Build a room-aware auction sheet: budgets, needs, tiers and live inflation
Print a tier sheet, but bring a second sheet for the room. Your player values are only half the auction model; the other half is who can still
inflation
A collection of 3 posts
Nomination warfare: how to make irrational managers spend your money for you
Your nomination is a weapon, not a formality. In a league where managers routinely spend stupid money on the first superstars, use nominations to force them to spend
The first 10 nominations are a trap: exploiting a top-heavy 2026 auction room
Bottom line: if your league routinely detonates its budget on the first few superstars, do not join the blast radius. Let the room convert money into names while