mattynokes
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To add on I think the 72 hour clock is counterproductive. A lot of people don't want to trade until they see how FA plays out. Since online leagues thrive more on trade activity more than FA activity, it might even be a hindrance.
The 72 hours is when threads can start closing, but over the past two seasons it seems that's when threads do close. 48 hours is a reasonable amount of time to be able to check the boards (since afterall 48 hours is a normal turnaround for a sim). The big time FAs will likely still have active bids past 48 hours. So even if a person can't check back in that amount of time all they'd likely be out on is that 79 overall bench/middle relief guy. History has shown that there's always a handful of decent bench/middle relief options available through opening day and probably even a few sims into the season.
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5631-4946 (.532) [2054-2071, 2083-2104, 2110-2135]
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ALDS Win: 12 -
ALCS Champ: 7 -
WS Champ: 4
ALW: Mariners + Angels Record: 1072-864 (.554) [2042-2048, 2105-2110]
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NLW: Rockies + Padres Record: 3230-2753 (.540) [2017-2042, 2072-2082]
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NLDS Win: 7 -
NLCS Champ: 4 -
WS Champ: 0