About FanDraft®
What is "FanDraft: Fantasy Football Draft Board Software"?
"FanDraft: Fantasy Football Draft Board" software is a multimedia program designed to assist and enhance fantasy football leagues with their live drafts. Make your draft feel like an actual NFL Draft
with streaming draft tickers, automated draft clocks, and a digitally displayed draft board.
FanDraft is the perfect draft companion for your league. It can be projected via a Digital Projector or output onto a large television or video monitor and displayed to your entire league. Keep your fantasy football draft organized, and running smooth, all the while creating a more entertaining atmosphere.
History of FanDraft
FanDraft Football v8 : Released May 2008
- General Improved performance (VISTA and XP compatible)
- Improved Graphics and User Interface
- Auto/Fluid screen resizing (no more need to constantly change screen resolution)
- Increased to 32 teams
- Import your 2007 FanDraft League/Team settings
- Enhanced HELP(available as in-software HELP and HTML/Online)
- In-software check for available software updates
- All of the 2008 Rookies/Player Updates
- In Draft Features Enhanced “Up-and-Coming” pick display (showing up to 5 up-coming picks)
- Customize the position colors, and font sizes
- Auto-Skip Pick option (for when clock hits zero)
- “Auto-Calibrate” button that optimizes screen display during the draft.
- Music/Audio Ability to assign “Team Song” that plays in sync with team’s “On Deck” or “Just selected” status.
- Ability to customize clock audio (15 seconds & clock at zero).
- Player Setup Ability to import/update player “rankings”
- Ability to clear entire player lists with one click.
- One click add of “Team” type positions (Head Coaches, Team Offense, etc.)
- Reports/Printing Ability to Export as CSV files
- New “Draft Grid” report
- Improved ability to printing from MS Vista
- Auction Draft Live Bidding feature, allowing users to click teams and watch the bidding increase.
- “Final Countdown” animation, with customizable audio.
- Prevent team from spending more than their average dollars available allows.
FanDraft Football v7 : Released May 2007
- Improved User Interface
- Multiple Draft Board Displays: All easily accessible from a drop down menu.
- Improved Player Database: Includes a fuller database of players
- Improved Ticker: Runs smoother than ever, and easy to change speed.
- Additional Ticker Options: Can show the full draft, or just select rounds
- Draft Clock Improved: Timer can now adjust by “second” increments
- Color Coded Players Boxes: Color coded by position
- Improved “Queue”: Added “search” for easier player find/selection
- Online Player Access: A simple right-click will pull up their expanded personal information from the internet.
- Graphical Pick Announcement: Players can be graphically announced after each selection, displaying all the information of the latest draft pick.
- Improved PreDraft Presentation: Now full screen, improved data entry/display.
- Auction Improved: Calculate max much each team can spend per remaining picks (based on positions remaining and amount left with at least $1 left per pick)
- Customizable “Positions”: Add/Remove/Rename positions your league uses
- Combine Positions (for leagues that share count WRs/TEs as one position)
- Customize the players available for display during the draft: You can choose a certain amount of the top ranked players, or all of them
- Draft Music: Import up to 10 songs to play during the draft
- Print Function: Reports can now be printed as well as exported to HTML
- Enhanced Reports: Includes better information, and more visually appealing.
FanDraft Football v6 : Released March 2006
- Up to 50 rounds of drafting
- Enhanced UI
- Load/Save multiple leagues
- Sort players and draft board by alpha or rank
- Keeper player entry
- New and improved reports
- Team Roster Size - Display and be warned when teams are selecting over their allotted amount
- Roster Projection: Displays projected starters already selected during the draft
- Ability to start teams with different auction bid dollars
- Edit selections / bid amounts at any time during and after draft
- Wide screen or regular display
- Ability to change draft board stream speed
- Ability to change draft ticker speed, as well as ability to start the ticker at any time
- Easy import of online player database
- Improved Help section.
- FanDraft User Forums
FanDraft Football v5 : Released January 2005
- Up to 30 team leagues
- Vast improvements to UI.
- Allow for users to Increase/Decrease speed of streaming draft board.
- Improved ability to Load and Save leagues.
FanDraft Football v4 : Released January 2004
- Major user interface redesign(UI)
- Added ability to handle auction drafts.
- Multiple league use.
- Ability to import audio for play during the PreDraft & Draft
- Ability to import team owner images for use during PreDraft
- Edit draft selections after the draft
- Enhanced the "Team Report"
- Pause / Edit draft clock at any time during the draft
- Ability to skip team selections
- Addition of Individual Defensive Players (IDPs)
FanDraft Football v3 : Released February 2003
- Up to 20 team leagues
- Up to 25 rounds of drafting
- Added "Players on the Fly"(POF) functionality.
- Added "Team on the Fly" (TOF) functionality
- Player Ranking added, allowing users the ability to manipulate order of the player draft board
- Ability to draft same player multiple times
- "PreDraft Presentation" feature added.
- New report added: "Team Report"
- Added ability to export reports to a TXT files for editing and manipulation in other programs.
- 15 second draft clock audio warning, informing the expiration of the draft clock.
FanDraft Football v2 : Released August 2002.
- 16/14/12/10/8 Team Leagues
- Up to 20 rounds of drafting
- Enhanced Player Database Editing
- Ability to manually add defensive players
- Enhanced Auto Save feature allowing for ability to resume draft exactly where you left off
- Reset button to start from scratch
FanDraft Football v1 : Released 2001.
- 12/10/8 Team Leagues
- Up to 16 rounds of drafting
- Draft Clock
- Printable Summary
- Custom Helmets/Logos
- Editable Player Database