If I had to take a guess, it is that the elite captains have been picking at the bottom of the order now due to carrying over their records from the season prior. This would have been the case to an even more serious degree last season when the league modified the draft order in such a way that it placed the most elite at the bottom, the returning lessers at the top, and everyone else in the middle.<br /><br />Both samples show that it is not position that matters as much as quality of captain. There can never be parity in this league or almost any league because of wide skill gaps, even between above average players and those in the elite class. The elite will always come out on top BECAUSE they are elite, regardless of where they pick.<br /><br />When new elite players show up, the balance of the league slightly shifts. Without new elite players arriving while existing elite players are still active, there will be no shift. If the existing elite players disappear, then other players become &quot;elite&quot; and the same cycle will continue with a new group of faces.