[luckymann]

The Inaugural Draft will actually be held as a Free Agent Draft rather than a Rookie Draft. The initial pool is comprised of 700 players, 35 for each of the 20 clubs. It, as will be the case all through, is broken down to roughly 55% MLB players and 45% NeL players.

I want the league to somewhat replicate the historical at the club level, with the stronger teams as they were in real life. I have set the financials to lend themselves to this and the order for the Inaugural Draft will be in line with the number of games each club played historically, to get things underway in this regard.

So it will look like this:

1. Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
2. Baltimore Elite Giants
3. Birmingham Black Barons
4. Brooklyn Royal Giants
5. Chicago American Giants
6. Cleveland Buckeyes
7. Cuban Stars East
8. Cuban Stars West
9. Detroit Motown Stars
10. Hilldale Athletics
11. Homestead Grays
12. Indianapolis ABCs
13. Kansas City Monarchs
14. Memphis Red Sox
15. New York Black Yankees
16. New York Lincoln Giants
17. Newark Eagles
18. Philadelphia Liberty Stars
19. Pittsburgh Crawfords
20. St. Louis Giants


Not wanting these discrepancies in strength to take hold too early, this first Draft will take place in serpentine, rather than straight, order. Then the financials should slowly work their magic to create the desired hierarchy within a matter of years as players become FAs and salaries and budgets start to dictate proceedings more.

Nearly done with the profiles, so we're not far away from a start here. Nervous and excited at the same time.