[AnyAce]

The only thing I would add is that FF scoring systems play a big part in the crap shoot aspect. I have been playing for about a decade with roughly the same bunch of guys and invariably the following thing happens in any number of weeks during the season:

Team A beats Team B 100-90
Team C beats Team D 65-55

Teams A & C both get "wins" for the week and Team B has nothing to show for a strong performance. Its true that it evens out over the long run, but we have had a few years when it didnt even out over the course of the season and the "Champion" had the 3rd or 4th most points overall.

To improve the situation we upped the buy-in and reduced the year-end prizes and started giving a prize for highest score of the week each week. Not a perfect solution, as it doesnt address the problem directly, but it was the best compromise that all the owners could agree on in our league.

I proposed a system I've seen elsewhere where a team

got 2 points for a win PLUS

2 more points for being in the top third in scoring for the week

1 more pt for being in the middle third in scoring for the week

No extra points for being in the bottom third in scoring for the week.

The other owners weren't buying it, so we went the weekly prize for high score.

Looking forward to the season.
AA