7 Lottery Choices...

I am posting this blog so we can have a clear definition of the 7 choices for the rookie lottery. I realize that the current poll shows 9 owners in favor of voting on the 7 ideas and 1 owner who doesn't like any of those ideas. What I don't have is any other suggestions...so, we're carrying on.

So, I'll try to keep these short and sweet. The type in bold will be the descriptor used in the poll. Owners can reference the concept here for more details. The hope is we can do an initial round of voting and narrow the choices down to 2-3 options and then vote again for the final round. Here are the potential 7 options for the JBL Rookie Lottery.

Option #1 - Status Quo - same as this year's lottery. One ball per team. Reverse order draw. 1st ball out gets 13th pick; 2nd ball gets 12th; last ball out gets #1 pick.

Option #2 - Reverse Order/No Lottery - no lottery balls here. Just reverse order based on last year's standings. 13th place gets 1st pick; 12th place gets 2nd pick; JBL champ gets 13th pick. Again, I'm not a fan.

Option #3 - Balls Equals Standings - 1st place team has 1 ball; 6th place team gets 6 balls; 13th place has 13 balls etc. 91 balls in total. 1st ball out gets 1st pick; 2nd ball out gets 2nd pick (standard draw)

Option #4 - Weighted and Tiered - Top 4 teams gets # of balls equal to their finish; 5th to 8th gets 8 balls each; 9th to 12th gets 12 balls each; 13th place gets 18 balls. 1st ball out gets 1st pick. (standard draw)

Option #5 - Money Winners No Lottery - Only 5th to 13th are lottery eligible. I would propose this one to be weighted towards the higher placed teams as well. For example, I would propose 5th to 8th place teams get 8 balls each; 9th/10th get 6 balls each; 11th/12th get 4 balls each; and 13th gets 2 balls. Money winners would be slotted in for rookie picks 10th to 13th based on reverse order of standings (JBL winner gets 13th pick)

Option #6 - Top 8 =2 Balls - Bottom 5 = 1 - simple. Top 8 teams get 2 balls and bottom 5 teams get 1 ball. Standard draw format.

Option #7 - Lottery Balls Match Keepers - again, simple concept, the number of lottery balls you get matches your keepers. 1st to 4th get 4 keepers so they get 4 lottery balls. 5th to 8th gets 3 keepers/balls; 9th and 10th get 2 keepers/balls and 11th to 13th get 1 ball each (yes, slight change - 13th place finisher gets NO keepers but we would give them 1 lottery ball)

So, there you have it. 7 options for the Rookie Lottery. I'll post the poll sometime tomorrow. Obviously, if someone has ANY other ideas - please post a message or an article for all of us to see. And remember to vote so we can narrow the list of 7 down to 2-3 finalists....