Morgiman Wrote:
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> JohnWarrington Wrote:
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> > Just my two cents but this is what I would do.
> >
> > I'd have an initial 'Statement of interest'
> phase
> > (deadline of Friday) where teams would be
> forced
> > to bid the price listed on the opening page to
> > register their initial interest in a driver.
> Once
> > the deadline has passed, if that team is the
> only
> > team to register interest in the driver then
> they
> > get the driver for his base price so Kimi
> > Raikkonen for example would be £15m.
> >
> > If two teams had registered interest in the
> same
> > driver then there would be a period of two or
> > three days where the managers would bid auction
> > style for the driver or choose another driver.
> > Drivers who have been passed up on the first
> > initial phase would then be available on a
> first
> > come first serve basis for their base price.
> >
> > For example.
> >
> > I manage Toyota and I register interest in
> Rubens
> > Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve and Yuji Ide.
> I
> > am the only manager to register interest in Ide
> > and Villeneuve so when the deadline hits, they
> are
> > contracted to my team. However, another two
> > managers have also registered interest in
> Rubens
> > Barrichello. I could then decide to a) Bid
> more
> > for Barrichello in the hope I can outbid the
> other
> > managers or b) pick another driver that had
> > previously gone unwanted e.g Montoya
> >
> > This initial registering phase also means that
> we
> > can sort out any inactive managers rather
> easily
> > with their team being passed on to someone else
> if
> > they fail to bid within the first deadline
>
> That`s a fab idea. I think you should be incharge
> of bidding. Anyone who pm`d me, please pm John
> your bids. John is now incharge of bidding.
No problem. Already had a bid submitted. Deadline is Friday evening