[fhomess]

In the JOBL our last two drafts have gone very quickly, although I don't know how well it would work in other leagues. We use BOSI to draft, and have a time limit on the picks. The nice thing about BOSI is that you can set up a draft list to automatically pick for you if you'll be away.

The thing that's really helped the draft go well, though, is that we time it to coincide with offseason free agency (sorry June drafters). The FA period is run one day at a time for a week, and then it picks up the pace. The fact that owners come back to the league site to get the new FA league file and check the signings each day of that week helps the ammy draft go along, too, since it's easy to make a quick pick while you're there.

I know this wouldn't work for everyone, but in our league it's worked very well, allowing us to complete the draft in about a week (usually 8-9 days). Since our whole offseason is about 2 weeks we don't lose any time or feel like it's dragging.