Fantasy Olympics Announcements

With the Games just 20 days, 16 hours and 35 minutes away (thanks NBC), there are a few things to announce.

1. Draft orders have been posted. The drawings were done randomly from a hat by a disinterested third party. The Administrators did not pick their own draft orders (though you might be suspicious if you see who is picking No. 1 and No. 2 in the Carl Lewis Division). Take a look at your league page for the draft order so you can plan accordingly.

2. Per the suggestions in the original rules post, we have adopted one rule change. Team sports can only be chosen by one person per league. For example, someone pinning their medal hopes on USA Basketball should choose the team, not LeBron James. After that team is chosen, no one else can choose that team. However, anyone who also competes in an individual sport (i.e. swimmers, runners) should be chosen individually and their relay medals will count toward your total.

3. We looked into weighting certain sports to avoid the obvious advantage for the first overall pick, but we just haven't been able to implement it this year. Maybe in the future. But for now, congrats to those teams who won the Michael Phelps lottery.

4. In light of the fact that some drafts are taking place soon and there are few publications out, we will be sending out a list of American athletes later today, roughly ordered by how many events they will be in and their likelihood of success. It will be a very rough estimation, so feel free to rely on this in your draft, or go with your own list. Just thought it would be helpful.