[f.montoya]

Originally Posted by Cooleyvol

In my scenario, the max bid wouldn't be seen.

In an open auction(keyword being "open"), which this would be used for, hidden max bids are not necessary and would defeat the purpose of an open auction. In ebay that is simply used so you don't have to keep watching the bids as they come in. We actually want GM's to keep watch. Also, ebay sets an expiry time/data on item auctions, this system does not. Instead of Tuesday at midnight being the deadline for bids, lets say, the deadline always resets to 24 hours(or 12 depending on the rules) according to a counter-bid's timestamp. So theoretically, bidding could go on for three months if every team wanted a player, had enough money and waited out 23 hours and 59 minutes before counter-bidding(30 teams x 3 bids each x 24 hours) one by one. But the most we've ever had bidding go on for a free agent in our league is about 6 days when GM's are really working their strategies and trying to land a top end free agent and they finally run out of bids. Average is 3-4 days for most players.