently somebody made at this forum.sportchampps;1251826 wrote: Does anyone know a software program you can download and I can connect the hdmi cord and broadcast it over the big screen thru a laptop. .
This may help.
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=543080
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Aug 22, 2012 10:16am
Damn my laptop is old and doesn't have an hdmi output and my friends laptop whos house its at doesn't have excel. I may have to ask some others in the league if their laptop have excel and an hdmi port.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Aug 22, 2012 10:29am
Just invite everyone over, have them bring a laptop and just draft online through espn/yahoo. We did that this year, worked out well.
BORIStheCrusher
Posts: 1,893
Aug 22, 2012 10:48am
Ours is pretty simple, just use roster sheets for each team to keep track of our own picks and we cross off names from cheat sheets handed out as players get picked. Commissioner enters everything in.
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Aug 22, 2012 12:22pm
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Aug 22, 2012 12:49pm
This is what we do.BORIStheCrusher;1252052 wrote:Ours is pretty simple, just use roster sheets for each team to keep track of our own picks and we cross off names from cheat sheets handed out as players get picked. Commissioner enters everything in.