The fantasy draft is the best day of the year, but the process of determining the draft order often falls flat.
Are you tired of the same old random number generator or drawing names out of a hat? It’s time to infuse some high-stakes fun into your pre-season ritual!
One of the best ways to get your entire league engaged is by leveraging the excitement of other real-life sports competitions to decide who gets the coveted first pick.
- March Madness: Best bracket finish (highest score) gets the #1 pick/first choice of draft slot. Last place finishes last.
- Super Bowl: Use prop bets: Assign bets to managers. Highest total payout/most correct picks gets the best slot.
- WWE Royal Rumble: Assign each manager a wrestler. Elimination order determines the draft order (e.g., last one standing gets first pick).
- Kentucky Derby: Assign each manager a horse (randomly or by odds). The horses’ finishing order sets the fantasy draft order.
- Home Run Derby: Assign a slugger to each manager. The order of elimination or the total home runs hit sets the draft order. Not enough hitters per team? Assign different combos of two players to each owner.
- NBA/NHL Playoffs: Assign a playoff team to each manager. The order of team elimination (or the champion) sets the final draft order. Not enough playoff teams for each team in your league? Assign different combos of two teams to each owner.
- The Masters/US Open: Assign a golfer to each manager. The golfer’s final score or finishing position on the leaderboard determines the draft order.
- NASCAR Race: Randomly assign a driver to each manager. The official finishing position of the driver in the race determines the draft order.