Palmtana wrote:But my way was so much simpler! Although I'm sure there is good reason for the fowldawg corollary I'll never understand it (and I've tried;
down the page) because I'm left-brained. So Bill, keep an eye on the cuts so we're all copacetic.
So Fred needs to cut 3 and has a 2nd and 3rd Rd. picks. He get his 3rd pick after everyone else is done?
Lets see if i can help you conceptualize the process. The biggest problem everyone has with figuring this out is that almost everyone believes that the picks a team has in a draft are theres no matter what, which is the case in professional sports leagues.
In our leagues however, you do not have picks unless you make cuts. Now we all have to make cuts so we sort of know that we have these pick in the bank so to speak. Thing of the picks like your paycheck. You can't spend the money from your check until you cash it, but you know its coming. Picks work the same way, When you trade a pick, you its like saying "I'll lend you $10 when I cash my paycheck" You can't physically give someone something you don't have. In our case you can't trade a 1st round pick unless you make the cut the gives you the first round pick.
Does that help?