- The Offline Draft option is only available in League Manager Leagues
- If your league is set up to use the Offline Draft option, you and your fellow team owners will conduct your own draft without the use of ESPN’s Online Draft system
- The format of an Offline Draft is up to the league members to coordinate, though they should use established league settings as a foundation
- In order for an Offline Draft to work, it is critical that someone record each team’s draft picks
- This can be done in two different ways:
- If no computer is available for the draft, the League Manager can sign into the league with his credentials and download the ESPN Offline Draft tool
- The Offline Draft tool doesn’t support keepers so League Managers will need to use the web based tool to support an offline draft with rostered keepers
- Click on the link to see rules for Offline Draft Web-Based Tool
Upload Offline Draft Results to League (Web Only)
- League Managers ONLY must choose the draft type as offline by clicking on the "LM Tools" tab
- Once that is set, begin your offline draft from the "LM Tools" tab where you will have two options
- Offline Draft Tool - League Managers can enter draft results by team
- Offline Draft Tool League Managers can download and install to upload draft results
- Note that the Offline Draft Tool will NOT work in Chrome and Flash must be running
NOTE: If the League Manager changes the league's draft type from Offline to Live Online or Autopick, each league member will be sent an e-mail notification of the change.