The problem
House rules live in someone's head.
Every group has them — position caps, coverage minimums, items that need special handling. Enforcing them by hand mid-draft means somebody has to notice, object, and unwind picks.
Feature
Draft Rules
Your group already has rules. Write each one as a plain sentence and OnlineDraft enforces it on every pick — block it, warn the room, or pause the draft for an admin.
The solution
Rules that check every pick for you.
Build each rule as a plain-English sentence with a live preview of exactly what it enforces. When one fires, it blocks the pick, posts a warning, or pauses the draft — always in draft chat, so nothing happens silently.
In practice
What groups enforce with rules.
Three rule styles cover most agreements — and an admin can always override, with the whole room watching.
Cap and balance picks
Max two quarterbacks per team, or a roster that must cover every position — counting rules enforce quotas and minimums across the whole draft or a single round.
Watch the special items
Designate paired or linked items. When one is taken, the pick goes through, the draft pauses, and your note tells the room what happens next.
Protect the schedule
In date drafts, limit how many people from the same site or department are off on the same day — and when a date gets tight, the room is warned automatically.
Stay in control
Every block, warning, and override lands in draft chat. Rules are optional — flip one switch and they save without enforcing.
Related tools
Rules connect to the rest of the draft.
See the draft formats and use cases where rules do the most work.
Sequence Drafts Round-by-round rules run in turn-order drafts — cap a position in the first round alone. Vacation Drafts Where date limits shine — divide vacation weeks while keeping every site covered. Days, Weeks & Weekends Date drafts of every kind, with shifts, weeks, and weekends on a shared calendar.
Set the rules once. Draft without referees.
Create your group free, build your rules as sentences, and run the draft knowing every pick gets checked.