Fantasy Football Dilemma

[erroneous]

This is the last week before playoffs and these are the standings.

1. Team 1 8-5-0 .615 1378.00 L-3 2 22
2. Team 2 8-5-0 .615 1228.00 W-3 8 17
3. Team 3 7-6-0 .538 1268.00 L-2 7 30
4. Team 4 7-6-0 .538 1263.00 W-2 4 10
5. Team 5 7-6-0 .538 1191.00 L-3 6 2
6. Team 6 6-7-0 .462 1335.00 W-4 10 16
7. Team 7 6-7-0 .462 1282.00 W-1 9 14
8. Team 8 6-7-0 .462 1257.00 L-2 1 12
9. Team 9 5-8-0 .385 1162.00 W-2 3 3
10. Team 10 5-8-0 .385 1121.00 L-1 5 7



Top 4 make the playoffs. If there's a tiebreaker, then it goes to total points.
This weeks matchups:

Team 1 v Team 3
Team 2 v Team 6
Team 10 v Team 7
Team 5 v Team 8
Team 9 v Team 4

The main matchup is Team 1 v Team 3. Team 1 is a pretty much lock for the playoffs with his point total. Team 6 is the team with LT, has lots of points, but just been unlucky with matchups and a couple other things. Team 1 has been thinking about benching his players, allowing Team 3 to easily win, and which would make it less of a chance that Team 6 (LT) would make the playoffs. Team 1 (and pretty much everybody else) doesn't want the team with LT to make the playoffs, for obvious reasons.

My question for you: Is this just immoral? or is this crossing the line of collusion and you wouldn't allow it?

[Stinglikeabee]

It's definitely sucks but its not collusion since it's his own team. Nothing you can do. I'm sure everyone else realizes it too.

[CharlieDontSurf]

I wouldnt have a problem, even though its bush league, if team 1 simply puts in his backups instead of his star players.

But if he simply sat all his players and didn't start any players thus giving an automatic win and essentially fixing the playoff schedule without even playing the last game..I'd kick him out of the league and put in the LT team as the #4 team if he wins.

[Sluss]

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I wouldnt have a problem, even though its bush league, if team 1 simply puts in his backups instead of his star players.

But if he simply sat all his players and didn't start any players thus giving an automatic win and essentially fixing the playoff schedule without even playing the last game..I'd kick him out of the league and put in the LT team as the #4 team if he wins.

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This is the correct answer.

I had this same problem last week. I was going to sit Brian Westbrook and put in Reggie Bush and sit Javon Walker and put in Mike Furrey. I decided not to and got the result I wanted when I lost by two points instead of winning by 54 if I had put in my back-ups.

[CieloAzor]

Ugh, even putting in backups ruins the spirit of the league. This is really unfair to Team 6 and he's already been unlucky enough. Play to win.

[jelly]

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Ugh, even putting in backups ruins the spirit of the league. This is really unfair to Team 6 and he's already been unlucky enough. Play to win.

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You mean play to win the match or play to win the league?
Does the winner get $$$? If so, how can you force him to do -EV decisions? If not, just let him do whatever he believes to be right for him because otherwise you will waste your time arguing about stuff that has different correct solutions for different people.