I like the idea that someone had of just starting all players listed at $1. That would take care of most of the abuses.
As I understand your posts, the main abusive practice of daytraders that you and others are trying to address is listing players way high, then if they don’t sell relisting a bit lower, and repeating the process, still at way high prices, until someone stupidly buys him. I totally agree with you that that is an abuse that should be stopped. But most real auctions have what is called a reserve, and the ability to set a starting price in BB works much like a reserve, which has a valid use. Doing away with that hurts everybody equally. A better solution would be to ban relisting of a player who didn’t sell for a month or two. That would introduce a time element that would put a serious dent in the abusive practice.
And I would have no problem with autobid for Supporters only. It would be time saving without being a competitive bar.
Yeah, but time saving for whom? For the daytrader to whom the players are completely fungible, nothing but a commodity to be bought and sold ... or for the serious manager who identifies a player or two who would have an important role on his team? For the daytrader, autobid is GREAT; he can bid on scores of players and never bother to follow up. If he gets them, fine; if not, fine too, because there never was any intent to employ the player in a significant role on his team. The daytrader figures he’ll get enough players to flip for a profit with less work required than currently. I suspect most of the most active daytraders have this figured out already, and this underlies their advocacy of autobid. It would be a wonderful tool for daytraders. BUT for the serious manager who wants a particular player or two to fill an important role on his team, autobid is no help. He still has to be there at the conclusion of the auction to do his best to obtain the key player(s).