Matty - I don't like this because some of us have jobs and lives and occasionally we're too tired or beat up at the end of the day to come home and analyze the draft. Selfishly, the nature of my job at the ballpark often leads to 12-14 hour days and sifting through a bunch of previous draft choices after that, just so I don't lose my spot in line before the actual draft, isn't all that appealing after a long day.
The NFL comparison isn't valid because the NFL doesn't do advance picking. They do pass on teams the night of the draft if they don't get their picks in but they don't start picking as soon as the previous season ends. Yes, I can get an e-mail notification but if I'm at work that does me no good as I don't carry Mogul around with me. The early draft thread is a good idea but to force people into that or they don't get to pick on their own - not fair in my opinion.
The NFL comparison isn't valid because the NFL doesn't do advance picking. They do pass on teams the night of the draft if they don't get their picks in but they don't start picking as soon as the previous season ends. Yes, I can get an e-mail notification but if I'm at work that does me no good as I don't carry Mogul around with me. The early draft thread is a good idea but to force people into that or they don't get to pick on their own - not fair in my opinion.