Online Draft vs Live Draft
Online fantasy football drafts are as ubiquitous to fantasy football as cheat sheets and mock drafts. They are convenient and efficient. An online draft will tell you who was picked, who is still available, and suggest players that may be appropriate to select with each of your upcoming selections. And if you’re not able to decide on a player, the autodraft feature will faithfully pick a player for you. Even if you don’t know the NFL from a divot in the gridiron, an online draft will almost guarantee that every fantasy team in the league will be a contender.
That’s all great if you have a hedonistic slant – someone that constantly seeks easy, short-term gratification. But if you have a more stoic attitude, you may want to consider a live draft. A live draft will lend your league some grit. If team owners want to seriously contend for the title, they will need to come to the draft prepared. And in a live draft, “mommy autodraft” will not be there to bail out little Timmy.
Because a live draft is not online nor automated, you need a way to keep track of players that have been picked and players that are still available. The best way to do this is with an old-school Draft Board and Player Labels.
Happily, there’s still a large demand for Draft Boards and Player Labels, and they are easy to find online. A quick Google search will turn up tons of options. There are jumbo Draft Boards, colorful Draft Boards, glossy Draft Boards, and flashy Draft Boards. Unfortunately, most of these Draft Board sets come with jumbo, colorful, glossy, and flashy price tags as well. If only they weren’t so expensive!
That’s where Football Weblog comes in. We have a Draft Board and Player Labels ready to print in PDF format for no cost. So why not print your own Draft Board and Player Labels for free? It’s easy and fast to do.