NRLCEO offers a number of recruitment options. These include three Live Drafts:
1. Live Random Draft
2. Live Staggered Draft
3. Live Snake Draft
4. Quick Draw
5. Offline Draft
We have outlined the different options in more detail in the
How to Play section of the site, but here what you need to know in a nutsell.
1. Live Random Draft: - Ideal for private competitions with between 2 and 10 teams
- Better for groups who know each other and can directly contact each other easily
- Can take some time and even days to complete so be patient
- During the draft the pick order in randomised by the computer
2. Live Staggered Draft:
- Ideal for private competitions with between 2 and 10 teams
- Better for groups who know each other and can directly contact each other easily
- Can take some time and even days to complete so be patient
- The pick order is randomised in the first round and then each player moves up one position in the rounds thereafter
3. Live Snake Draft:
- Ideal for private competitions with between 2 and 10 teams
- Better for groups who know each other and can directly contact each other easily
- Can take some time and even days to complete so be patient
- The pick order is randomised in the first round and then proceeds as such for a 4 team competiton (1-2-3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4-5-6 etc)
4. Quick Draw:
- Ideal for private or public competitions with between 2 and 16 teams
- Particularly short, sharp and exciting. A 25 round competition can be done in under an hour.
- Once the recruitment time is completed, players are then able to be picked up until squads are full - this is only required if a coach missed the opportunity to pick up a player in any round in the draft
Each of the Live Drafts has a time limit that a coach can take to select a player. If that time limit is exceeded, then a random player is selected. If a Pre-Draft List is made by a coach, the player at the top of the list will be selected.
5. Offline Draft:
- Ideal for dedicated punters who get together for a beer, banter and the occasional draft pick as well. If you don't use the site for the draft, we recommend setting your competition to quick draw, letting the draft finish without recruiting anyone and then picking up your squad as a Free Agents as per the offline draft.
DRAFTS WILL NOT COMMENCE UNTIL COMPETITIONS ARE FULL. We should recommend that the competition creator leans on the side of starting later rather than earlier to organise competitions. We all have, "that" mate who is too lazy to move in a hurry.
Please Note: The time for the draft is set by the competition creator doing initial creation. It is important to note that the competition drafting page will open 1 minute after the nominated time. The Draft will then start 1 minute later. This is to ensure that all coaches are ready to draft.