BenchBrawl
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If the general sentiment is that shortening the entire process should be a priority then the round-robin system is definitely not the way to go. It would take as much time as the 2017 ATD or even a bit more.
Bench Brawl's proposal includes 4 rounds of voting: One regular season vote and then 3 playoff rounds & votes (QF, SF, F).
With the proposals by jarek and Johnny Engine the number of rounds depends on the specific setup. If you have 4 groups of 6 teams each and the top 2 teams from each division advance, you'd get 4 rounds of voting (just as in BenchBrawl's model). If only the division winners advance, you'd cut it down to just 3 rounds of voting overall.
For comparison: The 2017 ATD had 5 rounds of voting that stretched out from early April to late June 2017. Assuming a schedule of 2 weeks per playoff round, a 4-round-draft could be expected to end in the second half of May and a 3-round-draft in early May.
It's actually 5 rounds of voting, but only 4 playoffs rounds.The first vote is made after the assassinations, and you just rank the conferences.Then QF, SF and F of each conference, and finally the ATD Final.