I agree that there is no real "right" way to do it, but after talking with my league mates in the two leagues I commish we are proposing the following, and putting it to a vote (I saw the idea somewhere on this board, but can't find it now).
1. If the NFL season goes ahead as normal, so will we (obviously).
2. If the NFL season goes ahead but with a shortened season, such as 13 games, I assume the sites will create a setting to have the league. If not, we will have the last 3 weeks of the season be the playoffs as normal, with the other games being the regular season.
3. If the season is cut short in the middle, and more than 8 games are played (half the fantasy season), we consider it as final. We will crown a champion using our current standings, record, points for, and use the inverse of the rankings for the 2021 draft.
4. If 7 or fewer games are played, we will consider it a lost season and no champion will be crowned. 2021 draft order will be determined as below:
The bottom six teams from the 2019 season will be put into a weighted lottery (using randonm.org list randomizer (
https://www.random.org/lists/) The number of "balls" will be:
12th - 6
11th - 5
10th - 4
9th - 3
8th - 2
7th - 1
I will randomize the list and the top team in the list randomizer will get the first pick.
The team that got the first pick will be removed, and every team will get added one more "ball." the 6th place team will also be added, with one ball.
For example if the first pick was awarded to the 10th place team, the number of "balls" for the 2nd overall pick will be:
12th - 6
11th - 5
9th - 4
8th - 3
7th - 2
6th - 1
This will continue until there are six teams left (the 7th overall pick) and when a team is chosen, their balls will be removed, with no more added back on.
For example if the 7th pick balls looked like:
6th - 6
5th - 5
4th - 4
3rd - 3
2nd - 2
1st - 1
And the 4th place team won, the number of balls for the 8th overall
6th - 6
5th - 5
3rd - 3
2nd - 2
1st - 1
And the 2nd place team won, the number of balls for the 9th overall
6th - 6
5th - 5
3rd - 3
1st - 1
etc.
This allows the bottom teams from 2019 the chance for a higher pick, and the highest the champ can pick is 7th.
It would be a snake draft as there was no season it makes it a little "fairer".