keepers

i tried to design what i think is essentially a compromise between andy and mo's positions into the voting - keeping a player implies loss of the pick used to draft that player initially. i think this idea, which currently has only my support, is great. it rewards a good draft. it also allows you to keep a young buck and only lose the late round draft pick you used for him - and therefore, the end of the draft actually becomes important, rather than a time for teasing ben about the number of twins and blue jays he drafted.

this is slightly more complicated than simply losing picks beginning in round 1 for each player keep. it also may over-reward a good draft, since you could lock in a good young player for cheap forever. but who cares? if this is seriously a long-term league, everyone will have a good cheap player or two within two seasons - and the first few rounds of the draft will continue to "feel" like they are supposed to, instead of omar leading off the 2011 draft with an aging joe crede.

finally, if the voting on number of keepers and keeper-draft relations do not result in a majority - a real possibility - should we have a run off between the top two? are there any other issues that need to be added?