Fantasy Leg: Maroon League draft underway
Two rounds of the Maroon League draft have been completed. The draft is posted here.
I'd love to hear more about the reasons for the top picks in both drafts but that will have to wait. In the meantime, be sure to submit your information for your teams pages if you haven't already (link is a post or two down).
I, obviously, don't have a horse in this race. And I've never had great luck with my fantasy baseball teams -- when I played them. But that won't stop me from analyzing things.
Here's what I think I would do.. strategy-wise. I would draft a ton of reps/senators who serve on local government affairs committees. There's a lot of legislators who do a lot of work that doesn't get a lot of attention, often carrying the water for local governments to tweak an existing statute etc.
Now, sure, the big bills -- K-12, transportation, etc -- get all the spotlight, but will they get all the points? I don't think so. First, there's a pretty a good chance that major bills will become the omnibus bill, and in our rules, once a bill becomes the omnibus bill, it becomes worthless in the scoring system.
Meanwhile, these little bills are zipping along from committee to committee, racking up points, get to the House or Senate floor, get some big points and then -- if you're lucky -- get cleaned up in a conference committee before being sent along to the governor for a quick signing. Yahtzee!
Get a couple of those bills and you can do very, very well while the teams that were swinging for the fences, are still wondering when their bill will get a floor vote (hint: in the last week of the session).
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